Babel (2000)

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Designer	Hagen Dorgathen Uwe Rosenberg
Artist	Claus Schobig
Publisher	999 Games Kosmos Rio Grande Games Tilsit
Year Published	2000
# of Players	2
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 2 players Recommended with 2 players (30 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	45 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	12 and up
User Suggested Ages	12 and up (12 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	Some necessary text - easily memorized or small crib sheet (20 voters) [poll]
Honors	2001 Fairplay À la carte Winner 2001 International Gamers Award - General Strategy: Two-players 2001 Spiel der Spiele Hit für Zwei Recommended 2001 Spiel des Jahres Recommended
Subdomain	Strategy Games (33 voters) [vote]
Category	Ancient Card Game City Building
Mechanic	Action Point Allowance System Set Collection
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Family	Kosmos two-player series
Primary Name	Babel
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A multi-faceted card/board game of building temples in the ancient world. Players use "personnel" cards representing five different ancient civilizations to do various activities, including building six-tiered temples using a separate temple card deck.

Babel is part of the Kosmos two-player series.

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Awards

2002 Games Magazine Winner, Best Family Card Game.
2001 Spiel des Jahres Recommendation.

Components:

1 gameboard
45 temple cards
60 tribe cards
2 stone figures
1 rulebook

Online Play

Feuerteufel. Dutch website supporting live play and asynchronous play-by-web (now with notification emails!). For non-Dutch speakers/readers, using Google Translate (e.g., with Google Chrome or with the Google Toolbar in Firefox, or even through translate.google.com) works pretty well!

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Dutch First Edition

Publisher: 999 Games, Kosmos

Artist: Claus Schobig

Year: 2001

Product Code: 999-BAB01

Size: Square 2-player (e.g. Lost Cities)

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Publisher: Tilsit

Artist: Claus Schobig

Year: 2001

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German first edition

Publisher: Kosmos

Artist: Claus Schobig

Year: 2000

Product Code: 680916

Size: Square 2-player (e.g. Lost Cities)

1.07 pounds

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English first edition

Publisher: Kosmos, Rio Grande Games

Artist: Claus Schobig

Year: 2000

Product Code: 680916

Size: Square 2-player (e.g. Lost Cities)

1.13 pounds

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German Second Edition (with SdJ Badge)

Publisher: Kosmos

Artist: Claus Schobig

Year: 2000

Product Code: 680916

Size: Square 2-player (e.g. Lost Cities)

1.07 pounds

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Russian rules

Unofficial russian rules

ancor

2010-01-14

Just Another Babel Player Aid v1.0

This compact player's aid will "fit in the box" (laminated). Enjoy!

decumanusmaximus

2009-05-29

Babel Nederlands / Dutch

The Excel-version of Betty Egan translated into Dutch for my kids. All credits are for Betty, thnx!!! De Nederlandse vertaling van de Excel-versie van Betty Egan.

BigShuffle

2008-08-19

Babel Concise rulers refresher

This sheet is for people who have played the game before but need a concise rules refresher so they can jump straight back into playing. Print double sided, laminate and stick in the box!

Mark_H

2008-08-12

Babel_sp.pdf

Babel: rules in spanish

ostadar

2007-11-22

REFERENCE CARD IN SPANISH

Reference card. Tarjeta de referencia. Based on a previous work of Chris Conboy.

Speedro

2007-11-21

Universal Head BABEL Rules Summary & Reference Sheet

The Universal Head BABEL Rules Summary & Reference Sheet v2.2 (Aug10). Single-sided rules summary and reference sheet (2 on the page).

UniversalHead

2007-06-06

Babel Player Aid.pdf

2 Handy, full-color reference cards for quicker play.

anubis9

2007-03-31

ConciseRefSheet03 - Babel.ppt

Concise reference sheet for teaching the game and easy reference

hecose

2007-02-23

Formatted Rules.doc

Babel Formatted English Rules

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2007-02-13

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Average Rating:	6.73
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English rules	http://www.riograndegames.com/uploads/Game/Game_29...	2012-05-10
Babel, hostias finas a orillas del Tigris (Cubo Magazine) (en español)	http://cubomagazine.com/?p=7361	2012-04-23
Babel Review on Board Game Reviews by Josh	http://www.boardgamereviewsbyjosh.com/2012/01/babe...	2012-01-13
German review - Topolino	http://members.chello.at/topolino/vindex.html?/top...	2011-08-14
German review - Spielbox	http://www.spielbox.de/spielarchiv/and/babel.php4	2011-08-14
German review - Reich der Spiele	http://www.reich-der-spiele.com/kritiken/Babel	2011-08-14
German review - Ausgepackt!	http://www.patde.de/ausgepackt/main_fr.htm?http://...	2011-08-14
German review - Pöppelkiste	http://www.poeppelkiste.de/frame/frame.htm?/gutesp...	2011-08-14
German review - Spielphase	http://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/keirat/tx...	2011-08-14
German review - spiel-des-jahres.com	http://www.spiel-des-jahres.com/rezensionen/2001/b...	2011-08-14