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.
80 wooden houses (20 each in 4 colors) as post offices
4 principal firm cards
20 carriage cards (4 each of 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 carriage)
66 city cards (3 each of 22 cities) for building routes
30 bonus tiles (4 x 7 distance, 3 x 6 distance, 2 x 5 distance, 4 x all provinces, 4 x Baiern, 3 x Baden, 3 x Württemberg/Hohenzollern, 3 x Schweiz/Tyrol, 3 x Böhmen/Salzburg, and 1 x Game end)
File contains the French translation of the SoloPlay rules to be able to play ThurnUndTaxis in a solo format. File translated by Christian Cang (BGG user-plastic77)
Additional SoloPlay files including those translated to French can be accessed through the following geeklist:
[url=http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/49479][b]SoloPlay Variants Posted on the Geek [/b][/url]
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.
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])
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.
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.
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