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«Sieben Blüten» is now a 3D game
Since June you have been able to play «Sieben Blüten», the board game for «LeoZeit: Shadows», on my website. Now it has a new board, and this one is three-dimensional. Leonberg and the Ice World lie in front of you as if on a table. You can turn the board and zoom in, and you throw the die yourself.
A board you can turn
On the left lies summery Leonberg with its castle, its little houses and the Parksee, which I modelled on the lake in Leonberg’s Stadtpark. Small stone bridges lead across the streams. On the right the Ice World begins, with snowy mountains, ice crystals and a frozen lake, and in between stands the Gate, through which you pass from one world into the other.
You grab the die with your mouse or your finger, swing and let go. It rolls across the board and bounces off the slopes until it comes to rest somewhere. Usually Leo, a Leonberger puppy who roams the meadows and the snow, comes running after it.
New rules
The rules have changed along with the board. The paths form a figure of eight, and you always move in the direction of the arrows. If your hands are empty when you pass a blossom, you pick it up. You can carry only one at a time, and it doesn’t count until you bring it to Homecoming, a little cabin in the Ice World. Whoever has brought fewer blossoms home and lands exactly on the other player’s square takes their blossom.
On the squares with the paw print, Leo brings the die back and you get to throw again straight away. In the fog you miss a turn. As soon as someone goes through the Gate for the first time, winter awakens and freezes one square after another, starting in the Ice World and then spreading to Leonberg. If you like, you can stoke the cold to hurry it along and snatch away a blossom just before your opponent reaches it.
Quick or long
Before each game you choose how long it should last. In the quick game, the first to bring three blossoms home wins; in the long game you need four. You can play against the computer at three levels, with two players on one device, online against a random opponent or with friends using a code.
The new board has taken the place of the old one: at the same address, in the catalogue and on the soundtrack page. You will find all the rules on the game page.