Thurn and Taxis

Thurn and Taxis is a board game designed by Karen and Andreas Seyfarth and published in 2006 by Hans im Glück in German (as Thurn und Taxis) and by Rio Grande Games in English. In the game, players seek to build postal networks and post offices in Bavaria and surrounding areas, as did the house of Thurn und Taxis in the 16th century. The game won the 2006 Spiel des Jahres award. Each turn players draw one or more cards representing regions of Eur... more

Thurn and Taxis is a board game designed by Karen and Andreas Seyfarth and published in 2006 by Hans im Glück in German (as Thurn und Taxis) and by Rio Grande Games in English. In the game, players seek to build postal networks and post offices in Bavaria and surrounding areas, as did the house of Thurn und Taxis in the 16th century. The game won the 2006 Spiel des Jahres award. Each turn players draw one or more cards representing regions of Europe. They then play one or more cards comprising a route. After reaching a certain length, a route may be scored. Players choose to put markers in some of the regions through which the scored route passes. One may either choose a particular province and assign markers to each city within that province represented in the route, or assign a marker to one city per province represented in the route. Points are awarded for the length of the route and domination of the different regions. The player who triggers the game-end condition also receives a... less