Monastery: The Next Ragnar Brothers Release
Gary Dicken has sent along a short description of the next release from the Ragnar Brothers: Monastery. “It’s a tile laying game with some interesting game mechanics and we think a strong theme, i.e. the building of the monastery,” he says. “It’s not a resource management game, but there are some crucial decisions to be taken quite regularly. It’s got good replay value and levels of strategy that become apparent the more you play. I think people will like the fact that you can play as a pair against a pair or ‘every monk for himself’—again giving quite different tactics depending on which option you play.”
Monastery might appear in time for Spiel 2007, but the artist on the project has broken his hand, so Dicken might instead bring only copies of Canal Mania 2nd Edition to Essen. Time will tell…
Posted by W. Eric Martin on Jun 12, 2007 at 06:00 PM in Game News, Boardgame News / 1375
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The Ragnar Brothers have been hitting the sweet spot for me with their clever game play and strong themes. I’ve always loved History of the World. But lately Kings and Castles, Fire and Axe, and Canal Mania have supplied a lot of fun at my game table. So I’m hopeful about Monastery. Canal Mania showed they can release a good looking game under their own banner. I’m sure to pick up Monastery when it comes out. Posted by Kevin_Whitmore on Jun 14, 2007 at 12:58 AM | #
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Canal Mania also showed the Ragnars can design a game with Euro-style mechanics and still keep their traditional strong themes. So I’m also looking forward to Monastery. Posted by Larry Levy on Jun 14, 2007 at 09:10 AM | #
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When is this game coming out? Posted by Kevin_Whitmore on Jan 27, 2008 at 02:20 AM | #
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Kevin, I believe that Monastery is now due out at UK Games Expo at the end of May 2008. I’ll check the current schedule soon… Eric Posted by W. Eric Martin on Jan 27, 2008 at 10:50 AM | #
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