Heart of Africa (2004)

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Designer	Andreas Steding
Artist	Franz Vohwinkel
Publisher	Mayfair Games Phalanx Games
Year Published	2004
# of Players	2 − 5
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 3 players Recommended with 3, 4 players (2 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	60 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	10 and up
User Suggested Ages	10 and up (2 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	No necessary in-game text (3 voters) [poll]
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Category	Economic
Mechanic	Auction/Bidding
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Primary Name	Heart of Africa
Alternate Names	Hart van Afrika Ins Innere Afrikas Into the Heart of Africa
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From the Mayfair Catalog:

Heart of Africa is a meaty trading game where the players each lead a trading company which tries to make profits in Africa.

Although Africa had been circumnavigated by the start of the 19th century, the continent remained largely undiscovered. One of the great mysteries was the source of the Nile, and explorers like Burton, Speke, Baker and Livingstone became immortal in their attempts to find it.

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Ins Innere Afrikas

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German edition

Publisher: Phalanx Games

Artist: Franz Vohwinkel

Year: 2004

Product Code: 190639

Size: Long Rectangle (e.g. Power Grid)

3.24 pounds

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Year: 2004

Size: 14.70 x 10.80 x 2.20 inches

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Publisher: Phalanx Games

Artist: Franz Vohwinkel

Year: 2004

Size: 14.70 x 10.80 x 2.20 inches

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Product Code: PHA-US. AFR01

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Heart of Africa Spiele-Offensive.de Video Overview (German)

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11	Reviews Very Good but....	2012-03-27	qrux	1
1	General Any Difference Between 'Heart of Africa' and 'Into the Heart of Africa'	2012-02-01	Straight...	0
0	Rules Did I make a big mistake? Seems like there are a lot of problems with the rules.	2011-12-19	joe_salamone	4
2	General Which tiles, exactly, are considered misprinted? Also...	2011-05-19	Delaric	6
1	Rules Yet more rules questions	2010-10-03	Marfried	1
0	Rules Special Victory Markers	2009-12-28	da pyrate	1
2	General Is Heart of Africa "pre-expanded"?	2009-11-30	doctortuxedo	1
0	Rules Polish instructions wanted	2009-11-16	janekbyd	0
9	Sessions First play of Heart of Africa	2009-08-21	PHIL4477	1
1	General English Instructions Wanted	2008-12-27	Liggur	7

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Reworked Dutch translation of the rules and player aid

This is reworked translation of the original German rules into Dutch, incorporating as much of the official FAQ---as long as it was available---as possible, as well as some rules questions posed to the author of this game. The document is structured like the original (oh horror) but makes an effort in pointing out where the rules and game materials are unclear or just plain wrong. This is version 1.0 of the document.

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2009-01-20

Africa APs.doc

Useful chart listing and explaining just AP's

Miss Panda

2006-01-05

African Sequence.doc

Turn Sequence with my Variant built-in

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2006-01-05

Heart of Africa.doc

streamlining combat, misprinted counter used as printed

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dasinnereafricas.mp3

German pronunciation

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2005-07-26

Heart_of_Africa_rule.pdf

heart of africa rule -Korean

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2005-03-31

Heart[1].of.Africa.Aid.v1.2.ABC_K.pdf

heart of africa player aid (turn, action) Korean

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heart of africa player aid turn order.pdf

heart of africa player aid - turn order

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heart of africa player aid - action chits

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Dutch user reviews on Bordspelmania.eu	http://www.bordspelmania.eu/spellen/detail/hart-va...	2010-09-06
Spiele Offensive TV Video Overview (German)	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HubbnM9pY48	2010-05-13
English review on Gamepack	http://www.gamepack.nl/gamepack/rec-hoafrica1eng.h...	2010-04-29
Dutch review on Gamepack	http://www.gamepack.nl/gamepack/rec-hvafrika1.html	2010-04-29
Heart of Africa at Phalanx Games	http://www.phalanxgames.net/cms/pages/internationa...	2010-02-09
Heart of Africa at Mayfair Games	http://www.mayfairgames.com/shop/product/phalanx/p...	2010-02-09
German review at Reich der Spiele	http://www.reich-der-spiele.com/kritiken/InsInnere...	2009-12-23
German review at Spielphase	http://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/keirat/tx...	2009-12-23
German review at Hall9000	http://www.hall9000.de/rezi.pl?spiel=ins_innere_af...	2009-12-23
Screens to hide tiles and cubes	http://aides.archive-host.com/HeartParavent.pdf	2009-03-11