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Power Grid (board game)
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Power Grid is the English-language edition of the multiplayer German-style board game
Funkenschlag (in its second incarnation) designed by Friedemann Friese
. Power Grid is published by Rio Grande Games
.
In the game, each player represents a company that owns power plants and tries to supply electricity
to cities. Over the course of the game, the players will bid on power plants and buy resources
to produce electricity
to provide power to the growing number
of cities in their expanding network
.
on either side. Each map consists of six regions featuring cities with connections of varying costs between them. The number of regions used is based on the number of players. Map design itself is a key feature in the strategy of game play as some areas of the map feature generally higher connection costs compared to other areas of the map.
The game is played in rounds, with each round consisting of 5 phases: 1. Determining Player Order. 2. Auction Power Plants. 3. Buying Resources 4. Building and 5. Bureaucracy.
The game ends after one player builds a fixed number of cities. The winner is the player who can supply electricity to the most cities with his network. Tie breakers first look at who has the most money, then the most cities.
Phase 1: Determining Turn Order
Turn order is rearranged according to two criteria. The first is the number of cities a player has connections to. A player with more connections is placed before a player with fewer connections. The second criteria is the highest number plant a player owns. When players own the same number of cities a player with a higher number plant is placed before a player with a lower number plant. (Exception: To begin the game turn order is determined randomly to bid on auction power plants, and then rearranged after power plants are purchased per the normal rules).
Phase 2: Auction Power Plants
Turn order determines who begins the bid on a power plant. A player may choose to pass rather than bid on a plant in which case they forfeit the chance to bid on any power plants this round. A player must begin with a bid of a value equal to or higher than the number on an available power plant. After an initial bid players in clockwise order have the chance to either bid a higher value or pass. This continues until every player has passed on the current bid. Once a plant is purchased the next player in turn order (which may still be the first player) again has the option to bid on an available plant. The phase ends when every player has either purchased a plant or passed their opportunity to bid on a plant. When any plant is purchased a new one is drawn from the deck to replace it, however the available power plants are always re-arranged in number order. Thus a newly drawn plant may push a plant into the lower row making it no longer to be bid upon or vice/versa.
Phase 3: Buying Resources
In reverse turn order players have the opportunity to buy resources for their plants. The player in last place of turn order. Players may only purchases resources they can use and each plant may only hold twice the number of resources it needs to run. Thus a plant that uses two oil, may hold up to four oil. As resources are purchased they become more expensive thus the person in last of the turn order has the opportunity to buy resources at the cheapest prices for the round.
Phase 4: Building
Again in reverse turn order players may build into cities. In the first round a player may choose to build into any city that is not already occupied. A player may continue to expand by paying the cost to build into the desired city slot plus the value of all connections to that city from an already occupied city. No player may build into more than one slot in a city. Slot one costs 10 'Elektro' and is the only slot available in Step 1. Step 2 makes the second slot available at a cost of 15 Elektro, and Step 3 makes the final slot available at a cost of 20 Elektro.
Phase 5: Bureaucracy
During this phase players expend resources to power their cities and earn more income (Elektro) based on the number of cities they power. Resources available to be purchased are replenished at a rate based on the number of players in the game as well as the current Step. Finally the highest value power plant is placed at the bottom of the draw deck (this changes in Step 3).
The game is further divided into 3 "steps". In step One, 8 power plants are visible to players arranged into two rows of four based on their numerical ranking from lowest to highest. The first row of the lowest numbered plants are available to be bid on by players. In step one only the first slot of a city may be built into.
Step Two is triggered when any player builds a set number of cities determined by the number of players in the game. In Step Two the lowest level plant is removed (this is only performed once). In addition the second city slot becomes available for players to build into. Finally, the resource replenishment rate is changed.
Step Three is triggered when the Step Three card comes up in the power plant deck. The Step Three card is initially placed at the bottom of the power plant deck. In Step 3, again, the lowest level plant is removed and a new plant is not drawn to replace it. The available power plant pool now consists of 6 power plants that are all available to be bid on. The remaining power plant deck is shuffled to make a new draw deck.
, a power company in the German state
of Baden-Württemberg
. The German map differs from the one in the original edition in that the city of Karlsruhe
(the location of EnBW's head-quarters) appears rather than the neighboring city of Mannheim
. The second map included in the game is a new map not available elsewhere, featuring EnBW's home state of Baden-Württemberg. A rule difference between this edition and the original is that determining player order is done after the power plant auction. A difference in the included power plant deck: with 41 plants rather than 42 in the original game, the deck does not include plant #29.
. The Quebec map makes more use of the renewable power plants to represent the regional availability of hydro-electricity.
and Italy
. Along with the maps are small rule changes to reflect the power culture in these two countries. France, a land that has embraced nuclear power, has an earlier start with atomic plants and more uranium available. Italy has fewer coal and oil resources, but more garbage.
and Central Europe
. Again, there are small rule changes to reflect the power culture in these two regions. Benelux (Economic union of Belgium
, the Netherlands
and Luxembourg
) has more ecological power plants and more availability of oil. Central Europe has rules changes in Steps 2 and 3, and limits on what type of power plant may be used to power cities in different regions (countries) of the map.
It was released at Spiel
(the annual game fair in Essen
) in 2007.
and Korea
. Again, there are small rule changes to reflect the power culture in these two regions. On the Korean side, players are confronted with expensive connection costs. In addition, because of the political division between North and South
, there are two resource markets; in each turn a player must choose only one market to buy resources from, with fewer resources
and no uranium
available in the North. On the Chinese side the market is structured as a planned economy
. In this version of the game, there are no surprises—the power plants on the power plant market are offered in ascending order during the two first steps of the game. (If the game reaches its final stage, then the power plant market becomes more like that in the original game, to reflect the beginnings of economic reform in modern China.) Additionally, the resource table is designed such that resources are likely to be in short supply as the game proceeds.
/Iberia
) was published in 2009. Another map expansion, this time for play in Brazil and Spain
/Portugal
. Again, there are small rule changes to reflect the power culture in these two regions. On the Brazilian side, biogas
takes the place of garbage, and resources are more scarce than in the original game. Brazil also includes special game preparation rules regarding biogas plants. On the Spain and Portugal side, Uranium
is important, but not at the beginning of the game. Initially, uranium is not added to the market in Step 1, but it is rapidly added in Step 2. This side also has special preparation rules by which certain plants are set aside and re-added to the deck during Step 2. Additionally, special nuclear rules apply to Portugal, namely that players with networks only in Portugal are not allowed to own nuclear power plants. Both sides of the map also include their own resource resupply tables.
Russia: The market for power plants is restricted in Russia. Additionally, the standard rules for exchanging out of date power plants are changed.
Japan: Based on the crowded geographical surroundings, the players can start two separate networks in Japan. The first connections are restricted to certain cities.
The Robots expansion adds 30 tiles to create variations of AI players designed to be used when playing with 2 players.
You can store up to three resources of any type in the Warehouse for future use in your own power plants. Stored resources cannot be dumped and must be used in the power plants.
The two "event cards" either remove three tokens of the cheapest resource or add three tokens of the most expensive resource from or to the resource market (only one token, if this is uranium). If there is a tie for cheapest or most expensive, resolve in the order coal, oil, garbage, uranium.
The First Sparks is much faster and far more direct. You are immediately part of the action. Each turn, each decision is important. As a clan leader you decide on the well-being of your clan during the Stone Age. You need to develop new hunting technologies and get new knowledge - to successfully hunt food or to learn to control fire. With the help of these skills, you will harvest enough food to feed your clan and spread it far enough to reach new hunting areas.
2004
German-style board game
German-style board games, frequently referred to in gaming circles as Euro Games or Euro-style, are a broad class of tabletop games that generally have simple rules, short to medium playing times, indirect player interaction and abstract physical components...
Funkenschlag (in its second incarnation) designed by Friedemann Friese
Friedemann Friese
Friedemann Friese is a German board game designer, currently residing and working in Bremen. His trademarks are his green-colored hair and games whose titles begin with the letter "F". The majority of his games, self-published by his company 2F-Spiele, also sport a green color scheme...
. Power Grid is published by Rio Grande Games
Rio Grande Games
Rio Grande Games is a board game publisher based in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. The company primarily imports and localizes foreign language German-style board games.-History:...
.
In the game, each player represents a company that owns power plants and tries to supply electricity
Electricity
Electricity is a general term encompassing a variety of phenomena resulting from the presence and flow of electric charge. These include many easily recognizable phenomena, such as lightning, static electricity, and the flow of electrical current in an electrical wire...
to cities. Over the course of the game, the players will bid on power plants and buy resources
Natural resource
Natural resources occur naturally within environments that exist relatively undisturbed by mankind, in a natural form. A natural resource is often characterized by amounts of biodiversity and geodiversity existent in various ecosystems....
to produce electricity
Electricity
Electricity is a general term encompassing a variety of phenomena resulting from the presence and flow of electric charge. These include many easily recognizable phenomena, such as lightning, static electricity, and the flow of electrical current in an electrical wire...
to provide power to the growing number
Number
A number is a mathematical object used to count and measure. In mathematics, the definition of number has been extended over the years to include such numbers as zero, negative numbers, rational numbers, irrational numbers, and complex numbers....
of cities in their expanding network
Electrical network
An electrical network is an interconnection of electrical elements such as resistors, inductors, capacitors, transmission lines, voltage sources, current sources and switches. An electrical circuit is a special type of network, one that has a closed loop giving a return path for the current...
.
Game play
The game comes with a double-sided board with a map of the United States of America and GermanyGermany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
on either side. Each map consists of six regions featuring cities with connections of varying costs between them. The number of regions used is based on the number of players. Map design itself is a key feature in the strategy of game play as some areas of the map feature generally higher connection costs compared to other areas of the map.
The game is played in rounds, with each round consisting of 5 phases: 1. Determining Player Order. 2. Auction Power Plants. 3. Buying Resources 4. Building and 5. Bureaucracy.
The game ends after one player builds a fixed number of cities. The winner is the player who can supply electricity to the most cities with his network. Tie breakers first look at who has the most money, then the most cities.
Phase 1: Determining Turn Order
Turn order is rearranged according to two criteria. The first is the number of cities a player has connections to. A player with more connections is placed before a player with fewer connections. The second criteria is the highest number plant a player owns. When players own the same number of cities a player with a higher number plant is placed before a player with a lower number plant. (Exception: To begin the game turn order is determined randomly to bid on auction power plants, and then rearranged after power plants are purchased per the normal rules).
Phase 2: Auction Power Plants
Turn order determines who begins the bid on a power plant. A player may choose to pass rather than bid on a plant in which case they forfeit the chance to bid on any power plants this round. A player must begin with a bid of a value equal to or higher than the number on an available power plant. After an initial bid players in clockwise order have the chance to either bid a higher value or pass. This continues until every player has passed on the current bid. Once a plant is purchased the next player in turn order (which may still be the first player) again has the option to bid on an available plant. The phase ends when every player has either purchased a plant or passed their opportunity to bid on a plant. When any plant is purchased a new one is drawn from the deck to replace it, however the available power plants are always re-arranged in number order. Thus a newly drawn plant may push a plant into the lower row making it no longer to be bid upon or vice/versa.
Phase 3: Buying Resources
In reverse turn order players have the opportunity to buy resources for their plants. The player in last place of turn order. Players may only purchases resources they can use and each plant may only hold twice the number of resources it needs to run. Thus a plant that uses two oil, may hold up to four oil. As resources are purchased they become more expensive thus the person in last of the turn order has the opportunity to buy resources at the cheapest prices for the round.
Phase 4: Building
Again in reverse turn order players may build into cities. In the first round a player may choose to build into any city that is not already occupied. A player may continue to expand by paying the cost to build into the desired city slot plus the value of all connections to that city from an already occupied city. No player may build into more than one slot in a city. Slot one costs 10 'Elektro' and is the only slot available in Step 1. Step 2 makes the second slot available at a cost of 15 Elektro, and Step 3 makes the final slot available at a cost of 20 Elektro.
Phase 5: Bureaucracy
During this phase players expend resources to power their cities and earn more income (Elektro) based on the number of cities they power. Resources available to be purchased are replenished at a rate based on the number of players in the game as well as the current Step. Finally the highest value power plant is placed at the bottom of the draw deck (this changes in Step 3).
The game is further divided into 3 "steps". In step One, 8 power plants are visible to players arranged into two rows of four based on their numerical ranking from lowest to highest. The first row of the lowest numbered plants are available to be bid on by players. In step one only the first slot of a city may be built into.
Step Two is triggered when any player builds a set number of cities determined by the number of players in the game. In Step Two the lowest level plant is removed (this is only performed once). In addition the second city slot becomes available for players to build into. Finally, the resource replenishment rate is changed.
Step Three is triggered when the Step Three card comes up in the power plant deck. The Step Three card is initially placed at the bottom of the power plant deck. In Step 3, again, the lowest level plant is removed and a new plant is not drawn to replace it. The available power plant pool now consists of 6 power plants that are all available to be bid on. The remaining power plant deck is shuffled to make a new draw deck.
Funkenschlag
The original game of Funkenschlag had players draw their networks using crayons instead of playing on a fixed map. This feature (along with other changes) was removed when Friedemann Friese reworked the game. The new game is also called Funkenschlag in the German market, but is sold under various names elsewhere.Editions
The game is currently available under various names for different markets, most featuring the same game play. A few editions, however, offer a slightly different play experience because they ship with non-standard maps.Funkenschlag/Power Grid
The German and U.S. editions are virtually identical and they feature the same Germany/USA maps. Any small differences are unintentional consequences of the translation from the original German into English, and most mistakes have been corrected by Rio Grande Games as new editions have been issued.Funkenschlag: EnBW Edition
This edition was published in 2007 as a promotional tie-in with EnBWEnBW
EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG, or simply EnBW, is a publicly traded electric utilities company headquartered in Karlsruhe, Germany.-History:...
, a power company in the German state
States of Germany
Germany is made up of sixteen which are partly sovereign constituent states of the Federal Republic of Germany. Land literally translates as "country", and constitutionally speaking, they are constituent countries...
of Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg is one of the 16 states of Germany. Baden-Württemberg is in the southwestern part of the country to the east of the Upper Rhine, and is the third largest in both area and population of Germany's sixteen states, with an area of and 10.7 million inhabitants...
. The German map differs from the one in the original edition in that the city of Karlsruhe
Karlsruhe
The City of Karlsruhe is a city in the southwest of Germany, in the state of Baden-Württemberg, located near the French-German border.Karlsruhe was founded in 1715 as Karlsruhe Palace, when Germany was a series of principalities and city states...
(the location of EnBW's head-quarters) appears rather than the neighboring city of Mannheim
Mannheim
Mannheim is a city in southwestern Germany. With about 315,000 inhabitants, Mannheim is the second-largest city in the Bundesland of Baden-Württemberg, following the capital city of Stuttgart....
. The second map included in the game is a new map not available elsewhere, featuring EnBW's home state of Baden-Württemberg. A rule difference between this edition and the original is that determining player order is done after the power plant auction. A difference in the included power plant deck: with 41 plants rather than 42 in the original game, the deck does not include plant #29.
Vysoké napětí
The Czech/Slovak edition features the Central Europe map (from the Central Europe/Benelux expansion) and the Germany map.Mégawatts
The French edition features the France map (from the France/Italy expansion) and a new map not available elsewhere: QuebecQuebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
. The Quebec map makes more use of the renewable power plants to represent the regional availability of hydro-electricity.
Other editions
The game is also available in Polish, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, and Japanese. While these editions feature the original maps of Germany/USA (and thus are more like translations of the 2F game than a new edition) each new deal with a local publisher has coincided with a release of an expansion featuring that publisher's home country.#1: France/Italy
The France & Italy Expansion for Power Grid was published in 2005. The expansion provides a new double-sided map allowing play in FranceFrance
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
and Italy
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...
. Along with the maps are small rule changes to reflect the power culture in these two countries. France, a land that has embraced nuclear power, has an earlier start with atomic plants and more uranium available. Italy has fewer coal and oil resources, but more garbage.
#2: Benelux/Central Europe
The Benelux & Central Europe Expansion for Power Grid was published in 2006. This expansion provides a new double-sided map, this time for play in BeneluxBenelux
The Benelux is an economic union in Western Europe comprising three neighbouring countries, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. These countries are located in northwestern Europe between France and Germany...
and Central Europe
Central Europe
Central Europe or alternatively Middle Europe is a region of the European continent lying between the variously defined areas of Eastern and Western Europe...
. Again, there are small rule changes to reflect the power culture in these two regions. Benelux (Economic union of Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
, the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
and Luxembourg
Luxembourg
Luxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. It has two principal regions: the Oesling in the North as part of the Ardennes massif, and the Gutland in the south...
) has more ecological power plants and more availability of oil. Central Europe has rules changes in Steps 2 and 3, and limits on what type of power plant may be used to power cities in different regions (countries) of the map.
#3: Power Plant Deck 2
The Power Plant Deck 2 Expansion for Power Grid was published in 2007. The expansion provides a second set of power plant cards, offering variety in gameplay.It was released at Spiel
Spiel
Internationale Spieltage SPIEL, often called Essen after the city where it is held, is an annual four-day game trade fair held in October at the Messe Essen exhibition centre in Essen...
(the annual game fair in Essen
Essen
- Origin of the name :In German-speaking countries, the name of the city Essen often causes confusion as to its origins, because it is commonly known as the German infinitive of the verb for the act of eating, and/or the German noun for food. Although scholars still dispute the interpretation of...
) in 2007.
#4: China/Korea
The China & Korea Expansion for Power Grid was published in 2008. Another map expansion, this time for play in ChinaChina
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
and Korea
Korea
Korea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...
. Again, there are small rule changes to reflect the power culture in these two regions. On the Korean side, players are confronted with expensive connection costs. In addition, because of the political division between North and South
Division of Korea
The division of Korea into North Korea and South Korea stems from the 1945 Allied victory in World War II, ending Japan's 35-year colonial rule of Korea. In a proposal opposed by nearly all Koreans, the United States and the Soviet Union agreed to temporarily occupy the country as a trusteeship...
, there are two resource markets; in each turn a player must choose only one market to buy resources from, with fewer resources
Economy of North Korea
The economy of North Korea is an industrialized and centrally planned economy.North Korea's economy remains one of the world's last centrally planned systems. The role of market allocation is sharply limited – mainly in the rural sector where some peasants sell produce from small private plots....
and no uranium
Timeline of North Korea nuclear program
This Chronology of the North Korean Nuclear Program begins in 1989 with the end of the Cold War and the decline of the USSR as the main economic ally of North Korea...
available in the North. On the Chinese side the market is structured as a planned economy
Planned economy
A planned economy is an economic system in which decisions regarding production and investment are embodied in a plan formulated by a central authority, usually by a government agency...
. In this version of the game, there are no surprises—the power plants on the power plant market are offered in ascending order during the two first steps of the game. (If the game reaches its final stage, then the power plant market becomes more like that in the original game, to reflect the beginnings of economic reform in modern China.) Additionally, the resource table is designed such that resources are likely to be in short supply as the game proceeds.
#5: Brazil/Spain & Portugal
The Brazil/Spain & Portugal Expansion (aka BrazilBrazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
/Iberia
Iberia
The name Iberia refers to three historical regions of the old world:* Iberian Peninsula, in Southwest Europe, location of modern-day Portugal and Spain** Prehistoric Iberia...
) was published in 2009. Another map expansion, this time for play in Brazil and Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
/Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
. Again, there are small rule changes to reflect the power culture in these two regions. On the Brazilian side, biogas
Biogas
Biogas typically refers to a gas produced by the biological breakdown of organic matter in the absence of oxygen. Organic waste such as dead plant and animal material, animal dung, and kitchen waste can be converted into a gaseous fuel called biogas...
takes the place of garbage, and resources are more scarce than in the original game. Brazil also includes special game preparation rules regarding biogas plants. On the Spain and Portugal side, Uranium
Uranium
Uranium is a silvery-white metallic chemical element in the actinide series of the periodic table, with atomic number 92. It is assigned the chemical symbol U. A uranium atom has 92 protons and 92 electrons, of which 6 are valence electrons...
is important, but not at the beginning of the game. Initially, uranium is not added to the market in Step 1, but it is rapidly added in Step 2. This side also has special preparation rules by which certain plants are set aside and re-added to the deck during Step 2. Additionally, special nuclear rules apply to Portugal, namely that players with networks only in Portugal are not allowed to own nuclear power plants. Both sides of the map also include their own resource resupply tables.
#6: Russia/Japan
This was released October 2010.Russia: The market for power plants is restricted in Russia. Additionally, the standard rules for exchanging out of date power plants are changed.
Japan: Based on the crowded geographical surroundings, the players can start two separate networks in Japan. The first connections are restricted to certain cities.
#7: The Robots
This will be released in November 2011.The Robots expansion adds 30 tiles to create variations of AI players designed to be used when playing with 2 players.
Promo Expansions
These items are small, single or multiple card promotional items that can be added to supplement the base game.Flux Generator
The Flux Generator is a power plant that can fire any 3 resources to power 6 cities.Theme Park
The card is auctioned to the players immediately after it has been drawn. It counts as an additional city for its owner and not as a power plant.Transformer Station
The Transformer Station is a technology card that can be connected to a power plant to supply an additional city.Warehouse
Warehouse is a limited edition 3 card set.You can store up to three resources of any type in the Warehouse for future use in your own power plants. Stored resources cannot be dumped and must be used in the power plants.
The two "event cards" either remove three tokens of the cheapest resource or add three tokens of the most expensive resource from or to the resource market (only one token, if this is uranium). If there is a tie for cheapest or most expensive, resolve in the order coal, oil, garbage, uranium.
Power Grid: Factory Manager
In Power Grid: Factory Manager players own factories and try to earn the most money during the game. To be successful, each player must use his workers to buy the best machines and robots at the market and to run the machines most effectively in his factory. Because of increasing energy prices, the players must be careful to check the energy consumption of their factories and to avoid using only energy-consuming machines.Power Grid: The First Sparks
The First Sparks transports the Power Grid mechanisms into the Stone Age. The order of phases during a game round, the player order, the technology cards are all similar to the original game.The First Sparks is much faster and far more direct. You are immediately part of the action. Each turn, each decision is important. As a clan leader you decide on the well-being of your clan during the Stone Age. You need to develop new hunting technologies and get new knowledge - to successfully hunt food or to learn to control fire. With the help of these skills, you will harvest enough food to feed your clan and spread it far enough to reach new hunting areas.
Awards
2005- Games MagazineGAMES MagazineGames magazine is a United States magazine devoted to games and puzzles, and is published by Games Publications, a division of Kappa Publishing Group.-History:...
Games 100 - Spiel des JahresSpiel des JahresThe Spiel des Jahres is an award for board and card games, created in 1978 with the stated purpose of rewarding excellence in game design, and promoting top-quality games in the German market. It is thought that the existence and popularity of the award is one of the major drivers of the quality...
Recommended
2004
- International Gamers Awards Best Strategy Game Nominee
- Meeples' Choice AwardMeeples' Choice AwardThe Meeples' Choice Award is an award given for board games and card games. It is given by Spielfrieks, an internet discussion group about board and card games.- Past winners :...
Top 3 of 2004
External links
- Rio Grande Games' Power Grid webpage
- PowerGrid review at The Games Journal