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Tournament games

The following games have been selected from the nomination list for the tournament.

Please note that the slection is being based on several factors and does not quaify the other games a less challenging. We have to take into consideration the overall mix of games to be played, different gaming mechanisms, overall playing time and logisitcs (on-time availability of the game).

 We want to thank all the sponsors and co-sponsors from our nomination list for their contribution and making this championship possible.

 

Vasco da Gama - Sponsored by What's your Game, co-sponsors Hutter Trade GmbH, 999 Games, Hobbity.eu

Opera - Sponsored by The Game Master, co-sponsor Huch & Friends

Assyria - Sponsored by Ystari Games

Dungeon Lords - Sponsored by CGE, co-sponsor Heidelberger Spieleverlag


 
Registration is open for teams
Tuesday, 15 June 2010 00:00

The preparations for EuropeMasters '10 are in full progress. It is possible to register your team if you have not done so. To register please send an e-mail to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

!!!Training copies are currently being shipped!!!

Please check also the rules clariication area (under folder tournaments). There you will find the rules, clarification and EM specific rules. Note: Regarding Opera we are going to play the Allegreto variant.


Last Updated on Monday, 26 July 2010 21:45
 
Short list

Short list announcement

Another update: Automobile from Mayfair Games. Almost the nomination list is complete!

Note: the selection for the tournament games will occur later and will be based on the games on the short list.

Carson City is played in 4 rounds and in each one of them the players choose a character (there are 7 available) that gives certain advantages, after that cowboys are placed on action fields on the board to build Carson city. Players can claim ground, erect special buildings, houses or construct roads. When there are several players on 1 action field, a duel is fought. During play, money (to construct) & points can be earned. The player who earns most points wins the game.

Players are competing in the U.S. auto industry in the early 20th century, purchasing factories that turn out low-, medium- and high-valued vehicles, starting with the 1893 Duryea and moving up the time-line from there.

Each player knows a portion of the market demand each round and must make his purchasing and manufacturing decisions based on that.

As newer models make their way onto the market, they sell first compared with older models. What’s more, older factories give inefficiency cubes as time passes, encouraging you to keep pace with technology.

To get money, you need to build cars with your factories, but if you build more than there is demand you lose not only the money spend to make them, but you gain inefficiency cubes that hurt you for the rest of the game.

A game of world exploration and empire building. You represent a European empire colonizing the Mediterranean and shipping to all parts of the world to increase the empire's glory and status in Industry, Culture, Finance and Politics. When a region opens up (i.e. the shipping lanes are full) a player can colonize, attack or retrieve resources from that region. The game plays easily as each turn a player builds a building giving him a special action or increasing one of his main statistics, and gets a number of people with which to activate buildings for special actions (Ship, Occupy, Attack, Draw or Pay). Increased skill in Politics allow the player to hold cards that help increase his statistics and glory.

Have you ever ventured with party of heroes to conquer dungeons, gain pride, experiences and of course rich treasure? And has it ever occurred to you how hard it actually is to build and manage such underground complex filled with corridors and creatures? No? Well now you can try. Put yourself in role of the master of underground, summon your servants, dig complex of tunnels and rooms, set traps, hire creatures and try to stop filthy heroes from conquering and plundering your precious creation. We can guarantee you will look on dark corners, lairs and their inhabitant from completely different perspective!

Seeland takes place in the Dutch Golden Era and comes with a beautiful board showing windmills and dikes in a green countryside. As a courageous merchant in the province of Seeland you try to reclaim new land. Therefor you build gorgeous windmills to dewater dikes and create new land. In Seeland you will have to buy wood and seeds and calculate the best crop.

In Assyria, each player will lead a tribe through the desert. The goal of each tribe is to survive (by gathering food cards) and to build wells and ziggurats. The game spans over three reigns, with a flood in between each reign. As usual, there will be many different strategies and many ways to score points!

 

Players play the part of rich shipowners who, under his patronage, aim to achieve prestige and riches.
To succeed in the enterprise, they must manage the money and actions at their disposal in order to hire captains, recruit crew, build ships, launch them and send them to the landings of Natal, Terra de Boa Gente, Mozambique, Malindi, Mombasa and Calicut.

For each ship sent, Players will receive an immediate reward and will gain prestige (Victory Points).
The farther the ship is sent, the lower the compensation, but the higher the victory score that the player will earn.

In 1607 Monteverdi’s Opera La Favola d’Orfeo had its worldwide premiere. Over the following centuries, Europe was taken over. In the board game Opera, the players bring Opera to the public. In Venice, Vienna, Berlin, London, Paris and Milan great Opera houses arise. Opera leads the players through the periods of Baroque, Classicism and Romanticism. The epic music of six famous composers Händel, Monteverdi, Mozart, Beethoven, Wagner and Verdi will bring the public to their Opera houses.
 
Ramp-up for 2010

Though we have a late start, this would not spoil the fun.Laughing

The website is back up and running. We had some serious problems after an software upgrade. But it seems that we managed to resolve the major problems and can start publishing again.

Second, and most important, is that we are busy with our shortlist. As soon as we receive confirmations of our sponsors to be, we will let you know. We have some games spotted. The only problem is that most of them tend to be games with a longer playing time. So if you happen to run into a challenging game with a short playing time (max 60 minutes), let us know. On the forum there will be a thread.

Nice dice,

Ronald

 
2009 champions

EC champions of 2009: Los Caballeros - Finland
Los Caballeros

Congratulations to: Markus Nuopponen, Teemu Paajanen, Migutse Forsstrom & Teemu Hamalainen

Also congratulations to the best individual players:
Markus Nuopponen (FI)
Gerrit Jan Hondelink (NL)
Jeroen Klaasse (NL)

 
The games for 2009 are...
Tuesday, 16 June 2009 00:00
The games for 2009 are... 

This year we will not only post the tournament games, but also our nomination list. Please be aware that the tournament games we have picked from this nomination lists are based on several factors and should be regarded to the tournament game play requirements as well as restrictions. It could be well that you or gaming critics will valuate a game higher, but this is an individual approach of a game.

 Anyway we hope you like the titles we have picked out Cool

 Our tournament games selected are:

  • Diamonds Club, sponsored by Ravensburger
  • Small World, sponsored by Days of Wonder
  • Funkenschlag/PowerGrid + Flux-Generator, sponsored by 2F Spiele
  • Chicago Express, sponsored by Queen Games
Logo 2F Spiele Logo Days of Wonder Logo Queen Games Logo Ravensburger

Other games on the nomination list are:

  • Castle for all Seasons, Eggert Spiele
  • Cavum, Quined White Goblin Games (QWG)/Hutter
  • Tinner's Trail, JKLM Games
  • Bombay, Ystari Games

 


 The tournament games are:

 Diamonds club detail  Diamond Club box
Diamonds Club, sponsored by Ravensburger  Logo Ravensburger

Small world detail

 Small world box
 Small World, sponsored by Days of Wonder  Logo Days of Wonder

 

 Funkenschlag detail  Funkenschlaf front

Funkenschlag/PowerGrid + Flux-Generator, sponsored by 2F Spiele

 Logo 2F Spiele
 Chicago detail  Chicago box
Chicago Express, sponsored by Queen Games  Logo Queen Games

 

 Games on the nomination list:

 Castle of all Seasons box
Castle for all Seasons, Eggertspiele  

Cavum box


 

Cavum, Quined White Goblin Games (QWG)/Hutter Trade

 logo QWG

Logo Hutter

 

 Tinners'Trail box

Tinner's Trail, JKLM Games

Logo JKLM Games 
 Bombay box

Bombay, Ystari Games

 Logo Ystari games

 

 

General sponsor:

 Logo DRP

 Prize sponsors are:

 logo CGE  logo Phalanx  Parker logo

 Logo DaVinci

 

Last Updated on Sunday, 30 May 2010 09:00
 

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