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Amazon.com Search | |  | Rio Grande | Home » » » The Bridges of Shangri-La | | | | | | | Description: | | In Shangri-La, the mysterious and isolated utopia nestled high in the mountains, a strange struggle for dominance has begun. Once peaceful and neighborly, the Masters of the competing mountain-folk train their students and send them out across bridges to control neighboring villages. To take control of a village, the students must come together in uncomfortable alliances, regardless of their tribal origin. Eventually students become Masters themselves, train new students and expand to other villages.There is one thing each student must keep in mind as they travel from village to village -- the mystical powers of Shangri-La mysteriously cause the bridges to collapse, separating villages forever. One crucial question will decide the winner: who will control the most Masters of Shangri-La? Players take on the roles of leaders of a specific tribe. There is a battle raging over the empty villages of the land and players must quickly fill those villages with their tribal leaders. As players migrate tribal leaders from one village to the next, they must not become too weak or they risk losing leaders to opposing tribes. The ultimate object of the game is to have the most leaders on the board at the end of the game. It is an abstract game with many options and tense until the end. | | | Features: | |
• Players take on the roles of leaders of a specific tribe
• The ultimate object of the game is to have the most leaders on the board at the end of the game
• An abstract game with many options and tense until the end.
• 3-4 players; 60 minutes playing time
• Age 10+
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 12.0 inches | | Product Width:
| 2.0 inches | | Product Height:
| 12.0 inches | | Product Weight:
| 2.5 pounds | | Package Length:
| 11.7 inches | | Package Width:
| 11.7 inches | | Package Height:
| 2.9 inches | | Package Weight:
| 2.75 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 6 reviews |
| | | | Customer Reviews: | |
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6 of 7 found the following review helpful:
 Bridges of Shangri LAJun 01, 2010
By Ivery Keys
I am not sure why this gameis being treated like a toy. It is basically one of the new generation adult board games designed with strategy in mind. Players try to use game pieces to recruit villiages to their philosophies before all the bridges are destroyed. The person who has installed the greatest number of "masters" in the villiages wins. That is the short version of the game. It gets complicated when the students of a neighboring villiage try to remove the masters from an existing villiage and destroy the bridge to remove access from other villiages...
JW Crane
4 of 5 found the following review helpful:
 Simple concepts with changing strategyFeb 11, 2010
By Alexander Sarmiento
"WitsNlaughs"
GREAT GAME!! Never heard of it before I bought it, but extremely glad I bought it. The craftsman ship of the board is very nice. It is simple in that there are only three plays to make, but every turn your option will change as your opponents choose 1 of the 3. Choose wisely as journeys will be made and villages will come to peace. Have the most masters to win control of the villages of Shangri-La. Leo Colovini is one of the greatest game designers of our time!
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Fun little strategy gameApr 11, 2011
By C. Hess
I bought this game because it was CHEAP and a strategy game that was supposed to play quickly. I didn't expect much due to the low price, but was pleasantly surprised. The rules are simple and game play is pretty quick so you're not spending a long time waiting around for your turn. I recommend picking this up!
Very stylish and chess-likeMar 26, 2012
By C. Telenko
"Miss_Pixy"
The play of this game feels like chess, but maybe less confusing. It's very visual and abstract. We played a few times right off the bat because we enjoyed it and wanted to really understand the strategy. It's quick to learn and slow to master.
Fun strategy game!Dec 18, 2011
By Marielle
I wasn't sure what to expect from this game, but the game really delivers! It's a strategy based game where you have to decide between adding new tiles to the board to increase power of the cities, or moving existing tiles on the board to take over cities. The catch is that each travel route between the cities can only be used once, before the "bridge" is broken and the city is no longer accessible from that route. Once all the bridges on roads to a city are broken, the tiles currently in the city are locked in there permanently. Since the object of the game is to have as many tiles of your color on the board as possible, this creates a mad frenzy to be the last person to enter or exit a city, sealing your tiles in for winning points!
There are some further complexities, but that's the basic concept. At first it seems a bit dull, but once you've gotten some pieces on the board you start anticipating what other players will do in the next few moves and it becomes a lot of fun! We played with 4 players who are familiar with European strategy games and the learning curve was about 1/2 of the play time, which was 1hr 15min in total. The next time we were much more strategic with placing our starting tiles and the game was even more enjoyable.
In summary:
1. This is NOT a game for young kids (sorry!). I was recommend it for mature 10yr olds and up, if playing with adults.
2. If you have played other strategy-based building games (Settlers of Catan, Carcassone, Mission Red Planet, etc) and liked them, you will probably like this game. All 4 players (with very different personalities) enjoyed this game.
3. The board and its components are of good quality, and the art is kind of fun.
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