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In Hansa Guilds, you take on the role of merchants running merchant houses in the Hanseatic League area in the 15th century. During the game, players play their pawns on the selected action on the board, then perform the action by moving their wagon and ship markers on the board, completing contracts, and buying licenses. With each selected action, players acquire commodity tokens and place them on their board.
At the end of the game, players sum their points from completed contracts, licenses, merchant houses, and remaining goods, and whoever has the most points wins.
—description from the designer
Hansa Guilds will be released as part of the 44th International Convention of the New Hanseatic League, which will be held in June 2024 in Gdansk, Poland.
The publisher of the game is VisitGdansk. The partner of the release is InvestGDA. The historical credibility of the game was taken care of by specialists from the Gdansk Museum.
Immerse yourself in the world of Hanseatic guilds and experience unforgettable adventures by playing Hansa Guilds!
- beautiful visual presentation
- classic Euro feel
- merchants managing guilds and licenses
- 15th-century HTIC league
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Events — event-driven triggers on the action board
- Movement Points — points-based actions via pawns and tokens
- Trading — trading, contracting, licensing with resource flow
- Work replacement — use action boards by moving pawns along routes
Video topics + discussion points
Quotes (from this video)
- this is a literal engine building game
- the first in a line of great thinkers games
- there's area majority a hexagonal grid open Drafting and tile placement
- this game is beautiful
- I like three-dimensional tile games