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Haus der Sonne, Feuerland Spiele, 2015 — components on display (image provided by the publisher)

Haus der Sonne (prototype), central board, at SpieleWahnsinn Herne 2015

Haus der Sonne on display at Spiel 2015, Essen (press room)

Building statues on the slopes of a volcano

Haleakala (2015)

Players

Best: 2

Playing time

40–40 min

Age

12+

6.58

Average rating

777

Ratings

2.38/5

Weight

#5398

BGG rank

Outside top 5,000

Alternate names:Haus der Sonne +1 more

Designer:Florian Racky, Marc Klerner

Artist:Dennis Lohausen

Publisher:Z-Man Games +3 more

Average rating, ratings count, weight and rank are sourced from BoardGameGeek (BGG).

Game DNA

Strategy5.0

Luck5.0

Interaction7.0

Complexity4.8

Theme6.0

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

MythologyTerritory BuildingHand ManagementArea Majority / Influence

Overview

In the two-player-game Haus der Sonne, players are building statues on the slopes of a volcano to honor their gods. The higher the statues are built up the volcano the more they score in one of the two scoring phases, but of course the closer they are build towards the crater the danger of being destroyed by volcanic eruption is higher as well.

By playing numbered chips (1-5) to the beach, you move a ship clockwise. The sector in which the ship is moved will be evaluated. If a player has placed a numbered chip into this sector, he may gain a card from this sector. Cards are required to build statues, buy bonus score cards or to influence the direction of the lava when the volcano finally errupts (two times in the game - right before an evaluation).