Two player without the wooden man/soldiers? | Hansa Teutonica

Peter Chinkin

(Peter Rulebook)

United Kingdom

I played this two player with my girlfriend using the printed rules with the wooden man and soldiers which restrict which routes you can place in and claim but we found it very frustrating and decided that it wasn't a very enjoyable two player game.

We then decided to try it without the restrictions and arranged the soldiers so that they surrounded the wooden man (off the board!) and prevented him from interfearing with our enjoyment. We played two games like this and found it vey open but it was still competetive and very much more enjoyable than when playing with the wooden man and soldiers.

Is there any reason why the game might be considered broken when played like this and what value do the restrictions imposed by the printed two player rules actually add?

Peter

Posted Thu Nov 24, 2011 2:25 pm
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Olav F.

(olavf)

Netherlands
Beverwijk

After a few very frustrating 2-player games per the official rules we banned the soldiers and wooden man and found it a much more enjoyable game...

Posted Thu Nov 24, 2011 2:58 pm
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Matthew Lock

(mlock)

Canada
Halifax
Nova Scotia

I agree it works quite well without the wooden man/soldiers. The board is fairly open even with 3/4 players. My problem was with the aggressive nature of the game when all of your focus is on one other person, namely my wife who doesn't take well to direct confrontation.

Posted Thu Nov 24, 2011 7:12 pm
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Chris

(TheRakeman)

United States

New Jersey

Are you playing with the Z-Man rules or the original German rules? In the copy I have from Z-Man, it says that every action you take lets you move the wooden figure one space. Apparently, in the original German, it was that every action you take lets you move the wooden figure freely to any space on the board. Playing this way is a lot more fun, but the wooden figure still feels somewhat unnecessary.

Posted Tue Jan 3, 2012 11:12 pm
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(dumazarok)

United States
St Charles
Illinois

I agree. My wife and I play without the wooden figures. It's open but still competitive this way and we enjoy it. I can understand though, that some players would prefer the tighter play that results from the restricted placement rules.

Posted Tue Jan 3, 2012 11:41 pm
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Cliff

(aboveriver)

United States
Western Great Lakes - Owashtinong Aajigaaning
Michigan

TheRakeman wrote:

Are you playing with the Z-Man rules or the original German rules? In the copy I have from Z-Man, it says that every action you take lets you move the wooden figure one space. Apparently, in the original German, it was that every action you take lets you move the wooden figure freely to any space on the board. Playing this way is a lot more fun, but the wooden figure still feels somewhat unnecessary.

Just played German edition today and the rule is you move the pawn up to two spaces before or after your turn and may also use an action to move the pawn anywhere on the board. It was a wonderfully tight game.

Posted Sun Jan 8, 2012 4:54 am
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