Royal Visit Board Game

An unusual complex yet tightly balanced boardcard game for two from the prolific Reiner Knizia The original title Auf der Reeperbahn alludes to a popular German movie from 1954Near the center of a 17-space track start the six game figures which the players compete to attract to their opposite ends of the board You play as many cards of the same color on your turn as you wish and much of the movement is a direct result of card play eg by playing a red 4 you bring the red figure 4 spaces closer to your end of the boardHowever there are special tricks and restrictions which must be learned and held firmly in mind before the sense of the game begins to emergeThe game is one of attack and counterattack defense and forward thinking and can be won early or on the turn of the last card on the second time through the deck At 10-20 minutes it begs to be played again immediately