Hansa Teutonica

Andreas Steding has already designed one game about the Hanseatic League—the excellent Kogge, in which players trade around the Baltic Sea. Here he returns to the theme with a land-based trading game. The board shows a network of cities across Germany, connected by roads. Players get victory points for building a network of offices, for controlling cities and for other traders using the cities they control.

Instead of scoring points, players can choose to improve their traders' ‘skills’. The better the skills, the more points they should score later, so there's a balance to be struck between taking points and building for the future.

Hansa Teutonica was launched at the 2009 Spiel games fair in Essen, where it was ranked in the top 10 of Fairplay magazine's poll of attendees' favourite games, and has remained popular ever since. There are two expansions that move the action to different regions: Britannia and the East.

The original game (shown on the right) is out of print, but Hansa Teutonica Big Box is still going strong – it contains the base game and both expansions.

 
Hansa Teutonica: East Expansion

The most obvious part of this expansion is the new board, covering Northeastern Germany and surrounding areas, along with the Baltic Sea. This means additional rules to cover the sea routes across the Baltic. On top of this, the expansion introduces 'Mission' cards, which give players secret goals that score bonus points if achieved. All in all, it adds quite a bit to the base game.

For 3-5 players, aged 12+, playing time 45 minutes: £10.00 (£8.33 tax-free outside the UK)
 

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Hansa Teutonica: East Expansion was designed by Andreas Steding and is published by Argentum
More about Hansa Teutonica: East Expansion at the BoardGameGeek

 
Hansa Teutonica: Britannia

This expansion is an alternative board for Hansa Teutonica with a map of Britain to give players a different challenge. It includes revised rules for the two-player game.

For 2-5 players, aged 12+, playing time 75 minutes: £10.00 (£8.33 tax-free outside the UK)
 

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Hansa Teutonica: Britannia was designed by Andreas Steding and is published by Argentum
More about Hansa Teutonica: Britannia at the BoardGameGeek

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Hansa Teutonica Big Box

The full Hansa Teutonica experience in a single, hefty box. For the full explanation see the base game, East expansion and Britannia expansion above (yes, I'm too lazy to re-write my descriptions). It also includes the mini-expansions that have appeared over the years.

For 3-5 players, aged 12+, playing time 90 minutes: £40.00 (£33.33 tax-free outside the UK)
 

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Hansa Teutonica Big Box was designed by Andreas Steding and is published by Pegasus

Find out more:
    Hansa Teutonica Big Box on BoardGameGeek

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