Key Largo (board game)
Key Largo is a board game by the game designers Paul Randles, Mike Selinker and Bruno Faidutti, launched in 2005 by the French publisher Éditions Tilsit on the French, Italian and German markets. The sales took over in Belgium, the company " Hodin ," in Canada, " Filosofia " and Switzerland " Carletto ". In May 2008 there was an English language edition in "Titanic Games" ( Paizo Publishing).
Game material
The accessories consist of: a five-part game plan (the island ), 130 Wreck cards (including 20 shallow, 30 medium depth, 30 large depth), 24 action cards, 24 cards with possible acquaintances, a starting player card, 15 divers, 40 divers equipment, a lifebuoy ( round marker ), 5 wooden game pieces ( ships) and a set of play money dollars.
Game framework and action
The action takes place in 1899 in the area of the island town of Key Largo in Florida. Several Schatztaucher looking gold and sunken treasures in the rich sunken wrecks marine area. During the game, players take dives, equipment purchase and search for wrecks.
At the beginning, each diver entrepreneurs 100 play money dollars. He can make up to three divers figures work for you, if he can pay them and their equipment. There are only 10 days to finish the race to be the richest treasure hunter, then there arrives the tropical cyclone season. With five action cards that keeps each player face down on the hand, each player chooses an action for the morning and one for the afternoon. The action cards show either one of the four ports or " immerse " the action.
The players choose their action simultaneously, that is, these cards are always uncovered at the same time. When diving, you can just as deep down how rich the previously acquired hoses per Traucher. The acquaintance maps provide unique discounts.
When diving sea monster can attack. Own divers figures who could not defend themselves armed with a trident to be eliminated.
Are the ten days ago, the cash position of each player is counted. For this purpose adds valuable treasure ship - hand cards. Who has the most money at the end is the winner.
Criticism
The reviewer at " we - test - spiele.de " held " Key Largo " for a good family game. At the same time they vehemently criticized the poor quality of the play material of Tilsit issue and the lack of innovative components and interactivity.
The meeting at " Hall9000 " also emphasized the suitability as a family game. The best games to one fourth, as three players produced too little competition and five too much crowd on the game board. It criticized the high luck factor that easily overturning ship blocks as well as the exaggerated effect of the built-in Details " pickpocket ".
Others
The title " Key Largo " was chosen according Faidutti because the name is open both the U.S. and the French-speaking public and known positive because of the classic film.
The game is based on a secondary analysis of an idea of who died in 2003 Paul Randles, which first appeared in German as "Pirate Bay ", and later in English as " The Pirate 's Cove " and French- as "La Crique of Pirates" Trading in games. This time, however, pirates should not be an issue, but the treasure deep-sea diving are at the center.
The illustration of the game box is a parody of the comic book The Treasure of Rackham the Red 1944 from the series The Adventures of Tintin.
The generating in-game time pressure hurricane was " Katty " named in honor of Katty Pepermans, widow of Paul Randles, one of the authors of this game.
The faces of the cards contain caricatures of the three authors, illustrator and production manager of " Tilsit Collection", Nicolas Anton.