The Scottish Highlands are like a popular holiday destination for nature lovers and people, the loneliness and distance. The game Glen More from author Matthias Cramer can not serve it, because from the first train to determine tactical decisions and deliberations with the play. Finally, we are not here for fun, but ensure that our clan continues to grow and become the greatest power over Scotland.

Glen More is a blend of puzzle and build-up play. In laying game, players must first get at a private area of ​​villages, castles, fields, forests, meadows and lakes. Given the players their clan members to send in a roundabout designed to resources - chips, from which each can choose one free foremost.

The so-obtained flakes are created in their own display rack in accordance with predetermined rules (land ashore, River to river, road to road). It should be noted also that in the near own clan member is this character more than one box may be remotely located.

The display serves as his own clan headquarters are now in the consequences of applying run: The most recently created tiles and all adjacent tiles are now enabled for a train and can develop their functionality. While maintaining or using the player depending on the course of sheep, cattle, grain, wood, stone, money, or the well-known well seasoned Scottish whiskey.

It may happen that a just purchased platelets generated costs before it can be applied. Those who do not complete at their disposal, can go shopping in the market and buy the raw materials there. Conversely, the market excess raw materials in their train be exchanged for money, which later, the victory points - can improve the situation significantly.

A not unimportant significance of the distribution and movement of the clan - to members. By the application of villages or castles (then special card) they come into play. In the fall, villages and castles that are "activated", the player receives one or more motion points with which he his clan - can move on the expansion member. For larger extensions, the distribution of clan members critical to the continued efficient use of the property.

During the game, this mix of creating, activating and moving the playing pieces made more complex because the tiles are offered more challenging. The Kroening here are the "special places", the famous Scottish castles and lakes, the special functions to bring, what the players are even in the game or end of the game available.

You can win Glen More, if you manage to progress through the game and at the most victory points to have collected. But this is easier said than done, because the victory points from the differences to the next smaller unit formed of a player. One should possess already on first valuation the largest Whiskey production dealing most "Chief Trains" so Clan members collected practically executives and not more must actively join the game, or found most "special places" having .

In the final evaluation and then come win points added in the form of ingested coins. The size of the clan development is now considered, but again in the form of difference to the smallest outlay.

Game footage can be said that this is of good quality. Wood - pieces and sturdy cardboard for platelet and custom maps still in a compact form of the overall game is to highlight positive. The graph consists of the typical Scottish green and brown looks, but a little sad for us, particularly due to the colored borders that are necessary, unfortunately for the gameplay, you take your beautiful image graphics on the small plates the square.

The rule is useful to understand the game, but we had our love trouble with the meanings of some terms such as "Chief Trains" and the Scots cap "Bonnet", which is crucial for the conclusions are to be mentioned more or less in passing. We would have wished that this makes clear at the beginning of the Manual. Instead, we found the emphasis on the turn order as not worth mentioning, because after a round of all the principle was clear. The golfers among us (as Scotland is home of golf) are definitely used to this order of play.

Glen More is a compact strategy game discloses his complexity only at second glance. To do this, the focus is placed on mechanisms that are in the game instructions treated as a trivial matter such as the movement of the Clan - Members of a larger development or the harmonious combination of the special cards, including their functions. Overall, Glen More is oriented with its mix of different game elements strongly mechanically, which is tactically accommodate oriented players. On the atmosphere-oriented players, the implementation of the thematic typical length of the Scottish Highlands, the nature and enjoyment of good whiskey missing a little. Well what concerns Whiskey, one could short remedy .... .

Year: 2010
Publisher: alea games
Author: Matthias Cramer
Graphic: Loïc Billiau
Players: 2 - 5
Age: 10 - Annual
Duration: 45 - 70 minutes

Tags: Alea , Ravensburger