Friedrich: opening the box...
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Friedrich comes in a bookcase-style 12" x 12" x 2.5" box with original art for the cover.
All the box text is bi-lingual (German and English), as are all the game components. The back of
the box shows pictures of some of the cards that come with the game and a section of the game board.
Also included on the box are the game’s credits: Richard Sivél as the designer (under more than
one name and wearing multiple hats), and Andreas Töpfer as the artist responsible for the portraits
and the cover art. The publisher of Friedrich is Histogame,
which has a partnership with Simmons Games, through which both companies stock and sell
each other’s games.
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On opening the box, the rules for Friedrich are revealed. The rule booklet is 16 pages
long, bound with staples, and printed in black and white on 8.25" x 11.75" (A4 size) paper. This
includes both the English and the German rules (7 pages of rules per language) plus the Designer’s Notes for
the game. More information about the rules and how Friedrich is played is available
here. The rules themselves are available for download in PDF format in
English,
German,
French,
Dutch,
Italian, and
Polish.
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Beneath the rules are the cards, game pieces, and play-aids, of which Friedrich has a considerable variety.
These include four full decks of cards which contain both Tactical Cards and Cards of Fate (in
English and German). Two re-sealable bags contain the wooden general and supply train pieces;
a sheet of stickers is provided for the leader pieces so that individual generals can be identified. Also included is a
die-cut sheet of conquest markers (these are used to mark objective cities when a player conquers them),
and finally a set of army sheets for secretly recording army strengths. For information on setting up the game, click
here.
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At the bottom of the box, underneath the cards and game pieces is the game board. Friedrich comes
with a six-panel, 22" x 33" hard-mounted game board. The board is manufactured in the European style (no folds break
the smooth playing surface, as is the case with almost all American-manufactured boards). The game board
shows a map of north-central Europe. The design uses a point-to-point movement system
where pieces move from city to city by a network of connecting roads. Friedrich's graphic design is clean
and very attractive. For a detailed view and explation of the game board, click here.
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