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In the Hall of the Mountain King, players play as trolls trying to rebuild their abandoned kingdom beneath the mountain.
Using muscle power and magic, they mine riches, excavate collapsed tunnels, and build great halls. At the same time, they raise the fallen statues of their ancestors back to their place of honor in the heart of the mountain.
The flow of the game in ?In the Hall of the Mountain King? is driven by innovative production cascades. Timing, tactics and magic help the player to let the halls inside the mountain shine in new splendor and are the key to success and the crown.
The game is played with 1-5 players: each against everyone or in the team variant. Depending on the number, the game is played on the autumn or winter side of the game board.
Each player starts at his own entrance and gr? from there a tunnel network, which must not be connected to the tunnel systems of the opponents. The more valuable the spending minerals are for the tunnel tiles on the game board, the more honor they bring to the respective troll clan.
Players must expand their tunnel network, discover workshops, big? Build halls and find useful resources on your way to the heart of the mountain. Stones, iron, heart stones, mine carts, houses, coins and runes can thus end up in the player's supply. All of these are important resources for the rebuilding of the kingdom.
Buried statues must be salvaged and re-erected with the help of carts in suitable places in the heart of the mountain (giving points).
An important aspect of the game is the production cascade. Each player starts with four trolls. Each troll possesses a specific combination of resources. When a new troll is hired, it is placed on top of two other trolls, forming a ?pyramid? arises. The new troll is activated and erh? its resources. Also, all trolls below him will also activate and gain whatever resources they can carry. The more trolls activated in this way, the more resources are generated. The timing of activating new trolls is extremely important. Each player must try to maximize the resources available by activating Trolls. At the same time, it is important to keep an eye on the game plan and constantly expand your tunnel system before the other players grab the best plans and materials.
The end of the game is initiated when the second player has hired their sixth troll. The player who has earned the most victory points with his tunnel system will be crowned the new mountain king and the winner of the game!
The German edition of ?In der Halle des Bergkönigs? comes with the expansion ?Cursed Mountain? and the mini expansion ?Champions?. ?Cursed Mountain? lets you experience the game in solo and cooperative campaign modes, and with ?Champions? each player is assigned an individual troll champion.