Orleans details
- Designer: Reiner Stockhausen
- Artists: Klemens Franz
- Publishers: Arclight, Arclight Games, Arrakis Games, Baldar, BGA Plus, Capstone Games, Cranio Creations, dlp games, Engames, GaGa Games, Korea Boardgames, Matagot, MEEPLE, MeepleBR, Surfin' Meeple China, Swan Panasia Co., Ltd., Tasty Minstrel Games, White Goblin Games
- Release Date: 2014
- Player count : 2 - 5
- Age range : 12+
- Time range : 90 minutes
- Mechanism(s): Contracts, Deck / Pool Building, Deck, Bag, and Pool Building, End Game Bonuses, Events, Point to Point Movement, Simultaneous Action Selection, Tech Trees / Tech Tracks, Turn Order: Progressive, Variable Set-up, Worker Placement, Different Worker Types
- BGG Geek Rating: - converted to Meeple Mountain scale: .
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During the medieval goings-on around Orléans, you must assemble a following of farmers, merchants, knights, monks, etc. to gain supremacy through trade, construction and science in medieval France.
In Orléans, you will recruit followers and put them to work to make use of their abilities. Farmers and Boatmen supply you with money and goods; Knights expand your scope of action and secure your mercantile expeditions; Craftsmen build trading stations and tools to facilitate work; Scholars make progress in science; Traders open up new locations for you to use your followers; and last but not least, it cannot hurt to get active in monasteries since with Monks on your side you are much less likely to fall prey to fate.
You will always want to take more actions than possible, and there are many paths to victory. The challenge is to combine all elements as best as possible with regard to your strategy.
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