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Here's a summary of the gameplay:
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In Anno 1800, you continuously build up your own industry to develop your home island.
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Ship fleets allow for lively trade and the development of new islands in the Old and New World. You have to fulfill the wishes of your own population. While the inhabitants are initially satisfied with bread and clothing, they soon demand valuable luxury goods. You must plan production chains sensibly and keep an eye on the specialization of your population. The goal: A wise distribution of farmers, workers, craftsmen, engineers, and investors — but the competition never sleeps and can snatch the new achievements from under your nose at any time! Who can create the most prosperous island?
Ship fleets allow for lively trade and the development of new islands in the Old and New World. You have to fulfill the wishes of your own population. While the inhabitants are initially satisfied with bread and clothing, they soon demand valuable luxury goods. You must plan production chains sensibly and keep an eye on the specialization of your population. The goal: A wise distribution of farmers, workers, craftsmen, engineers, and investors — but the competition never sleeps and can snatch the new achievements from under your nose at any time! Who can create the most prosperous island?
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• Switch & Signal is a 2-4 player co-operative game from David Thompson, who is best known for War Chest and the Undaunted game series, all of which were co-designed with Trevor Benjamin.
This title is a solo design from Thompson, and it's a more developed version of a game under the same name that he released online in 2014. In Thompson's words, "At a super-high level, the overall description of the two games would be about the same (co-op trained themed, pick-up-and-deliver, etc). The actual specific rules changed quite a bit in regards to how actions work, the board was completely reworked, etc." Here's an overview of the 2020 release from KOSMOS:
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Who is best to keep track of things? There is an incredible amount of traffic on the rails! It's pretty relaxed at first, but the more trains that are put on the game board, the tighter it gets. Has the course been set correctly? Is the train really on the right route? Is the signal green?
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The railways run at different speeds in Switch & Signal, so players have to coordinate well to transport goods to their destination without wasting time. The journey goes across Europe, North America, and Canada. Thanks to simple rules, the game can start right away. Time is running out...
• Blätterrauschen ("Rustling Leaves") from Paolo Mori is KOSMOS' entry into the roll-and-write genre, and it bears this short description:The railways run at different speeds in Switch & Signal, so players have to coordinate well to transport goods to their destination without wasting time. The journey goes across Europe, North America, and Canada. Thanks to simple rules, the game can start right away. Time is running out...
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For every season — spring, summer, autumn, and winter — there is a themed game sheet with different rules. The numbers on the dice reveal the side lengths of the area marked on the game sheet. In this area, a forest symbol is selected that is included in the scoring. Whoever collects the most points wins.
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• Die Legenden von Andor: Die verschollenen Legenden "Düstere Zeiten" contains three new legends for the Legends of Andor base game, while Catan: Sternenfahrer – Ergänzung 5-6 Spieler allows for up to six players at a time in a game for Catan: Starfarers. Both of these titles are due out in October 2020
• Other titles coming from KOSMOS in the latter half of 2020 include German-language versions of the following:
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—Florian Fay's Greenville 1989, a 2019 release that originated from Sorry We Are French
—Escape Tales: Low Memory, a Jakub Caban and Bartosz Idzikowski design that Board&Dice released in 2019
—Jose Antonio Abascal Acebo's Paris: La Cité de la Lumière, which Devir debuted in 2019 (video overview from SPIEL '19)
—The Monster Box of Monsters Expansion for Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle from Kami Mandell and Andrew Wolf, which The Op first released in English in 2017
• Finally, the children's game Dodo from Frank Bebenroth and Marco Teubner was shifted from an early 2020 release to October, but since the game was on display at the Spielwarenmesse toy fair in January 2020, we can show you the game — and its incredibly wobbly dodo egg — in action:
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