Glass Road (Board Game)

Glass Road is a board game that allows 1 to 4 players to build their owntrade empire in a medieval setting. The game is designed to be played within20 to 80 minutes and is suitable for players aged 13 and above.

The game revolves around the tradition of glass-making in the BavarianForest, and players must skillfully manage their glass and brick production toconstruct the right structures and keep their businesses thriving. The gameboard represents the landscape, and players manipulate it by cutting the forestfor fuel, as well as creating and removing ponds, pits, and groves to gathernecessary resources.

At the beginning of each building period, players choose a hand of fivespecialist cards from a set of fifteen. Each specialist card has two abilities.If a player plays a specialist that no other player has in their hand, they canuse both abilities of that card. However, if multiple players play the samespecialist, each player can only use one of the two abilities.

By utilizing the abilities of the specialists, players can collect resources,manipulate the landscape, and construct different types of buildings. There arethree categories of buildings: processing buildings, immediate buildings withone-time effects, and buildings that provide bonus points at the end of the gamebased on various accomplishments.

The game's strategic challenge lies in choosing the best specialist cards toplay and timing their usage effectively, while also constructing a combinationof buildings that synergize well together. Balancing these elements is crucialto success in Glass Road.

Glass Road has received several accolades and nominations, including being a2013 Meeples' Choice Nominee, a 2013 Jocul Anului în România AdvancedFinalist, and a nominee for the 2013 Board Game Quest Awards Game of the Yearand Best Strategy/Euro Game categories.