English/Dutch Rules Posted for Horst Rokitte’s Attandarra

Designer Horst Rokitte self-published the game Attandarra in 2009 and has been selling copies through his website Spiele-Idee.de. (2-4 players, ages 12+, 60-75 minutes, €25)

In Attendarra, the original name of the German town Attendorn, players each try to build up their own city (from a personal set of city tiles) over five rounds by spending gold for four types of building materials: clay, wood, stone and glass. Players take actions in turn each round until they run out of gold, with the possible actions being to buy building materials and build something, place a meadow or fire reservoir on the personal city board, or acquire citizens or coins for their completed buildings. To build something, you need to use at least two types of building material, and once you start using a more valuable type of material, such as stone, you can’t backtrack to use clay or wood. Players score points based on the quality of their buildings and the quantity of citizens and coins in their city. A variant game adds city gate and city history tiles.

Rokitte has now released English and Dutch rules on his website, in addition to the already present German rules (PDFs all), so if you were previously curious about the game but wary of language issues, you can now check it out.

Update, March 11, 2010: Fixed the English rules PDF link.

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