Vendor: DiceTree Games
Type: Board Games
Price:
142.95
Designer |
Changhyun Baek Flaminia Brasini Virginio Gigli Stefano Luperto Antonio Tinto |
Publisher | DiceTree Games |
Players | 1-5 |
Playtime | 30-150 mins |
Suggested Age | 14 and up |
Vendor: Lookout Games
Type: Board Games
Price:
29.95
Designer |
Virginio Gigli Ryan Hendrickson Simone Luciani |
Publisher | Lookout Games |
Players | 2-4 |
Playtime | 45-90 mins |
Suggested Age | 12 and up |
Reimplements | Grand Austria Hotel |
Welcome to the best hotel in Vienna! In High Season: Grand Hotel Roll & Write, you prepare rooms, accommodate guests, make personnel decisions, and court the favor of the emperor, all while managing your money and trying to avoid loans.
The game lasts seven rounds, and each player has a hotel board and staff board, with eight of each being available. At the start of a round, roll dice based on the number of players, then place them on the six spaces (numbered 1-6) on the action board. On a turn, draft one of the dice, then use the associated according to its strength, which is based on the number of dice on that space when you remove it. The actions allow you to:
Prepare as many rooms for guests as the strength of the action, paying the cost for each.
Occupy a prepared room by paying the cost minus the action's strength; gain the depicted one-time bonus when doing so.
Advance on the emperor track equal to the action's strength; gain the listed bonuses as you reach them, with a point bonus for reaching the end of the track first.
Earn krone, the game's currency, equal to the action's strength.
Hire a staff member on your board, paying their cost minus the action's strength. Two staff members give you a permanent bonus, two grant a one-time effect, and two provide bonus points during scoring.
If you are the first player to occupy one of the eight rows or seven columns, you earn bonus points that are unavailable to anyone else who occupies this row or column later. When you occupy all the rooms in a contiguous color group on your board, you gain an immediate bonus of points (for a blue group), krone (red), or steps on the emperor's track (yellow).
The bonuses and effects of the staff differ on each board, so you need to figure out how to take advantage of the opportunities available through them in combination with your particular arrangement of hotel rooms and the dice available each round.
After seven rounds, players tally their points, possibly losing some in the process for ignoring the emperor, but ideally overcoming that loss thanks to occupied rooms, assorted bonuses, and staff-generated endgame points.
Vendor: Cranio Creations
Type: Board Games
Price:
19.95
Designer |
Flaminia Brasini Virginio Gigli |
Publisher | Cranio Creations |
Players | 1-6 |
Playtime | 60 mins |
Suggested Age | 12 and up |
Vendor: Cranio Creations
Type: Board Games
Price:
19.95
Designer |
Flaminia Brasini Virginio Gigli |
Publisher | Cranio Creations |
Players | 1-6 |
Playtime | 60 mins |
Suggested Age | 12 and up |
Vendor: Lookout Games
Type: Board Games
Price:
45.95
Designer |
Virginio Gigli Simone Luciani |
Publisher | Lookout Games |
Players | 1-4 |
Playtime | 60-120 mins |
Suggested Age | 12 and up |
Honor | 2021 Golden Geek Best Board Game Expansion Nominee |
Expansion For | Grand Austria Hotel |
Grand Austria Hotel: Let's Waltz! is an expansion for Grand Austria Hotel that contains five modules.
Vendor: Lookout Games
Type: Board Games
Price:
94.95
Designers | |
Publisher | Lookout Games |
Players | 2-4 |
Playtime | 60-120 mins |
Suggested Age | 12 and up |
Honors |
2016 JUG Adult Game of the Year Finalist
2015 Golden Geek Best Strategy Board Game Nominee
2016 Jogo do Ano Nominee 2016 International Gamers Award - General Strategy: Multi-player Nominee 2015 Meeples' Choice Nominee 2015 Jocul Anului în România Advanced Finalist |
Acessories |
Deluxe Token Bundle compatible with Grand Austria Hotel |
Expansion | Grand Austria Hotel: Let's Waltz! |
Note: This game is in English
In the thick of the Viennese modern age, exquisite cafés are competing for customers. Inspiring artists, important politicians, and tourists from all over the world are populating Vienna and in need of a hotel room. This is your opportunity to turn your little café into a world famous hotel. Hire staff, fulfill the wishes of your guests, and gain the emperor's favor. Only then will your café become the Grand Austria Hotel.
The start player rolls the dice, sorting them by the rolled number and placing them on the corresponding action spaces. On a turn, a player chooses one of the six actions and carries it out. The number of the available dice in the corresponding action spaces determines how much the player gets from the action. They then remove one of the dice and can carry out additional actions. With the different actions, a player can get the necessary drinks and dishes, prepare the rooms, or hire staff.
But no hotel can grow without guests. To choose wisely which guests to attract and to complete their orders brings some important bonus actions. The staff cards also have different advantages, but the game ends after seven rounds and no player can do everything they want, so whoever makes the right decisions and finds the best way to create bonus actions will win.
With 116 different cards and a new set-up in each game, Grand Austria Hotel provides a huge replay value. Each game stands on its own and demands new tactics and strategies.
Vendor: Pegasus Spiele
Type: Board Games
Price:
50.95
Designer |
Gabriele Ausiello Virginio Gigli |
Publisher | Pegasus Spiele |
Players | 1-5 |
Playtime | 30-75 mins |
Suggested Age | 10 and up |
Vendor: Giochix.it
Type: Board Games
Price:
97.95
Designer |
Giovanni Fiore Virginio Gigli |
Publisher | Giochix.it |
Players | 2-4 |
Playtime | 45-60 mins |
Suggested Age | 10 and up |
Vendor: eggertspiele
Type: Board Games
Price:
76.49
Designers |
Flaminia Brasini Virginio Gigli Stefano Luperto Antonio Tinto Acchittocca |
Publisher | eggertspiele |
Players | 2-4 |
Playing Time | 90-150 mins |
Suggested Age | 12 and up |
Vendor: Lookout Games
Type: Board Games
Price:
65.95
Designers | |
Publisher | Lookout Games |
Players | 2-4 |
Playtime | 60-120 mins |
Suggested Age | 12 and up |
Honors |
2016 JUG Adult Game of the Year Finalist
2015 Golden Geek Best Strategy Board Game Nominee
2016 Jogo do Ano Nominee 2016 International Gamers Award - General Strategy: Multi-player Nominee 2015 Meeples' Choice Nominee 2015 Jocul Anului în România Advanced Finalist |
Acessories |
Deluxe Token Bundle compatible with Grand Austria Hotel |
Expansion | Grand Austria Hotel: Let's Waltz! |
Reimplemented By
|
Grand Austria Hotel: High Season |
Note: This game is in English
In the thick of the Viennese modern age, exquisite cafés are competing for customers. Inspiring artists, important politicians, and tourists from all over the world are populating Vienna and in need of a hotel room. This is your opportunity to turn your little café into a world famous hotel. Hire staff, fulfill the wishes of your guests, and gain the emperor's favor. Only then will your café become the Grand Austria Hotel.
The start player rolls the dice, sorting them by the rolled number and placing them on the corresponding action spaces. On a turn, a player chooses one of the six actions and carries it out. The number of the available dice in the corresponding action spaces determines how much the player gets from the action. They then remove one of the dice and can carry out additional actions. With the different actions, a player can get the necessary drinks and dishes, prepare the rooms, or hire staff.
But no hotel can grow without guests. To choose wisely which guests to attract and to complete their orders brings some important bonus actions. The staff cards also have different advantages, but the game ends after seven rounds and no player can do everything they want, so whoever makes the right decisions and finds the best way to create bonus actions will win.
With 116 different cards and a new set-up in each game, Grand Austria Hotel provides a huge replay value. Each game stands on its own and demands new tactics and strategies.
Vendor: Cranio Creations
Type: Board Games
Price:
86.95
Designer |
Flaminia Brasini Virginio Gigli Simone Luciani |
Publisher | Cranio Creations |
Players | 2-5 |
Playtime | 60-120 mins |
Suggested Age | 12 and up |
Vendor: Cranio Creations
Type: Board Games
Price:
59.95
Designer |
Flaminia Brasini Virginio Gigli Simone Luciani |
Publisher | Cranio Creations |
Players | 1-4 |
Playtime | 90-120 mins |
Suggested Age | 14 and up |
Vendor: Stronghold Games
Type: Board Games
Price:
45.95
Designer |
Acchittocca Flaminia Brasini Virginio Gigli Stefano Luperto Antonio Tinto |
Publisher | Stronghold Games |
Players | 2-4 |
Playing Time | 90 mins |
Suggested Age | 14 and up |
Vendor: Quined Games
Type: Board Games
Price:
99.95
Designer |
Acchittocca Flaminia Brasini Virginio Gigli Stefano Luperto Antonio Tinto |
Publisher | Quined Games |
Players | 2-4 |
Playtime | 120 mins |
Suggested Age | 12 and up |
Vendor: HABA
Type: Board Games
Price:
19.99
Designers |
Flaminia Brasini Virginio Gigli Marco Pranzo |
Publisher | HABA - Habermaaß GmbH |
Players | 2-4 |
Playtime | 10-15 mins |
Suggested Age | 6 and up |
Honors | 2018 Kinderspiel des Jahres Recommended |
Vendor: eggertspiele
Type: Board Games
Price:
49.95
Designer |
Flaminia Brasini Virginio Gigli |
Publisher | eggertspiele |
Players | 2-4 |
Playtime | 60-90 mins |
Suggested Age | 14 and up |
Expansions | Coimbra: Royal Treatment |
Vendor: ElfinWerks
Type: Board Games
Price:
52.95
Designer |
Acchittocca Virginio Gigli |
Publisher | ElfinWerks |
Players | 2-5 |
Playtime | 90 mins |
Suggested Age | 12 and up |
Vendor: Cranio Creations
Type: Board Games
Price:
41.95
Designers |
Flaminia Brasini Virginio Gigli Simone Luciani |
Publisher | Cranio Creations |
Players | 2-5 |
Suggested Age | 12 and up |
Expansion For | Lorenzo il Magnifico |
Accessory | Folded Space - Lorenzo il Magnifico & Houses of Renaissance |
Vendor: Cranio Creations
Type: Board Games
Price:
45.04
Designers |
Flaminia Brasini Virginio Gigli Simone Luciani |
Publisher | Cranio Creations |
Players | 2-5 |
Suggested Age | 12 and up |
Expansion For | Lorenzo il Magnifico |
Accessory | Folded Space - Lorenzo il Magnifico & Houses of Renaissance |
Vendor: Cranio Creations
Type: Board Games
Price:
62.95
Designers |
Flaminia Brasini Virginio Gigli Simone Luciani |
Publisher | Cool Mini or Not |
Players | 2-4 |
Playtime | 60-120 mins |
Suggested Age | 12 and up |
Accessories |
Meeple Realty - Medici Bank for Lorenzo il Magnifico |
Expansions |
Lorenzo il Magnifico: Houses of Renaissance Lorenzo il Magnifico: Houses of Renaissanc (French Edition) |
Vendor: Cranio Creations
Type: Board Games
Price:
67.99
Designers |
Flaminia Brasini Virginio Gigli Simone Luciani |
Publisher | Cool Mini or Not |
Players | 2-4 |
Playtime | 60-120 mins |
Suggested Age | 12 and up |
Accessories |
Meeple Realty - Medici Bank for Lorenzo il Magnifico |
Expansions |
Lorenzo il Magnifico: Houses of Renaissance Lorenzo il Magnifico: Houses of Renaissance (French Edition) |
Honors |
2019 MinD-Spielepreis Complex Game Nominee 2018 Origins Awards Best Board Game Nominee 2017 International Gamers Award - General Strategy: Multi-player Nominee 2016 Meeples' Choice Nominee |
Vendor: Mayfair Games
Type: Board Games
Price:
24.95
Designer |
Acchittocca Flaminia Brasini Virginio Gigli Stefano Luperto Antonio Tinto |
Publisher | Mayfair Games |
Players | 2-5 |
Playtime | 90 mins |
Suggested Age | 12 and up |
Theme:
Florence, fifteenth century. The inventors of the Renaissance created amazing machines for the Lord of the city. Become the protagonist of this age of unbelievable discoveries by realizing your inventions! You'll direct your team into the laboratories, workshops, among the shops and perhaps learn the intrigues of the palace. Only the best can rival the great Leonardo!
Summary:
A worker-placement game for 2-5 players with an interesting bidding mechanic. In many other worker-placement games, if an opponent beats you to a spot, you're out of luck. Not so in Leonardo de Vinci. Here, you can bid more workers to jump ahead in line. And people at the back of the line, can still get something, but they have to pay more to get it. The competition for resources is very dynamic and fun.
Your same workers that compete for resources may also power your laboratory, so you must balance acquiring resources with working in the laboratory so that you can complete inventions and not run out of Florins (i.e. manage cash-flow).
The key is planning your resources and production capacity to maximize the number of inventions you can make and therefore maximize the amount of Florins you can earn. The last two rounds of the game require extra careful planning because new resources cannot be acquired.
Meta:
A "gamers' game" by Acchittocca (a team of Italian game designers). Nr. 1 in the QWG Master Print Edition series