Table feel
Die Macher has a high level of direct confrontation and strategic depth in confrontation. Players must frequently pay attention to and react to each other's strategies. However, the game does not emphasize cooperation as much.
Die Macher
Players
3-5
Time
?-?
Age
14+
Weight
4.32
Rating
7.60
Fit
Teach
2.4
Teaching signal
Replay
4.0
High replayability
Interaction
3.7
Highly interactive
Scaling
4.2
Scales well
Strategy
4.6
Deep strategy
Control
3.5
More strategic control
Replay value
Die Macher has a high replayability score due to its high variability gameboard, strategic depth, and scalability. The presence of expansions adds to its replay value. While it may not be the easiest game to learn, it offers a rewarding and engaging experience for players.
Luck profile
Die Macher has a moderate level of randomness impact, with random elements playing a notable but not exclusive role in determining the game outcome. However, players have substantial ability to mitigate the effects of randomness through strategic decisions and planning. The game relies on a balanced mix of luck and strategy, with player decisions and strategy primarily determining the game outcome. Overall, Die Macher has a final luck score of 7, indicating that luck plays a minor role in the game.
Overview
Die Macher is a game about seven sequential political races in different regions of Germany. Players are in charge of national political parties, and must manage limited resources to help their party to victory. The winning party will have the most victory points after all the regional elections. There are four different ways of scoring victory points. First, each regional election can supply one to eighty victory points, depending on the size of the region and how well your party does in it. Second, if a party wins a regional election and has some media influence in the region, then the party will receive some media-control victory points. Third, each party has a national party membership which will grow as the game progresses and this will supply a fair number of victory points. Lastly, parties score some victory points if their party platform matches the national opinions at the end of the game. The 1986 edition featured four parties from the old West Germany and supported 3-4 players. The 1997 edition supports up to five players in the re-united Germany and updated several features of the rules as well. The 2006 edition also supports up to five players and adds a shorter five-round variant and additional rules updates by the original designer.
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Credits
Designers
1
Karl-Heinz Schmiel
Artists
3
Bernd Brunnhofer
Marcus Gschwendtner
Harald Lieske
Publishers
2
Hans im Glück
Moskito Spiele
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