Thurn and Taxis (board game)

Thurn and Taxis
The box cover of Thurn and Taxis
DesignersKaren and Andreas Seyfarth
PublishersHans im Glück
Rio Grande Games
999 Games
Players2 to 4
Setup time5–10 minutes
Playing time45–60 minutes
ChanceMedium
Age range10 and up
SkillsStrategic thought
Cities featured on the boards of the original game (red dots) and the Power and Glory expansion (blue dots plus Würzburg, featured in both games) on a map of present-day Germany, Austria and Switzerland, with names spelled according to the boards (S. = Sigmaringen). Łódź (from the original game), Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Brussels (from the expansion) have been omitted.
Game board detail showing a city (Sigmaringen), roads leading from it, and a number of player markers. The middle three blue markers have not been placed on cities as they would be in an actual game.

Thurn and Taxis is a board game designed by Karen and Andreas Seyfarth and published in 2006 by Hans im Glück in German (as Thurn und Taxis) and by Rio Grande Games in English. In the game, players seek to build postal networks and post offices in Bavaria and surrounding areas, as did the house of Thurn und Taxis in the 16th century. The game won the prestigious 2006 Spiel des Jahres award.[1]

  1. ^ "Review of Thurn and Taxis". RPG.net. 2006-11-01. Retrieved 2008-12-25.