Fresco (2010)

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Designer	Wolfgang Panning Marco Ruskowski Marcel Süßelbeck
Artist	Oliver Schlemmer
Publisher	Arclight Competo / Marektoy Piatnik Queen Games
Year Published	2010
# of Players	2 − 4
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 4 players Recommended with 2, 3, 4 players (74 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	60 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	10 and up
User Suggested Ages	10 and up (13 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	No necessary in-game text (24 voters) [poll]
Honors	2010 Golden Geek Best Board Game Artwork/Presentation Nominee 2010 Golden Geek Best Family Board Game Nominee 2010 International Gamers Awards - General Strategy; Multi-player Nominee 2010 Nederlandse Spellenprijs Nominee 2010 Spiel Des Jahres Nominee 2011 Golden Geek Best Board Game Artwork/Presentation Nominee 2011 Golden Geek Best Family Board Game Nominee Show More »
Subdomain	Family Games Strategy Games (50 voters) [vote]
Category	Economic Renaissance
Mechanic	Set Collection Simultaneous Action Selection Variable Phase Order Worker Placement
Expansion	Fresco: Expansion Modules 4, 5 and 6 Fresco: The Bishop's Favor Fresco: The Scrolls
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Primary Name	Fresco
Alternate Names	Fresko Freskó フレスコ
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Players are acting like artisans. They have to restore a fresco in a Renaissance church.
Each player starts with 5 workers and has to plan their work, day by day.
The game has a modular structure giving the players the opportunity to decide how ambitiously they want to play.
New features such as deciding one's own wake-up time (and therefore one's mood for the rest of the day ;-) will make this game unique.
The modular structure will attract casual as well as experienced players.

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Awards

2010: Pfefferkuchel Winner

2010: JOKER (Pour une autre idée du jeu), Winner

2010: Premio Juego del Año 2010 Nominee

2010: Gouden Ludo (Flanders), Nominee

2010: International Gamers Award Nominee

2010: Spiel des Jahres Nominee

2010: Deutscher Spiele Preis Winner

2010: Graf Ludo 2010 (Spielgrafik des Jahres) / (boardgame artwork of the year)

2010: As d'or / Jeu De L'Aneé 2011 Nominee

2010: Swiss Gamers Award 2011 5.th Rank

2011: J.U.G. JUG 2011 Nominee

2011: Årets Familiespill (Family Game of the Year, Norway) Nominee

Components:

1 double-sided game board
14 market tiles
25 fresco tiles with values from 3 to 11.
60 coins (Thalers) with values of 1 (36x), 5 (16 x), and 10 (8x)
78 paint pieces, 17 each of red, yellow, blue; 9 each of green, purple, orange
4 natural-colored apprentices
20 apprentices, 5 each in 4 colors
12 master painters, 3 each in 4 colors
1 bishop
4 small screens
4 large screens
4 action sheets
4 cards showing tables of blending paints
1 linen bag
1 rules leaflet

Additional Components:

18 portrait cards
12 request tiles
7 fresco tiles with values between 13 and 24
12 paint pieces, 6 each of pink and brown
4 enhanced tables of blending paints (on the back of the basic blending tables
1 altar tile

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Fresco

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Queen / Piatnik East-European edition

Publisher: Piatnik, Queen Games

Artist: Oliver Schlemmer

Year: 2011

Product Code: 772498

Size: 11.69 x 11.69 x 3.23 inches

3.31 pounds

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Year: 2011

Size: Medium Square (e.g. Ticket to Ride)

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German First Edition

Publisher: Queen Games

Artist: Oliver Schlemmer

Year: 2010

Size: 11.70 x 11.70 x 3.00 inches

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English First Edition

Publisher: Queen Games

Artist: Oliver Schlemmer

Year: 2010

Product Code: 60593

Size: 11.70 x 11.70 x 3.00 inches

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Queen Multi-language Euro edition

Publisher: Queen Games

Artist: Oliver Schlemmer

Year: 2010

Product Code: 60592

Size: Medium Square (e.g. Ticket to Ride)

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4	Fresco Brettspill med Takras: Bli med Leonardo og mal en freske	Norwegian	takras	0
4	Fresco Uitleg & Review (NL) - Nox' Spellenzolder	Dutch	Dharquen	0
6	Fresco [Jugando con Ketty] Fresco	Spanish	ArtEmiSa64	0
24	Fresco Fresco board game official tutorial - English	English	minus4	1
2	Fresco Fresco på 9 minutter (HD)	Norwegian	PollutedMonk...	0
34	Fresco HemVideo presents: Fresco!	English	Hemu	12
125	Fresco Miami Dice 005 - Fresco	English	TomVasel	5
27	Fresco The Gamers' Table Episode 26: Fresco	English	RevGiark	9
11	Fresco 5 Minutos TV - Fresco	Spanish	Turk182	0
14	Fresco Fresco & Expansions Demo - BoardGameGeek Booth - Essen Spiel 2010	English	Aldie	2
9	Fresco JcK0085 Fresco	Spanish	ArtEmiSa64	1
17	Fresco Game Review: Fresco	English	Snaitf	2
64	Fresco Fresco	English	BigdaddyTR	4
1	Fresco German Overview from www.spielkult.de.	German	rukiosu	0
153	Fresco Castelli Video Review of "Fresco"	English	jamesmckane	11

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3	General The best games don't have to be complex.	2012-05-25	diceman56	3
2	Strategy Tips for full game	2012-04-26	ketigid	0
2	Rules Altar clarification	2012-04-19	dmk11	3
1	Rules Player order for wake up if tied after first round?	2012-04-17	crazypumaman	5
5	General Is Fresco replayable enough?	2012-04-16	kenartyo	11
1	Rules Missing Purple Tile?	2012-04-08	RhodesN7	5
5	General Playing Time (poll)	2012-03-28	gatchaman	3
1	General pls help - disappointed about 2p experience	2012-03-01	iadrianik	7
2	Rules Order of actions during restauration and end of round	2012-01-21	Hermjard	2
1	General Fresco 3-Player: Is sandbagging beatable when portraits are in play?	2012-01-13	opabrawl	5

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0	Fresco: The Scrolls Rules explanation of scrolls rules	2012-05-03	clodius	1
0	Fresco: Expansion Modules 4, 5 and 6 Rules Alchemy - Wishing Well Module	2012-03-25	kingjames01	2
0	Fresco: The Bishop's Favor Rules English rules?	2012-02-13	senorcoo	1
0	Fresco: The Bishop's Favor General Why not play with these tiles face up instead of face down?	2012-02-10	ralpher	1
12	Fresco: The Bishop's Favor Reviews Probably one of the less expensive queen expansions you will buy	2011-12-31	krechevskoy	1
0	Fresco: Expansion Modules 4, 5 and 6 General How many/what size cards	2011-12-23	paedia	2
20	Fresco: Expansion Modules 4, 5 and 6 Reviews If you are reading this, you probably already own The Glaziers or are on the fence due to price.	2011-12-13	krechevskoy	0
0	Fresco: The Bishop's Favor General Extra Incentive to Paint the Ceiling?	2011-12-05	GodfatherPTS	8
8	Fresco: The Bishop's Favor News Now available in the Geek Store!	2011-11-22	chaddyboy...	7
2	Fresco: The Scrolls General 19€ for 10 tiles...	2011-10-14	GeoMan	5

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Fresco Portraits Sleeved Cards

Caja para las cartas de retrato enfundadas.

Cibarius

2012-05-03

Generic Tuck box

Caja estandar para guardar losetas, monedas, cubos o lo que se estime oportuno. Imprimir y recortar las copias necesarias.

Cibarius

2012-04-19

Fresco Player Aid

Comprehensive 1 page player aid for Fresco (with info on using the first 3 modules).

Osiris Ra

2012-03-30

Fresco Mini Player Aids - with the 1st expansions

I noticed the 2nd heading TURN ORDER should have been ENDING CONDITIONS, so this file corrects that mistake.

merc007

2012-01-13

Fresco Player Guide merged with the First Expansions

This is version 1.1 I've realised that there were some vital rules that I need to add in. 1. When the End Round starts, all players must flip their Action boards over the Side 2. 2. After painting a Fresco, move the bishop to the empty space that was just painted.

merc007

2011-11-11

Fresco - Russian Rules

Rules of Fresco in Russian. Русская версия правил настольной игры "Фреска". Автор перевода и верстка Gravicapa 2fishki.ru

Gravicapa

2011-06-23

Fresco - supplement in Korean

Supplement in Korean. If there is something wrong, please send a geekmail or email to me. As I play this game, it may be updated.

Morign

2011-03-14

Fresco - rules in Korean

Rules in Korean. If there is something wrong, please send a geekmail or email to me. As I play this game, it may be updated.

Morign

2011-03-14

Fresco Tuckboxes

Tuckboxes I did for Fresco basegame. You can see what they look like here: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/922589/fresco

crapmonster

2011-02-15

Aide de jeu - Players aid (in french)

Aide de jeu, par BdmL

Jean-Francois

2010-11-22

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	Statistics

Board Game Rank:	128
Strategy Game Rank:	82
Family Game Rank:	13
Num Ratings:	3715
Average Rating:	7.43
Standard Deviation:	1.11
Num Views:	220621
GeekBuddy Analysis:	Analyze
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Avg. Game Weight:	2.6
Fans:	128

Personal Comments:	927
Users Owning:	3942
Users Wanting:	462
Users Trading:	76 [find trade matches]
Has Parts For Trade:	1
Want Parts In Trade:	0
Price History:	View
Total Plays:	7714
Plays This Month:	134

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Fresco: Expansion Modules 4, 5 and 6

Rank	N/A
Num Ratings	188
Average Rating	7.52
Average Weight	2.78

Num Owned	743
Prev. Owned	18
For Trade	7
Want in Trade	85

Wishlist	179
Comments	62
Year Published	2011

Fresco: The Bishop's Favor

Rank	N/A
Num Ratings	60
Average Rating	7.23
Average Weight	2.75

Num Owned	510
Prev. Owned	9
For Trade	8
Want in Trade	15

Wishlist	38
Comments	30
Year Published	2011

Fresco: The Scrolls

Rank	N/A
Num Ratings	96
Average Rating	7.04
Average Weight	2.44

Num Owned	530
Prev. Owned	6
For Trade	4
Want in Trade	60

Wishlist	114
Comments	36
Year Published	2010

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German review-brettspielcheck.de	http://www.brettspielcheck.de/SpieleE-H/Fresko.htm	2012-03-29
Czech review of Fresco	http://www.deskovehry.com/s-pribehem/638/recenze-f...	2012-02-22
German review - Sapiko	http://sapiko.fjkrieger.de/spielerezensionen/fresk...	2012-01-05
German review - Malz Spiele	http://www.malz-spiele.de/index_others_fresko.htm	2011-12-30
English Review on Giant Fire Breathing Robot - Add-on	http://gfbrobot.com/2011/06/13/recap-3/	2011-10-02
Dutch rules pdf - Queen Games	http://www.queen-games.biz/loader.php?aImage=/down...	2011-09-21
Spanish rules pdf - Queen Games	http://www.queen-games.biz/loader.php?aImage=/down...	2011-09-21
Italian rules pdf - Queen Games	http://www.queen-games.biz/loader.php?aImage=/down...	2011-09-21
French rules pdf - Queen Games	http://www.queen-games.biz/loader.php?aImage=/down...	2011-09-21
German rules pdf - Queen Games	http://www.queen-games.biz/loader.php?aImage=/down...	2011-09-21