{"id":3601,"date":"2004-11-18T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2004-11-18T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.westpark-gamers.de\/blog\/2004\/11\/18\/in-80tagen-um-die-welt\/"},"modified":"2004-11-18T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2004-11-18T11:00:00","slug":"in-80tagen-um-die-welt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westpark-gamers.de\/blog\/2004\/11\/18\/in-80tagen-um-die-welt\/","title":{"rendered":"In 80\nTagen um die Welt"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 80
\nTagen um die Welt<\/a><\/h2>\n

reviewed by Peter Riedlberger<\/i><\/p>\n

This game seems to be a merchandising product in the wake of the new “Around the
\nworld in 80 days” movie. Well, I don’t care. It’s the gameplay I’m
\ninterested in, and that’s fine.<\/p>\n

The Kosmos of this game is difficult to explain (unless you use an advanced concept of
\nspace-time): In fact, players move in two dimensions. On the board, they move from city
\nto city (London – Paris – Brindisi – … – New York – London). The brim of the board
\nfeatures a Kramer bar but probably the only one I know where you wouldn’t prefer to
\nadvance since it’s the number of days spent. You start with zero and you’ll end
\nup with around 80 days.<\/p>\n

In order to travel from one city to another, you play cards. For London – Paris, you
\nneed a ship and a train, for example. Every card has a value in days. Accordingly, for
\nLondon – Paris, you play a ship and a train, add the values of those two cards and
\nadvance that amount on the day bar. You don’t want to play cards with huge values.
\nTherefore, it can be a good idea to miss a turn, just to get new cards and hope for a
\nbetter fare.<\/p>\n

\"In<\/p>\n

It might happen that player A advances “quickly” in space, meaning he always
\nhops from city to city and arrives in London… within 90 days… Player B might arrive
\ntwo turns later, but he used lower cards and wins in the end. Imagine: Both started the
\nsame day in London, the first one experienced 90 days while the other only lived through,
\nsay, 72. Did you ever hear of Einstein’s twin paradox?<\/p>\n

Back to the game. My description so far may have sounded complicated, but “80
\nTage” is a really, really straightforward game. It’s luck-driven, but it can be
\nexplained and played with four players in less than one hour (which we did). Players
\nmight complain that they don’t have too many choices during their turns, but in fact,
\nthey do have some: At the beginning of a turn, you pick up one of the open transportation
\ncards. Every card is linked to some other advantage (free event card, start player next
\nround, …) so you must ponder the cards and their values against those other advantages.
\nThen, when you have two completely identical cards (e.g., two trains with value 6) and
\nyou have to use exactly this kind of transportation (e.g., two trains), you advance only
\nhalf of the amount of days (i.e., 6 instead of 12). This means that card care is somewhat
\nless primitive than it might seem at first glance. Then, the very first and the very last
\nplayer to arrive at a city get another advantage (free event card, plus 1 day for all
\nothers…). So you can follow the tactic of always being last (but beware, as soon as the
\nfirst player arrives in London, you lose 1 day per turn).<\/p>\n

I haven’t mentioned all rules, but most. Winning the game is largely due to
\ngetting the right cards, but it is still fun. “In 80 Tagen um die Welt” is the
\nkind of game you could play with non-players or children instead of stomaching Monopoly
\nor Risk. It is luck-driven, it is true, but there you’ll still find enough classic
\nGerman game mechanisms.<\/p>\n

Westpark Gamers rating: 7.0<\/p>\n

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