Description
Two village romantics, one shared supply of tiles and two landscapes. Dorfromantik: Head to Head is a quick duel from the world of Dorfromantik in which you compete against each other. First each of you assembles your own set of tiles, then builds a landscape of forests, fields, villages and a river from it. Mountains and lakes are new.
How to play Dorfromantik: Head to Head
The game has two parts. First all landscape and task tiles lie face up on the table and you take turns taking one each. Every time, you decide for yourself whether to take a landscape or a task, so in the end each of you has a different set. The player who picks second also gets the last tile.
Then each of you shuffles your tiles into two face-down stacks and you play simultaneously: each reveals a tile and places it in their own landscape. A river must continue into a river, a mountain into a mountain and a lake into a lake, while forest, field and village edges can touch freely. A task is completed when its area has exactly as many tiles as its number shows. Only a player who completed or abandoned a task reveals a new one.
When a player runs out of landscape tiles, the game is over for them. You score points for completed tasks, your longest river, multicoloured flags in closed-off areas, and completed mountains and lakes. Whoever has more points wins.
Why you'll like it
- The selection alone is a game in itself: all chosen tiles stay in view the whole time, so you can see what your opponent is putting together.
- You decide the balance between tasks and landscapes yourself: more tasks mean more possible points, more landscapes mean more room to fulfil them.
- Mountains and lakes are new: you form each from two tiles with matching edges, and it scores 3 points.
- You play simultaneously, so there's no waiting for your opponent's turn.
Who is Dorfromantik: Head to Head for
The game is for 2 players aged 8 and up and takes 15 to 30 minutes. The rules are short, so it suits couples and anyone who loves Dorfromantik and would like to play it as a duel. There is no text on the tiles; the rules are in English.
The shop also has Dorfromantik – The Duel, in which both players get the same tiles in the same order, as well as Dorfromantik – Sakura and Dorfromantik: Light Luggage.
What you might not like
The game is for two only, and during the laying phase each of you builds your own landscape, so it may not be the best fit for those who like more direct confrontation.
What's in the box
- 63 tiles: 44 landscape tiles and 19 task tiles
- 19 green tick tokens and 8 red X tokens
- score pad (20 double-sided sheets)
- rules
