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GermanStyleGame

German-style games are board games either published in Germany or very similar in style to those published in Germany.

The elements of this style include many of the following:

  1. Multi-player, typically 3 to 6

  2. Game durations of 30-90 minutes

  3. Rules that take 5-15 minutes to explain

  4. Player interaction instead of waiting doing nothing while others take turns

  5. Excellent production values, i.e., visually pleasing and durable components

  6. A satisfying balance of strategy and luck

  7. Fun!

For more information, see the page that I cribbed most of this from, http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~debbiep/billabong/german.html.

The [WWW]German Games FAQ is also good.--?IainCheyne