Flying is for mankind today is no longer a miracle. Every day, thousands travel through the air. However, there was a time when few people were able to fulfill this dream. The "flying cigars" were moving slowly and majestically through the air. However, the trip was among many cubic meters of combustible gas is not dangerous. Adventure and Kathastrophe were very close together. In the game, giants of the skies by Andreas Seyfarth from the publisher Queen Games lives this time again. The two to four players take the role of nations that compete for the largest and fastest stand zeppelins.

The main focus of the players is to build its factory Zeppelin. They need capital, scientists, motors, etc. These components can be found on maps. These are acquired through dice. Ultimately, this construction process is only the construction of Zeppelins. Who built at the end of the game's most valuable Zeppelins, wins the game. After this general overview, let us again give the elements in detail.

The center of the game is the main game plan. This shows the market for new factory to be built elements and the Zeppelins. The Zeppelins are four stacks. Each stack contains three zeppelins. Besides the four stacks of the Hindenburg is shown, which also includes four building lots. The market consists of six rows of six types of cards. Each series offers three market places for cards. In addition to the main deck of the game plan is being prepared for the cards.

Now, each player still gets his factory. These small panels show also has six slots for the components of the Zeppelin factory. Moreover, still is a place built for zeppelins, the bonus tiles, and the countries of platelets. The country is a nation platelets and forms the basic balance (cube) of the players. The bonus tiles, of which each player receives at the beginning of three, have two functions. They allow the sum of dice rolls to increase by one and in charge of three platelet druchzuführen a double move. At the beginning of the game nor the six components of the first category tickets will be distributed to the players. The rest is placed ready on the market.

How the components of maps and blimps can now be purchased? Each card displays at the top of a price. This consists of a number and a number of differently colored dice. The amount shown must be reached with the adjoining pictured dice. When a card that is two white cube next to a "5" shows the player must reach with two white cubes, the sum to obtain the card successfully. Each card has several advantages. When the Zeppelins consists of simple points from victory. The other cards offer new cube in the three different colors, the ability to exchange cube (eg, two red into a white cube), or various bonuses on the dice.

In his turn, the player turns first to a new mark card and places it on the appropriate market range. Is the series complete, the front card is ejected. After that, the players made up his dice, (from the cards in his factory) and identifies a card, which he wants erwürfeln. He creates it, the player takes the card itself. Is the next attempt, the player gets a bonus tile. Shall run the game on turn.

The game ends when the Hindenburg was built, or one on each or zeppelin box only are fewer cards. The winner is the player who has earned the most points on his card.

Giants of the skies is a beautiful combination of design and dice. The rules are simple and straightforward, the game time of about one hour. The luck of the dice given moment is very clear. The construction component and the combination of different values ​​on the dice, but leave a certain plan. But it is clearly not a profound strategy game. Casual or entertaining friends with exciting game cubes mechanisms should be clear but once trace the footsteps of Count Zeppelin.

Year: 2007
Publisher: Queen Games
Author: Andreas Seyfarth
Players: 2-4
Age: 10 years
Duration: 60 minutes

Tags: Queen Games , Dice