Torres

Torres is a German-style board game designed by Wolfgang Kramer and Michael Kiesling and published in 1999 by FX Schmid in German and by Rio Grande Games in English. The game strongly influenced Kramer and Kiesling's Mask Trilogy of games, but is not considered to be a part of the trilogy.

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Game play revolves around constructing an abstract set of castles set on a grid. Each player is allotted several knight pieces, which are placed within the castles. The higher the knights' placement during a scoring round, the greater the payoff for the controlling player.

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The number of points a player receives per phase is based on the height times the surface area of the highest point of the castle that the knight is standing upon. If the knight is on the 3rd level of a castle, and the castle occupies 5 squares on the board, the player receives 15 points. A king piece is also placed on the board and acts as a bonus modifier to any knights that occupy the same level and castle as the King at the end of a phase.

German-style board game: German-style board games, also known as Euro board games, designer board games, family strategy games or hobby board games, are family games designed to appeal simultaneously to older children and adults. Usually they have simple rules, attractive components, modest length and a concrete theme. Yet ...

Wolfgang Kramer: Wolfgang Kramer (born June 29 1942 in Stuttgart) is a German game designer. Many of his games have been nominated for or have won the Spiel des Jahres, a German games award....

Michael Kiesling: Michael Kiesling is a German board game designer. Many of his games have been nominated for or have won the Spiel des Jahres, a German games award....

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