Yunnan
2013Aaron Haag
- Videos
- 16
- Creators
- 16
Mainly reviews. Yunnan is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 10 reviews, 2 how-to-play guides, 1 recorded sessions, and 3 other videos.
2 - 5 players
90 min
Heavy weight: Expect a long teach
From BoardGameGeek
Yunnan - home of delicious Pu'er tea. For more than 1,000 years, the tea dynasties have provided this sought-after good via their horse caravans to faraway Tibet. The Tea-Horse Road - a network of paths and roads leading through the jungles of Yunnan, across the steppes of Sichuan, and over the peaks of the Himalaya - is the traditional travel route of the tea traders. In Yunnan, players control the fate of their tea dynasties. Their main goal is to establish a broad and secure trading network to deliver the tea to the farthest provinces, doing it better than their opponents. The main work behind the scenes is done in Pu'er, their home location: New traders need to be trained, better horses need to be acquired, and a good number of border passes need to be requested to be able to reach the farthest provinces. Mere trading is not enough to beat the competition, however. Great social influence and a prestigious tea house may come in handy to propitiate the province inspector. Bridges provide shortcuts, and trading posts in faraway places secure one's own path along the Tea-Horse Road. Yunnan is well-suited for players who like tactical development games. Due to the interleaving game mechanisms, the players are involved at all times. The great variety of available actions allows for different strategies. Only the player who calculates well, goes against the proper opponents, and reacts to the actions of others swiftly and adequately will win this game, which includes no elements of chance.
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Which Yunnan video should I watch?
Yunnan has 16 videos from 16 creators: 10 reviews, 2 how-to-play guides, 1 playthrough and 3 other videos. They date from 2013 to November 2023.
To learn the rules, start with "Yunnan (NL)" by Nox' Spellenzolder, which runs 22 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Rahdo Runs Through►►► Yunnan" by Rahdo Runs Through. 10 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "Walking through Yunnan (2023 Version) - 2 Player Mode" by jPlay.
If you like it, try Yunnan (Second Edition), also by Aaron Haag, or Inventions: Evolution of Ideas, General Orders: World War II and Dog Park, which share several of its mechanics. It appears in convention videos from Spiel Essen 2013.
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About Yunnan
From BoardGameGeek:
Yunnan - home of delicious Pu'er tea. For more than 1,000 years, the tea dynasties have provided this sought-after good via their horse caravans to faraway Tibet. The Tea-Horse Road - a network of paths and roads leading through the jungles of Yunnan, across the steppes of Sichuan, and over the peaks of the Himalaya - is the traditional travel route of the tea traders. In Yunnan, players control the fate of their tea dynasties. Their main goal is to establish a broad and secure trading network to deliver the tea to the farthest provinces, doing it better than their opponents. The main work behind the scenes is done in Pu'er, their home location: New traders need to be trained, better horses need to be acquired, and a good number of border passes need to be requested to be able to reach the farthest provinces. Mere trading is not enough to beat the competition, however. Great social influence and a prestigious tea house may come in handy to propitiate the province inspector. Bridges provide shortcuts, and trading posts in faraway places secure one's own path along the Tea-Horse Road. Yunnan is well-suited for players who like tactical development games. Due to the interleaving game mechanisms, the players are involved at all times. The great variety of available actions allows for different strategies. Only the player who calculates well, goes against the proper opponents, and reacts to the actions of others swiftly and adequately will win this game, which includes no elements of chance.
Designer
Aaron Haag
Artist
Dennis Lohausen
Publisher
Argentum Verlag
Categories
Mechanics