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Power Grid (2004)
Power Grid is the updated release of the Friedemann Friese crayon game Funkenschlag. It removes the crayon aspect from network building in the original edition, while retaining the fluctuating commodities market like Crude: The Oil Game and an auction round intensity reminiscent of The Princes of Florence.
The object of Power Grid is to supply the most cities with power when someone's network gains a predetermined size. In this new edition, players mark pre-existing routes between cities for connection, and then bid against each other to purchase the power plants that they use to power their cities.
However, as plants are purchased, newer, more efficient plants become available, so by merely purchasing, you're potentially allowing others access to superior equipment.
Additionally, players must acquire the raw materials (coal, oil, garbage, and uranium) needed to power said plants (except for the 'renewable' windfarm/ solar plants, which require no fuel), making it a constant struggle to upgrade your plants for maximum efficiency while still retaining enough wealth to quickly expand your network to get the cheapest routes.
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Re-implemented by:
- Funkenschlag: EnBW – German edition with a Baden-Württemberg/Germany board
- Mégawatts – French edition by Filosofia, with a Québec/France board.
Expanded by:
- Power Grid: France/Italy
- Power Grid: Benelux/Central Europe
- Atolla Modulis – unofficial fan expansion.
- Power Grid: The New Power Plant Cards
- Power Grid: China/Korea
- Power Grid: Brazil/Spain & Portugal – includes a "Collector's Box" with enough space for the other expansion maps.
- Hoogspanning: Uitbreiding Benelux – 1st Dutch expansion box with Benelux/Central Europe and The New Power Plant Cards.
- Power Grid: Russia & Japan
- Hoogspanning: Het Verre Oosten - 2nd Dutch expansion box with China/Korea and Japan/Russia
Promotional cards:
All promo cards are available in the BGG Promo Card Set since early 2011!
- Power Grid: Flux Generator – originally from Essen 2008
- Power Grid: Transformer Station – originally from Essen 2009
- Power Grid: Warehouse – originally from Essen 2010
- Power Grid: Theme Park – exclusive to the BGG Promo Set (and includes the Essen 2008, 2009 and 2010 promo cards)
Notes:
The expansions France/Italy, Benelux/Central Europe, China/Korea, Brazil/Spain & Portugal and Russia & Japan include new double-sided game boards. These change the game by not only changing the characteristics of the geography, but also by changing the rules for power plant availability, resource availability, tying plant ownership and/or resource availability and/or price to geographic regions on the map, etc.
The EnBW and Mégawatts editions are the standard base game bundled with different boards (Baden-Württemberg/Germany and Québec/France respectively.) The Baden-Württemberg and Québec maps are not available separately, nor is the USA/Germany map (provided as part of the standard base game) available separately to owners of those editions.
