Mac Gerdts
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Mac Gerdts is the designer of German-style board games such as Imperial
, Imperial 2030
, Antike and Hamburgum. His games introduced the concept of a rondel
rather than dice
as a mechanism for play. This is designed to prevent players from repeatedly taking the same action in quick succession without paying a cost.
Like many German board games, all of Gerdts' games include a mechanism designed to keep game length roughly within the specified time constraint. In Imperial, the game ends when a nation reaches the 25 point on the counting chart. In Hamburgum, the game ends when six churches are constructed.
Imperial, a 2006 game, has the players take on the roles of international investors in pre-WWI Europe.
Hamburgum, released in 2007, is a game in which the object is to trade goods and make prestigious church donations. The spaces on the rondel are Church, Trade, Cloth, Guildhall, Beer, Dockyard, and Sugar.
"The Princes of Machu Picchu", released in 2008
"Imperial 2030", released in 2009, is a follow-up of Imperial, where USA, Europe, Russia, China, India and Brazil compete for world domination.
"Navegador", released in 2010, is a game about the Golden Age of Portuguese Explorations.
Imperial (board game)
Imperial is a German-style board game designed by Mac Gerdts in which the object is to accumulate wealth in the form of bond holdings in successful countries and cash. Players take on the role of international financiers who purchase government bonds in the six pre-World War I empires of...
, Imperial 2030
Imperial 2030
Imperial 2030 is a German-styleboard game by Mac Gerdts. It is developed from Imperial.Whereas Imperial was set in the nineteenth century, Imperial 2030 takes place in the 21st century, with the BRIC countries - Brazil, Russia, India and China accompanying the United States and Europe as the world...
, Antike and Hamburgum. His games introduced the concept of a rondel
Rondel
Rondel may refer to:* Rondel or roundel, type of medieval dagger...
rather than dice
Dice
A die is a small throwable object with multiple resting positions, used for generating random numbers...
as a mechanism for play. This is designed to prevent players from repeatedly taking the same action in quick succession without paying a cost.
Like many German board games, all of Gerdts' games include a mechanism designed to keep game length roughly within the specified time constraint. In Imperial, the game ends when a nation reaches the 25 point on the counting chart. In Hamburgum, the game ends when six churches are constructed.
Games
Antike, released in 2005, is about evolution and competition among ancient civilizations.Imperial, a 2006 game, has the players take on the roles of international investors in pre-WWI Europe.
Hamburgum, released in 2007, is a game in which the object is to trade goods and make prestigious church donations. The spaces on the rondel are Church, Trade, Cloth, Guildhall, Beer, Dockyard, and Sugar.
"The Princes of Machu Picchu", released in 2008
"Imperial 2030", released in 2009, is a follow-up of Imperial, where USA, Europe, Russia, China, India and Brazil compete for world domination.
"Navegador", released in 2010, is a game about the Golden Age of Portuguese Explorations.