Orleans

OrleansOrleans is a bag building game by Reiner Stockhausen. Bag building, you say? It's a bit like a deck building game. Instead of starting out with a default deck of cards, you begin Orleans with a starter bag of Followers. These come in the form of farmers, knights, merchants, monks and more! On your turn you draw a bunch of them out of your bag in a blind fashion. Then you can send them off to work on your player mat The game takes place in the Loire

Orleans is a bag-building game by Reiner Stockhausen. Bag-building, you say? It's a bit like a deck-building game. Instead of starting out with a default deck of cards, you begin Orleans with a starter bag of Followers. These come in the form of farmers, knights, merchants, monks and more! On your turn you draw a bunch of them out of your bag in a blind fashion. Then you can send them off to work on your player mat...

The game takes place in the Loire region in medieval France, with Orleans being at the heart. You'll aim to move around the area from town to town, whether that's by canal or by road. Can you build trade houses along the way? (If so, you'll get rewarded in the form of ye olde victory points!) Orleans is a Euro-style strategy game, so whoever has the most points at the end of 18 rounds wins.

At it's heart, Orleans takes place on your player mat. You can send the Followers that you draw each round to locations to accomplish certain deeds. Send the right quantity - or specific combination - of Followers to locations, and you could earn more Followers.

Also, these places pay out in the form of numerous rewards. Some pay out valuable, food resources. Others pay out money. Some pay out means to add permanent workers to your mat (in the form of technology cogs). Others add literal extensions to your board, giving you even more of an 'engine'. Some places also provide much-sought after knowledge. This is a form of end-game scoring, too. Knowledge is power, kids; that was true back in medieval France and it's true today!

Each round provides a tricky Event that all players have to obey too, or suffer consequences. There's lots of plates to spin in Orleans! Published by the fantastic Tasty Minstrel Games, Orleans comes wrapped up as a quality package.

Player Count: 2-4 Players
Time: 90 minutes
Age: 12+

Please note: Some of the tiles contained in the game may come with ONLY German names printed. This does not impact gameplay and the names are translated in the rulebook.