Löwenherz is a German-style board game designed by Klaus Teuber and published in 1997 by Goldsieber in German and by Rio Grande Games in English. The game was re-released in 2003 by Kosmos and published in English by Mayfair Games under the title Domaine. Löwenherz won the Deutscher Spiele Preis in 1997, and Domaine came 5th in 2003. German-style board games, also known as designer games, family strategy games, or European games, are high quality family games designed primarily for the European markets. ... Teuber at Essen 2003, holding Settlers of Catan Klaus Teuber (born 1952) is a well-known German designer of board games. ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Reef. ... Rio Grande Games is a publisher of German-style board games in English. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Events January January 1 - Luíz Inácio Lula Da Silva becomes the 37th President of Brazil. ... Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH & Co. ... Mayfair Games is a publisher of board and roleplaying games in the US and UK. They also license German-style board games and publish them in English, most notably the Settlers of Catan series licensed from Kosmos. ... The Deutscher Spiele Preis (German for German Game Prize) is arguably the next most prestigious award for German-style games after the Spiel des Jahres. ...
Gameplay
The board is layed out in a modular fashion, using randomly-placed smaller boards (Löwenherz has six 5x5 boards; Domaine has nine 4x4 boards). Players section off areas of the board with walls, and use knights inside the walls to defend them. The actions which may be taken by players are bid for in an auction. Politics cards give players extra abilities. An auctioneer and her assistants scan the crowd for bidders An auction is the process of buying and selling things by offering them up for bid, taking bids, and then selling the item to the highest bidder. ... Politics is the process and method of decision-making for groups of human beings. ...
External links
Board Game Geek reviews and pictures of Löwenherz (http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/66) and Domaine (http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/5737)
Mayfair Games (http://www.mayfairgames.com/mfg-shop/3300-4499/qps/4102.html) info site for the games
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