Brettspielwelt
The board game world (own spelling also " BSW " or " BSW " ), short- BSW, is the web portal of the BSW GmbH on the Internet, where you can play free online board and card games together with other people. It is funded primarily by payments from the publishers whose games are there provided. As this interface is a Java program as a client or the browser, so that can be used under many operating and computer systems the BSW.
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Idea
The basic idea for the board game world had Alexander Zbiek ( Armistice ) in 1998, since then it is continuously evolving. The first game of the board game world was Settlers of Catan.
The BSW was awarded the 2004 People's Choice Webby Award in the category " Games".
Games offer
Offered are about 70 games with a variety of variants for each multiple people, so-called multi -user games, and over 15 games for one person, so-called single -user games (as of September 2009). Some games were also already offered promptly to its publication in BSW. So far, however, several games were removed.
You can play as a guest or a registered user. There are more than 300,000 registered users, of which at the same time in the evening around 2000 online. On the BSW website can be found at any offered game instructions. You can also ask other users via chat to explain a game. Some users do volunteer to be a tutor available.
During the preliminary regional for the German team championship in the board game 2002, it was the first time the opportunity to also qualify online in the board game world.
List of multi -player games
List of single -player games
- Black Box,
- Chaos,
- Darts,
- Dislodge,
- Five Dice,
- Mahjongg,
- Mogelpat,
- PacMan,
- Rotactical,
- Single St. Petersburg,
- Such Rascals
- Solitaire,
- Solo Bazaar,
- Solo Don Quixote,
- Solo Ingenious,
- Sologammon,
- SoloWuerfeln,
- Sudoku,
- Spider Solitaire
- Intermittent fever.
Operation
The use of the board game world is relatively simple. Once logged in, either as a guest or a registered player, you can either by menus, icons, by clicking on the elements of the world or by commands that are entered in the main chat, go through the online world seeking players and start games.
Metagame
There is a medieval -scale meta-game, in which players organize themselves into virtual cities, assigned offices and expand their cities. Those who join a city that takes part in the metagame passive or active by applying an office. In addition, the inhabitants of a city form a community with their own chat rooms. Currently there are over 200 cities with a total of more than 5,000 inhabitants (as of February 2007). For participants in the metagame there are additional commands to the city, guild and offices use.
Each registered user wearing a secular or clerical rank. A clerical rank is obtained when more than a third of the points earned through single user games, otherwise you have a worldly rank. Reaching the ranks depends not only on the points earned, but also on the number of games played and a play individual, and of secret factors. At present, the highest rank awarded W21 or K21. In addition, there is a higher rank earned more commands to facilitate the games control or for expanded opportunities in the community. Cities can be individually make that apply to them rank designations.
Language
In BSW German is mainly spoken. In other languages consideration is actively taken and a significant proportion of the players coming from non-German speaking countries. Many games and much of the user interface are translated into several other languages . Various foreign-language communities have come together in their own cities ( Englishtown, Japanese Isle, Koreatown, De Lage Landen, etc.).