Columbus (1991)

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Designer	Wolfgang Kramer Felix Seeberger Thomas Thiemeyer
Artist	Becker Studios Barbara Bräuning Wolfgang Kramer Felix Seeberger Thomas Thiemeyer Show More »
Publisher	Mál og menning Ravensburger
Year Published	1991
# of Players	2 − 6
User Suggested # of Players	(Not best with any number) Recommended with 3, 4, 5, 6 players (3 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	45 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	10 and up
User Suggested Ages	8 and up (1 voter) [poll]
Language Dependence	No necessary in-game text (3 voters) [poll]
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Category	Exploration Nautical Racing
Mechanic	Tile Placement
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Family	Age of Discovery
Primary Name	Columbus
Alternate Names	Kólumbus
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Rare but interesting game from Kramer where players attempt to be the first to sail to America and then back home to Europe. Each turn a player places tiles that dictate sailing conditions, then move their ship across tiles.

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Kólumbus

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Icelandic edition

Publisher: Mál og menning

Artist: Wolfgang Kramer

Year: 1991

Product Code: 26 018 8

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

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Year: 1991

Product Code: 01 223 7

Size: 18.50 x 10.62 x 2.00 inches

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Danish/Finnish edition

Publisher: Ravensburger

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Year: 1991

Product Code: 01 242 8

Size: 18.50 x 10.75 x 1.97 inches

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Mikko's photoblog Sailing to the New World

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Columbus.doc

Eng Player Aid

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2004-08-19

regle_columbus_aide.doc

Aide de jeu en français (sans illustrations) (Ph Guilbert)

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2003-07-16

Columbus_eng.pdf

English PDF with illustrations

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2003-07-09

Columbus Rules Rev 1.pdf

Revision of 6/15/03 pdf - some typos corrected

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2003-06-20

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Very rough english translation from the Dumpster

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2003-06-11

colum_rg.pdf

Traduction française des règles par François Haffner

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Dutch rules	http://www.forummortsel.be/spelregels/Columbus.pdf	2012-04-09
German review - Reich der Spiele	http://www.reich-der-spiele.com/kritiken/Columbus	2011-09-07
German rules pdf - Ravensburger	https://ravensburger01.webtrekk.net/55888458061724...	2011-08-26
German review - Spielphase	http://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/keirat/tx...	2011-05-28
German review - Holgs Spieleteufel	http://www.spieleteufel.de/spiel.php?id=91	2011-05-28
English Review on Spotlight on Games	http://spotlightongames.com/list/nights/c.html#col...	2010-03-05
German Review on Michas-Spielmitmir.de	http://www.michas-spielmitmir.de/spieletests.php?i...	2008-07-03