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Whatever, Tom Vasel - Hawaii is awesome! ;)
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Game setup
Mary wins Hawaii!
Hawaii, Rio Grande Games, 2012 (image provided by the publisher)
Presentation of Hawaii @ Spiel 2011
During play
Essen 2011: In the middle of the game.
Working Holiday on Hawaii at the booth of Hans in Gluck @ Spiel'11 Essen

Hawaii (2011)

Players
2–5
Best: 3, 4
Playing time
60–60 min
Age
13+
7.10
Average rating
4,708
Ratings
2.90/5
Weight
#1223
BGG rank
Top 5,000
Alternate names:Hawaï
Designer:Greg Daigle
Artist:Dennis Lohausen
Publisher:Rio Grande Games +4 more
Average rating, ratings count, weight and rank are sourced from BoardGameGeek (BGG).
Game DNA
  • This game: Strategy 9, Luck 4, Interaction 5, Complexity 5.8, Theme 5
Strategy9.0
Luck4.0
Interaction5.0
Complexity5.8
Theme5.0

This game's strategy, luck, interaction, complexity and theme.

FarmingTerritory BuildingAction PointsTile PlacementModular BoardArea MovementWorker PlacementIncome

Overview

Game description from the publisher:

Don't expect to lie around the sun, lazily sipping cocktails and passively watching hula dancers, because the tactical game Hawaii is not a paradise for idlers, but rather for bold, active strategists. Restlessly, they'll move their pieces on the game board, facing constant challenges in terms of making their beautiful villages on this beautiful island as profitable as possible. Only those who will be able to use their dwindling resources to meet the increasing demands over five rounds will find a spot for themselves on the beach.

In Hawaii, players must make use of their limited resources to score points by growing their villages and exploring the surrounding islands. Your chieftains move around the board to purchase new tiles for their villages, hopefully grabbing the best deals before their opponents. Three different currencies are used to pay for these trips, so make sure you don't run out of any of them too quickly. Players are also rewarded for providing for their people (measured essentially by how much they bought on a given turn), but your meager income shrinks as the game goes on. Players will have to balance a number of ways to score points to secure their victory.

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Hawaii: Kamapua'as Gunst
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