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Year Published
2006
# of Players:
2 − 4
User Suggested # of Players
Best with 3, 4 players
Recommended with 2, 3, 4 players
(118 voters) [poll]
Playing Time
45 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages
10 and up
User Suggested Ages
10 and up
(16 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence
No necessary in-game text
(33 voters) [poll]
Category
Mechanic
Primary Name
Thurn and Taxis
Alternate Names
Poštovní Kurýr
Poštovní kurýr
Thurn & Taxis
Thurn et Taxis : l'aventure postale
Thurn und Taxis
Турн и Таксис. Королевская почта
驛馬當先
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Families
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In Thurn & Taxis, players build post office routes across Bavaria and the regions around, collecting bonus points in various ways. The board shows a map of all the towns, with roads leading from each one to some of its neighbors. There are various colored regions around the board, most with one or two towns, and a large region with all the Bavarian towns in the center.

From a display of six city cards (or the top of the deck), you draw one or two cards each turn, add one or two to your route, and score for it if you're ready to score. The fact that you *must* add at least one city to your route each turn or lose the whole route gives the game an enjoyable planning element.

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2 English version based on original German rules
From the introduction: This version of the rules is designed for those who have the English-language version of the game, as published by Rio Grande, but would like the greater clarity of the rules in the original German version. Where there are differences in the rules, I follow the English-language version.
2009-09-11
4 SoloPlay_ThurnTaxis_v1.pdf
File contains rules to be able to play Thurn and Taxis in a solo format. Included is a player aide to help the player understand the play mechanics and provide an abbreviated rules set for reference during play. This variant was created to challenge the experienced Thurn and Taxis player. For more solo game variants and a discussion about this game's design click the following link: ([url=http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/396183]Thurn and Taxis SoloPlay Design[/url])
2009-04-04
2 Simplified Thurn and Taxis map
This map was designed as a teaching aid and for those folks who find it a bit difficult to read the names across the table. All connections are complete and the cities are in their relative positions.
2009-04-01
5 Thurn und Taxis Greek rules
The Greek rules for Thurn und Taxis. Version 1.0
2009-03-18
4 Game rules in Czech
Rules in Czech
2008-11-08
4 Verkorte spelregels Nederlands
Short rules in Dutch for the game Thurn und Taxis
2008-08-08
2 Concise reference sheet by hecose
Concise reference sheet for looking up easy-to-forget rules quickly. Useful if you haven't played the game for some time and need a refresher. Provides a summarised and structured outline to help in teaching a game.
2008-07-22
3 Source Code for Thurn & Taxis PC Game
This is the version 1.0.0.2 source code in visual basic .net 2.0.
2008-05-07
69 Thurn and Taxis PC computer game
This is version 1.0.0.2. This version makes the computer a bit smarter.
2008-02-26
0 Thurn und Taxis player aid
Slovenian translation of player aid
2008-01-03
Statistics
Board Game Rank: 117
Num Ratings: 6603
Average Rating: 7.25
Standard Deviation: 1.16
Num Views: 239439
GeekBuddy Analysis: Analyze
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Avg. Game Weight: 2.3 moreinfo
Fans: 35
Personal Comments: 2022
Users Owning: 6382
Users Wanting: 253
Users Trading: 140
Has Parts For Trade: 2
Want Parts In Trade: 2
Price History: View
Total Plays: 20475
Plays This Month: 51
Linked Items Relationship: Expansions for this Game
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Num Ratings 223
Average Rating 6.28
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Year Pub. 2008
Rank 0
Num Ratings 845
Average Rating 7.23
Average Weight 2.31
Owned 1447
Prev. Owned 34
For Trade 24
Wanted in Trade 70
Wishlist 145
Comments 340
Year Pub. 2007
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Num Ratings 198
Average Rating 6.62
Average Weight 1.93
Owned 562
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Year Pub. 2006
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