Glass Road (3rd Edition)

This is the 2021 3rd Edition of Glass Road and includes previously released promotional material: the Oktoberfest and Adventskalender tiles and the Harlekin card for use in the solitaire version of the game.

• The Harlequin card and 5 building promo tiles are all included in Glass Road!
• The Harlequin is a Specialist card that adds to the solo gaming experience.
• The 5 building tiles include: The Christmas Market, the Enclosure, the Renovation, the Guest House, and Oktoberfest.

The game Glass Road commemorates the 700-year-old tradition of glass-making in the Bavarian Forest. (Today, the "Glass Road" is a route through the Bavarian forest that takes visitors to many of the old glass houses and museums of that region.) You must skillfully manage your glass and brick production in order to build the right structures that help you keep your business flowing. Cut the forest to keep the fires burning in the ovens, and spread and remove ponds, pits, and groves to supply yourself with the items you need. Fifteen specialists are there at your side to carry out your orders...

The game consists of four building periods. Each player has an identical set of fifteen specialist cards, and each specialist comes with two abilities. At the beginning of each building period, each player needs to choose a hand of five specialists. If he then plays a specialist that no other player has remaining in his hand, he may use both abilities of that card; if two or more players play the same specialist, each of them may use only one of the two abilities. Exploiting the abilities of the specialists lets you collect resources, lay out new landscape tiles (e.g., ponds and pits), and build a variety of buildings.

There are three types of buildings:

1. Processing buildings
2. Immediate buildings with a one-time effect
3. Buildings that provide bonus points at the end of the game for various accomplishments

Mastering the balance of knowing the best specialist card to play and being flexible about when you play it – together with assembling a clever combination of buildings – is the key to this game.

AWARDS & HONORS

• 2013 Meeples' Choice Nominee
• 2013 Jocul Anului în România Advanced Finalist
• 2013 Board Game Quest Awards Game of the Year Nominee
• 2013 Board Game Quest Awards Best Strategy/Euro Game Nominee