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Caylus | 
| Brand: Rio Grande Games
Category: Toy
List Price: $54.95
Buy New: $42.51
You Save: $12.44 (23%)
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 5398
Fragile: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.9
Dimensions (in): 12.5 x 9 x 2.9
MPN: RG281
Model: U00129
EAN: 4260071875136
ASIN: B000BNFHBI
Availability: Usually ships in 1 to 2 months
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| Features:
| | International Gamers Awards Best Strategy Game 2006 | | | Deutscher SpielePreis 1st Place Prize Winner 2006 | | | Spiel Des Jahres Special Prize for Complex Play 2006 | | | GAMES Magazine Best Advanced Strategy Runner-Up 2007 |
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| Customer Reviews:
Extraordinary and complex game February 6, 2007
P. Mumford (Seattle, WA USA)
24 out of 24 found this review helpful
This heavy eurogame game was the huge hit of 2006, winning multiple awards and shooting up to top ratings on boardgamegeek.com. It richly deserves all the praise it has been given. It is also one of the most complex designer games, with a long and seemingly impenetrable rule book. Think of it as about 3 times as complex as Settlers of Catan. On the other hand, it is no more complex than the typical historical wargame or 18xx railroad game. And it is much quicker to play than a wargame or rail game.
Caylus is worth the trouble to learn. Once the rules are understood the play has a very smooth and natural flow to it. There are no dice, or any random factor to gameplay whatsover. If you win or lose it is due to the choices you have made, an the choices of other players. All the interlocking elements of gameplay connect beautifully. The players are competing to build the King's castle and win royal favors. Each turn brings interesting developments, which affect all players in differnt ways. There is a bailiff, a provost, a jeweler, a bridge, a trading post, an inn, a lumber camp, a quarry, an architect, etc. And MANY more elements, in fact. Each element has its own appropriate role in the game. This is a thematically consistent game that creates a miniature medieval society. It is a LOT of fun to play.
It is largely complexity that makes Caylus so good. There are so many winning strategies, so very different, with none being clearly better. Strategies can be mixed and matched. An agile player will shift focus mid game if the tide turns against him. This game has an ebb and flow to it that feels very lifelike. A leading player in the middle game will often be overtaken later by a player who undertook a longer term strategy. But then the overtaken player will often be able to come back, with clever maneuvering, for a close finish.
Caylus is not a particularly long playing game. It starts slowly and gets more exciting as more buildings get built and players execute their strategies. It comes to a climax about 2 hours later, usually with a tense, hard fought finish. Two to five can play this game. It plays very well with only two and just as well, although more chaotic, with five. Or three or four, of course. So buy this mind blowing game.
This game grows on you!! December 13, 2007
bard (Indiana)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
As my family will attest, I really like strategy games. I also abhor most games of chance. If a game comes with dice, I'm immediately leery.
Caylus does not have dice, which made a good first impression for me. It did, however, take us about 2 hours to learn. After the first game, I was skeptical about how strategic it was, but I played it a couple of more times against experienced players--and I got clobbered! While this appears to be an ironic endorsement of the game, it revealed to me that there was much more strategy involved than I initially thought.
Based upon how many players and how the initial pieces are played, there are many different strategies available. Additionally, the game offers you the ability to try and determine your opponents strategy and either overcome it or thwart it.
Caylus is now one of my favorite games because it offers many options, stimulates the brain, and is rarely the same game twice.
Downsides of the game for some will be the long time to learn the rules. The game also takes a long time to play, typically 90-120 minutes for us. As a result, those with shorter attention spans will NOT enjoy it. It's not a game for younger children or for those who don't have enough of a thirst for competition to figure out the strategies.
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