Skellig Games SKE48007 - In der Halle des Bergkönigs - Deluxe, Board game, 1-5 players, ages 12+ (DE edition)
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A game by Jay Cormier and Graeme Jahns - Artwork by Josh Cappel and Kwanchai Moriya
In the Hall of the Mountain King, players take on the role of trolls trying to rebuild their abandoned kingdom beneath the mountain.
Using muscle power and magic, they unearth riches, dig out collapsed tunnels, and erect great halls. At the same time, they raise the toppled statues of their ancestors back to their places of honor in the heart of the mountain.
The flow of the game in In the Hall of the Mountain King is driven by innovative production cascades. Timing, tactics, and magic help players make the halls inside the mountain shine in new splendor and are key to success and the crown.
The game is played with 1-5 players: everyone against everyone or in the team variant. Depending on the number of players, the game is played on the autumn or winter side of the board.
Each player starts at their own entrance and digs a network of tunnels from there, which must not be connected to the tunnel systems of their opponents. The more valuable the minerals spent on the tunnel tiles on the game board are, the more honor they bring to the respective troll clan.
Players must expand their tunnel network, discover workshops, build large halls, and find useful resources on the way to the heart of the mountain. Stones, iron, heartstones, lorries, hammers, coins, and runes can be added to the players' supplies. All of these are important resources for the reconstruction of the kingdom.
Buried statues must be retrieved and placed in suitable locations in the heart of the mountain (earning points) with the help of the lorries. An important aspect of the game is the production cascade. Each player starts with four trolls. Each troll has a certain combination of resources. When a new troll is hired, it is placed on top of two other trolls to form a "pyramid." The new troll is activated and receives its resources. In addition, all...