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Designed By	Friedemann Friese
Art By
Published By	2F-Spiele
Year Published	2001
# of Players:	2 − 6
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 4 players Recommended with 3, 4, 5, 6 players (8 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	180 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	12 and up
User Suggested Ages	14 and up (2 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	No necessary in-game text (4 voters) [poll]
Category	Economic Industry / Manufacturing
Mechanic	Auction/Bidding Crayon Rail System Route/Network Building
Primary Name	Funkenschlag
Alternate Names
Expanded By
Families	Power Grid

	Description Edit \| History

Players draw electrical networks on the board connecting various cities and then power them by purchasing power plants and the resources to run the plants.

This is the first edition of the game, published only by 2F Spiele. Several changes were made (payout schedule, fixed board, etc.) to create Funkenschlag Second Edition (aka Power Grid).

Re-implemented by:

Power Grid

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Good	$24.95	20-Nov-2009
New	€34.99	17-Sep-2009
Very Good	£25.00	11-Sep-2009
Like New	$30.00	27-Jul-2009
Good	£30.00	26-Jun-2009
Like New	$30.00	1-Mar-2009
Like New	€30.00	28-Feb-2009
Like New	$32.00	5-Oct-2008
Like New	$35.00	23-Sep-2008
Very Good	$45.00	25-Jul-2008

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0	Sessions Compared to Power Grid	2006-12-14	paulclark...	1
0	General Best Number of Players	2005-01-19	snoozefest	2
0	General Step 2 transition timing.	2004-09-15	dkeisen	0
0	Sessions Session Report	2004-08-15	Eric Brosius	0
0	General Help	2004-07-27	kenjohns	1
0	General Elimination of crayons in 2nd Edition?	2004-04-12	Frog	2
1	Reviews User Review	2004-03-09	Mecki	2
0	General Comment on buying power plants	2004-02-23	Mecki	0
1	General Funkenschlag to be released by RGG as 'Power Grid'	2004-01-25	Fawkes	10
0	Sessions Session Report	2004-01-21	Jonathan ...	0

	Recommendations

Standard Recommendations
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Schoko & Co.

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Die 1. Million	Shark	Stimmt So!	Manager
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Entenrallye	El Caballero	Fische Fluppen Frikadellen	Mü & More
Löwenherz	Chinatown

Very Weak Recommendations
Stephenson's Rocket	Die Macher	Verräter	New England
Industria	Web of Power	Vinci	Age of Steam

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Building Costs - Funkenschlag Final.pdf

Building Costs translation - by Ivan Hanley.

Ivan

2006-09-09

Earnings Chart - Funkenschlag Final.pdf

Corrected Earnings Chart - by Ivan Hanley.

Ivan

2006-09-09

Order of Play - Funkenschlag Final.pdf

Order of play reference - by Ivan Hanley.

Ivan

2006-09-05

quickrules Funkenschlag dutch.pdf

Funkenschlag, dutch quickrules for easy reference

Jukke

2006-08-23

Funkenschlag - Quick Reference.pdf

1-page rules summary

delta1119

2005-06-10

funkenschlag.mp3

German Pronunciation

flieger

2005-04-05

ErattumHouse.jpg

Print out on label paper and apply to erattad power plant

cfarrell

2005-01-30

Funkenschlag svenska 1.0.doc

Svensk översättning av reglerna till Funkenschlag (1:a upplagan)

hakko504

2004-09-13

Resource Cards.doc

Resource replenishment table Cards, 1 each of 3, 4, 5, and 6 players.

2004-06-06

Sumcards.pdf

Summary Cards - English

2004-06-06

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748	Plays best with 2? 3? 4? 173? You tell me! Ultimate Optimum # of Players List (BGG Top 288)	2007-02-09
545	The origins of my games (Friedemann Friese)	2007-01-17
185	Games' Names if Samuel L. Jackson Published Them	2009-06-11
183	Language levels of the top 250 (or can I buy this cheap foreign edition?!)	2007-09-13
168	Boardgame Spoonerisms	2007-03-30
164	Game mechanic snobbery	2009-04-29
154	The Agricola Advent Calendar	2007-12-14
133	Neglected Euros	2006-11-08
129	The Top BGG Games: The Top Reviews	2008-03-08
120	Which Edition Do You Prefer?	2009-04-22

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Board Game Rank:	251
Num Ratings:	401
Average Rating:	7.69
Standard Deviation:	1.54
Num Views:	41967
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Avg. Game Weight:	3.6
Fans:	2

Personal Comments:	130
Users Owning:	448
Users Wanting:	12
Users Trading:	28
Has Parts For Trade:	0
Want Parts In Trade:	1
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Total Plays:	281
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Interview and game explaination with author Friedemann Friese from Boardgames with Scott	http://www.boardgameswithscott.com/?p=35	2007-11-07
Mike Mayer's review in the Game Report #27	http://www.gamereport.com/tgr27/funkenschlag.shtml	2005-05-24

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