Kroll & Prumni
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Kroll & Prumni was the first wargame to be released by the Italian
company International Team
, in 1979. It is a hex map
-based, science fiction
-themed wargame, designed by Marco Donadoni
, IT's chief designer, who also authored such IT best-sellers as Zargo's Lords
. After IT went bankrupt in the late 1980s, the game was republished by Eurogames
under title Colonisator. As with other IT titles, Kroll & Prumni is characterized by an attractive graphic design, probably due to Enea Riboldi (uncredited).
of the game depicts an area of space
with planets and asteroids. The opponents control a fleet of starships (including fighters, cruisers, transport ships, and mobile bases) and their goal is to colonize planets and defeat the enemy fleet. At game setup, only a small part of each fleet is deployed on the map; a relevant part of the players' strategy is in choosing when, and in which order, to deploy the other units.
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
company International Team
International Team
International Team was an Italian game company founded in the 1970s and active until the early 1980s. While the company started as a jigsaw puzzle producer, it is mostly remembered as a wargame company, a business that IT approached in 1979, after game designer Marco Donadoni joined in...
, in 1979. It is a hex map
Hex map
A hex map, hex board or hex grid is a gameboard design commonly used in wargames of all scales. The map is subdivided into small regular hexagons of identical size.-Advantages and disadvantages:...
-based, science fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
-themed wargame, designed by Marco Donadoni
Marco Donadoni
Marco Alberto Donadoni is an Italian game designer. He designed his first, self-produced wargame, Iliad, in 1977; he then joined the Italian company International Team , that at the time was mainly a jigsaw puzzle producer. IT published Iliad and changed its core business, focusing on the wargame...
, IT's chief designer, who also authored such IT best-sellers as Zargo's Lords
Zargo's Lords
Zargo's Lords, released in 1979, was one of the most popular war games released by the Italian company International Team . Designed by Marco Donadoni, the chief game designer at IT, Zargo's Lords was the first fantasy wargame to be produced in Italy, and was well received both in Italy and abroad...
. After IT went bankrupt in the late 1980s, the game was republished by Eurogames
Eurogames (game publisher)
Eurogames is a publisher of board games, founded in 1984 as Jeux Rexton to publish the man-to-man miniature combat game, Cry Havoc and its expansions. In 1988 Duccio Vitale expanded the company to begin publishing more board games, starting with six games purchased from the bankrupt Italian gaming...
under title Colonisator. As with other IT titles, Kroll & Prumni is characterized by an attractive graphic design, probably due to Enea Riboldi (uncredited).
Description
Kroll & Prumni is a science fiction game for 2 players, each governing one of two factions, namely the "Kroll" and the "Prumni". The hex mapHex map
A hex map, hex board or hex grid is a gameboard design commonly used in wargames of all scales. The map is subdivided into small regular hexagons of identical size.-Advantages and disadvantages:...
of the game depicts an area of space
Space
Space is the boundless, three-dimensional extent in which objects and events occur and have relative position and direction. Physical space is often conceived in three linear dimensions, although modern physicists usually consider it, with time, to be part of a boundless four-dimensional continuum...
with planets and asteroids. The opponents control a fleet of starships (including fighters, cruisers, transport ships, and mobile bases) and their goal is to colonize planets and defeat the enemy fleet. At game setup, only a small part of each fleet is deployed on the map; a relevant part of the players' strategy is in choosing when, and in which order, to deploy the other units.