Anno Domini: Deutschland

Should this hit the table?

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Moderate level of direct confrontation and strategic depth, with high frequency of interaction. Limited emphasis on cooperation.

Teach 2.4

Teaching signal

Replay 4.1

High replayability

Interaction 3.7

Highly interactive

Scaling 4.5

Scales well

Strategy 4.7

Deep strategy

Control 3.2

Luck-sensitive

Table feel

Moderate level of direct confrontation and strategic depth, with high frequency of interaction. Limited emphasis on cooperation.

Replay value

Anno Domini: Deutschland has a high replayability score due to its variability in gameplay, strategic depth, and scalability. The game offers different experiences each time it is played, with expansions available to add new content. Players have room to improve their strategy over time, and the game adapts well to different player counts. While it may not be the easiest game to learn, it offers enough depth to keep players engaged and coming back for more.

Luck profile

Anno Domini: Deutschland has a moderate level of luck involved in the game. Random elements have a notable but not exclusive impact on the game outcome. Players have substantial ability to mitigate randomness through strategic decisions and planning. The game outcome is primarily determined by player strategy and decisions, with luck playing a minor role.

Overview

What ABG knows about this game

Each Anno Domini set consists of 340 cards, with a description of a historical event on one side of the card, and the year (and sometimes specific date) in which it happened on the other. Each player receives nine of these cards (or less, if you want the game to be shorter), and may only look at the descriptions. Players then put in turn a card on the table, *trying* to put theirs in chronological order. A player may, instead of adding a card, claim that the order in which the cards were put is incorrect. In this case all cards are turned over and the correct years revealed. If the order was correct then the doubting player receives two cards and skips a turn. If the order was incorrect then the previous player, who accepted the order as correct, receives three cards. The first player that gets rid of all the cards wins. Bluffing is as least as important as knowledge in this game. Most events are rather obscure or are hard to date exactly, so this ain’t no game for the nerds/geeks of this world, even they might think so, because it’s full of surprises and pure fun. Highly Recommended, because Anno Domini is a blast to play, is a very enjoyable social event and you even learn something from it. Unfortunately there is no English edition in existence, but this game could be a good way, to improve your already existing German skills or a very good reason, to learn German language in the first place. The Set "Anno Domini - Deutschland" contains historical events related to Germany, can be played as a stand alone or together with the other sets, which is the best way of playing it. Part of the Anno Domini series

Mechanism

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Open Drafting

Family

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Country: Germany Game: Anno Domini

Type

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Party

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