De Ontembare Stad

Fit

Teach 2.6

Teaching signal

Replay 4.1

High replayability

Interaction 3.7

Highly interactive

Scaling 4.1

Scales well

Strategy 4.7

Deep strategy

Control 3.8

More strategic control

Table feel

Moderate level of direct confrontation and strategic depth, with frequent interaction and limited emphasis on cooperation.

Replay value

De Ontembare Stad has a high variability gameboard, offering different experiences each time it is played. The presence of expansions adds new content and gameplay elements, enhancing replay value. The game provides deep strategic possibilities and allows players to improve their strategies over time. The player interaction score is average. The game scales well with different numbers of players without compromising its appeal or balance. It is moderately easy to learn, striking a balance between depth and accessibility. Overall, De Ontembare Stad has a strong replayability score of 8.14.

Luck profile

The final luck score for De Ontembare Stad is 7.67, indicating a game with minimal impact from random elements. Strategic decisions and planning have a substantial influence on the game outcome, allowing players to mitigate the effects of luck. The game relies more on player strategy and decisions rather than luck.

Overview

De Ontembare Stad (English translation "The Indomitable Citadel") is a family board game in which five Grand master erect new buildings which helps the growth of the small town into a large Citadel of great importance. You are one of the five Grandmasters, leading an order of knighthood, and you help to build up a Medieval Town to become a Citadel with beautiful houses and buildings. You can influence your own progress in the game. A special feature in this game is the Influence Card, which gives you the chance to counter your opponents. You can take new territories, take over territories of other Grandmasters or create disorder in the citadel by burning down an important building on the board. In the game you are striving for the strongest influence, which enables you to become king. The strategic variant of the game introduces the Grand Power in one of the four different development areas. Also the isolation of territories increases the fun for the more experienced player of strategy games. The game is originally in Dutch but a German version is available. An English version is not available, but rules and card translations are available on the website of the publisher www.thegamemaster.nl (set language to english) Expanded by: De Ontembare Stad: Het Verraad

Mechanism

2

Area Majority / Influence Hand Management

Type

2

Family Strategy

Media