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2003 Ranked #5,583

Kogge

A merchant strategy game has players trade goods and establish houses across a shifting Baltic network. Changing routes and disasters constantly alter which cities remain connected and profitable.

Strategy Games Economic Nautical Auction/Bidding Pick-up and Deliver

Players

2-4

Play time

Not listed

Age

10+

Complexity

3.41/5

Rating

6.75

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.6/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.6/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

In the old days - not as good as usually reported - many dangers awaited a merchant. In addition to thieves, malcontented customers and too high tolls, trade routes weren't as secure as they are today.

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In the old days - not as good as usually reported - many dangers awaited a merchant. In addition to thieves, malcontented customers and too high tolls, trade routes weren't as secure as they are today. Storms, pirates, war, malevolent officials, silted-up harbors and other disasters afflicted the trade routes. And so it could happen that cities which yesterday were only a few days away now lay at opposite corners of the known world. Precisely these problems are depicted in the game of Kogge. Kogge is a game for two to four players. Across the web of trade routes, the players try to trade goods and to establish trade houses. The ever-changing routes between cities don't make life easier for the merchants playing their trade on the Baltic Sea.

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Play and group

Players
2–4
Best with
2–4
Play time
90 min
Age
10+
Complexity
3.4/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Andreas Steding

Artists

1
Richard van Vugt

Publishers

2
JKLM Games MOD Games (German Publisher)

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