eurogame

plural eurogames

1. alternativeAlternative form of Eurogame.

   Magnum Sal is a eurogame about exploration of a salt mine (second oldest still operating salt mine in the world).

   2012 August, ACD Distribution, page 18

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   The game [Settlers of Catan] achieved a huge success: it received the “Game of the Year” award of the German game critics, and it was the first “eurogame” to become widely popular outside Germany, […]

   2010, István Szita, Guillaume Chaslot, & Pieter Spronck, "Monte-Carlo Tree Search in Settlers of Catan", in Advances in Computer Games: 12th International Conference, ACG 2009, Pamplona, Spain, May 11-13, 2009, Revised Papers (eds. H. Jaap Van den Herik & Pieter Spronck), Springer (2010), page 72

   Costikyan specifically describes eurogames as a genre that “prizes strategy and planning,” yet, perhaps surprisingly, it is rare to find examples of eurogames that do not contain some element of chance.

   2012, Stewart Woods, Eurogames: The Design, Culture and Play of Modern European Board Games, McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 112

plural Eurogames · alternative eurogame

1. A style of board game originating in Germany, characterized by simple rules, short to medium playtimes, indirect player interaction, abstract physical components, emphasis on strategy over luck or conflict, and economic themes.

   No other Eurogame has had the same impact that Settlers [of Catan] had.

   2014, James Stubbs, “Traditional Board Games: From Ameritrash to Eurogames”, in Julie Scordato, Ellen Forsyth, editors, Teen Games Rule!: A Librarian's Guide to Platforms and Programs, ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page 83

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   In America, where classics like Monopoly dominate, Eurogames still have an avidly geeky following.

   2008 August 28, “German recreation: An affinity for rules?”, in The Economist, archived from the original on 02 Feb 2021

   Synonyms: German game, German-style board game, German-style game