#24: Anno 1701: Das Brettspiel (Mark's 100 - 2014)

Anno 1701: Das Brettspiel

Mark's Ranking

• 2014: 24th
• 2012: 36th
• 2010: 16th
• 2005: prior to publication

BoardGameGeek

• rank: 2440
• rating: 6.75

Print Status

• OOP

Why It's On The List

• While I didn't like Klaus Teuber's attempt to make Anno 1503 deeper via an expansion - I thought it was bloated & made the game much too long - I think his 2nd attempt at a similar game was very, very successful. And that's Anno 1701, which feels like a cross between The Settlers of Catan & Anno 1503.

Tips & Tricks:

• There are lots of options to harvest victory points (which can win you the game) - but you can't try to do all of them.
• The island tile sets are nearly identical - the brown ones are just farther from the starting point.

Extras

• Sadly, this game has never been published in English - there are some translation issues but they shouldn't be an insurmountable barrier.
• Not liking Settlers of Catan does not necessarily mean you'll dislike Anno 1701 - give it a try!.