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along the journal track. This has some im- tion cards are drawn from the face-down
After the North Sea and West Kingdom trilogies, it’s now Tigris.
mediate effects, and controls the end of the game, which happens after about 60 to 90 minutes for the one to four play- ers. The next two titles of the series are to follow at yearly intervals. Wayfarers of the South Tigris has been announced for December. (sd/cs)
SApiel das!
rve Fühler and Guido Eckhof have ome up with Aeolos. In this well-rounded adventure game for fam- ilies, you place a card from your hand face-up on top of the matching stack, of which there are two on the table. Both visible cards now show a number, whose sum represents the sailing value, which can be adjusted by wind tokens. Depend- ing on that value, you advance your sail- ing ship to the matching harbor or river and collect crystals, expand your fleet, ex- plore temples, advance your prophet, or build settlements.
The latter increas-
es your hand card
limit, as well as
saves you from the
obligation to visit
a harbor with your
own ship to profit
from its action.
The very worth- while special ac-
stack in a specific port. They grant a favor of the gods to cleverly optimize your own turn. Even in the course of the game you are rewarded with victory points if you oc- cupy temples, build ships and move your prophet to the reward spaces. In the end, the collected crystals also mean points, the more varied, the better. Everyone is constantly fighting against time on the Islands of the Winds, and wondering: What is most urgent now, which bonus do I still want to grab and where can I overtake the other players at the last mo- ment? Aeolos is due for release at the beginning of October. (cc/cs)
NSpielworxx
obody should say they have not been warned: Designer Uwe Rosenberg
himself talks about his new game Ora- nienburger Kanal on the Spielworxx homepage, claiming it is certainly one of
his “most intense games,” inspired by his own classic Le Havre. Moreover, the new game is trickier than Fields of Arle—and dirti- er. The latter refers to the fact that the one or two players involved build not