Fjords (board game)
| Designer(s) | Franz-Benno Delonge |
|---|---|
| Publisher(s) |
Hans im Glück Rio Grande Games |
| Players | 2 |
| Age range | 8 years and up |
| Setup time | 1 minute |
| Playing time | 30 minutes |
| Random chance | Medium |
| Skill(s) required | Tile placement |
Fjords is a tile-based German-style board game designed by Franz-Benno Delonge and published in 2005 by Hans im Glück and Rio Grande Games. Unlike some other games in the genre, Fjords is strictly limited to two players. The game is played in two phases: exploration and expansion. In the first phase, the players draw random hexagonal tiles and place them on the gaming table in alternating sequence to form a map. Tile edges must consistently match with respect to terrain types (clear land, mountain, and water). On some of the tiles they place their four villages. In the second phase, they expand from their villages by placing tokens of their colour on the tiles. The player who succeeds in placing the most tokens (by cutting off the other player's access to tiles) wins the game.
This game is not to be confused with the game Fjord, a military simulation situated in Norway during World War II.