The Scepter of Zavandor (2004)

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Designer	Jens Drögemüller
Artist	Andrea Boekhoff
Publisher	Lookout Games Z-Man Games
Year Published	2004
# of Players	2 − 6
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 4 players Recommended with 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 players (52 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	90 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	10 and up
User Suggested Ages	10 and up (2 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	Moderate in-game text - needs crib sheet or paste ups (8 voters) [poll]
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Subdomain	Strategy Games (18 voters) [vote]
Category	Economic Fantasy
Mechanic	Auction/Bidding Variable Player Powers
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Family	Zavandor
Primary Name	The Scepter of Zavandor
Alternate Names	Das Zepter von Zavandor
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The Scepter of Zavandor is about magic and power. Players represent young magicians who have gained possession of old magic knowledge, and with it they attempt to achieve the powerful position of archmage, symbolized by the Scepter of Zavandor.

To increase their power and influence, the young magicians enchant jewels and seek out knowledge. An auction mechanism also allows them to acquire artifacts and sentinels. Victory points are earned through active gems, artifacts, sentinels, and knowledge.

The game's rulebook includes a note thanking James Hlavaty for permission to copy the game mechanics from Outpost.

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Awards

2007 Games 100 Advanced Strategy Nominee.
2005 Deutscher Spiele Preis 9th Place.

Scepter of Zavandor is a retheming of Outpost by TimJim Games, with some additional mechanics (notably the technology track and player asymmetry on it).

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Z-Man Second edition

Publisher: Z-Man Games

Artist: Andrea Boekhoff

Year: 2006

Product Code: ZMG 7010

Size: 12.00 x 8.50 x 2.25 inches

2.22 pounds

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Publisher: Z-Man Games

Artist: Andrea Boekhoff

Year: 2004

Product Code: ZMG 7010

Size: 12.00 x 8.50 x 2.25 inches

2.22 pounds

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Publisher: Lookout Games

Artist: Andrea Boekhoff

Year: 2004

Size: 12.00 x 8.50 x 2.25 inches

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Deutsche Spielhilfe / German Player Aid

Auf einer praktischen Din A4 Seite: Übersicht und Wechselwirkungen aller Artefakte und Wächter. Dazu Tabellen zum Handkartenlimit und den Siegpunkten.

weserkiesel

2012-04-08

French translation of individual board

Traduction françaises des plateaux joueurs

Kenran

2011-12-17

custom artifacts v2

Custom artifacts in german/english language. i suggest using them together with the original ones in 3-6 player games (remove one of each original card and use 1 of each of these). included are replacement cards for belt, crystal ball and magic mirror. using them is optional, but crystal ball is recommended and belt+mirror must be both or none. v2 changes: larger fonts on cards for easier reading, and one additional card

letsdance

2011-07-26

artifacts template

template for creating artifacts. please thumb if you like it =)

letsdance

2011-07-15

Samenvatting Kaarten Scepter of Zavandor

Afbeeldingen + verklaringen van de kaarten van Scepter of Zavandor in het Nederlands.

zepson

2010-11-17

Scepter of Zavandor Artifacts verklaringen Nederlands

Verklaringen in het Nederlands van de artifacts, afbeeldingen en hun waarde.

zepson

2010-11-17

Quick Reference Chart

Quick reference for Zavandor. Chart showing magic energy income. Discard ratios, and victory point chart.

tikiguy

2010-07-04

Referência Rápida (em Português)

Contém descrição das fases, artefatos e sentinelas.

sledesma

2010-01-29

Scepter of Zavandor English Rule Rewrite

Basically the same as 2.0; re-generated the PDF file to correct some formatting irregularities.

SalladDazed

2008-11-06

Single tuckbox for ZMAN version

The Z-man cards are a bit thicker than the original German ones. This tuckbox puts everything in one box -- it's really not too difficult to separate the cards!

snoozefest

2007-12-23

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German review - Hall9000	http://www.hall9000.de/html/spiel/das_zepter_von_z...	2011-08-24
German review - spieletest.at	http://www.spieletest.at/spiel.php?ID=850	2011-08-24
German review - Pöppelkiste	http://www.poeppelkiste.de/frame/frame.htm?/gutesp...	2011-08-24
French strategic section - parts 1	http://www.jedisjeux.net/zavandor-la-strategie-par...	2010-12-15
English Review on Knights of the Cardboard Castle	http://knights.calltoreason.org/?p=3276	2010-06-09
English review on Gamepack	http://www.gamepack.nl/gamepack/rec-zavandor1eng.h...	2010-04-29
Dutch review on Gamepack	http://www.gamepack.nl/gamepack/rec-zavandor1.html	2010-04-29
The Scepter of Zavandor @ Z-Man Games	http://www.zmangames.com/boardgames/zavandor.htm	2010-04-07
french review at Jedisjeux.net	http://www.jedisjeux.net/das-zepter-von-zavandor-t...	2010-02-22
Official Rules (English) (pdf)	http://www.zmangames.com/boardgames/files/zavandor...	2009-02-25