{"id":3586,"date":"2004-12-15T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2004-12-15T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.westpark-gamers.de\/blog\/2004\/12\/15\/goldbraeu\/"},"modified":"2004-12-15T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2004-12-15T11:00:00","slug":"goldbraeu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westpark-gamers.de\/blog\/2004\/12\/15\/goldbraeu\/","title":{"rendered":"Goldbr\u00e4u"},"content":{"rendered":"

Goldbr\u00e4u<\/a><\/h2>\n

reviewed by Aaron Haag<\/i><\/p>\n

If you have ever been to Munich or any other part of southern Bavaria during summer,
\nyou have probably been to a beer garden. These are, sometimes rather large, outside areas
\nwith tables and benches where people can drink and eat. Beer gardens in the past where
\noften owned by breweries in order to make use of the area atop their cellars which for
\nthe purpose of keeping the cellars cool during the summer had been planted with densely
\nleafed chestnut trees. Until today, many beer gardens are owned by breweries with tight
\nbands between leaseholders and the breweries (sometimes with dramatic consequences as in
\nthe case of the “Hundertj\u00e4hriges Haus” in Munich).<\/p>\n

Franz-Benno Delonge adopted the beer garden and brewery relation for his latest game
\n“Goldbr\u00e4u”. Players aim to control beer gardens and breweries in order to earn
\nthe most money through selling beer to guests in the beer gardens.<\/p>\n

The board shows a total of four breweries and six beer gardens. The beer gardens are
\ntiny when the game starts but can be extended by its manager later in the game, similar
\nto the mechanism used in “L\u00f6wenherz”. The size of the beer garden is the prime
\nfactor for calculating its income.<\/p>\n

During the game setup, each player is dealt six shares, four of which are revealed
\nimmediately and influence tokens placed on the respective brewery and beer garden while
\ntwo remain secret in the players’ hand. The concept of hidden influence reminds one
\nof “Kremlin”. In addition, each player in sequence places two manager pieces on
\nany not yet occupied brewery or beer garden.<\/p>\n

Control of managers is vital in the game as only they give control about the actions
\nperformed by beer gardens and breweries. They can only be placed on the board if no other
\nplayer holds a majority of shared in that brewery or beer garden. While it is important
\nto have sufficient own managers on the board it is equally necessary to have sufficient
\ninfluence (shares) in order to prevent other players to take over a manager’s
\nposition. Players secretly and simultaneously select their action for a turn having a
\nchoice of<\/p>\n

\"Goldbr\u00e4u<\/p>\n