Fjords details
- Designer: Franz-Benno Delonge
- Artists: Christof Tisch, Jörg Asselborn
- Publishers: 999 Games, Hans im Glück, Rio Grande Games
- Release Date: 2005
- Player count : 2
- Age range : 8+
- Time range : 30 minutes
- Mechanism(s): Area Majority / Influence, Chaining, Map Addition, Modular Board, Tile Placement
- BGG Geek Rating: - converted to Meeple Mountain scale: .
- More articles about Fjords.
Between the 8th and 11th centuries, the Vikings had the world holding their breath. Always on the lookout for new land, they aren't above fighting their own countrymen. In this game, two clan leaders fight each other, using the right tactics, for a fruitful plot of land along Norway's coast. They quickly build up villages at strategic locations and fight with anything they can to ensure the larger portion of the region for their clan. Fjords: the tactical battle for the best land!
The above is the description of the game from Hans im Glück.
The game is played in two phases: the first phase, placing tiles and farms, mixes luck and skill; the second phase, claiming fields, has a Go-like enclosure dynamic that is all skill.
Join the Meeple Mountain team as we look back on our first experiences with modern board games, and talk about our feelings on the idea of “gateway games”.
Tom takes a decades-long look back at one of the games that got him back into the hobby: Fjords.
