Board games
Giganten (board game)
Carlit, 1981
Giganten (board game) is a board game published by Carlit in 1981. It is played with 2 players, from age 10 and in about 30 minutes.
- players
- 2
- minutes
- 30
- years
- 10+
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The box
- Publishers
- Carlit, Top Trumps
- Designer
- Herbert Pinthus
- Artwork
- Urs Waldvogel
- Year of release
- 1981
- Also known as
- Dinosaures · Giganti
About the game
Giganten, also named as "Dinosaures Giganti" is a 2-player board game designed by Herbert Pinthus and first published in 1981 by Carlit. Gameplay is inspired by another game, Stratego, and created in prehistoric setting. There were two editions.
Small edition, added variable terrain (land, swamp, lakes). Lakes were not terrain but obstacles.
Large edition: added variable board consisting of 4 parts and added 2 more dinosaurs.
The large won the Essen Feather-prize (prize for the best rules) in 1983.Known barcodes
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- 0787793835803DINOSAURES
- 5315845132126Dinosaures
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