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Message to the Czar

#18265BGG ↗

2003 · 2-5 players · 30min · weight 1.95 · 364 ratings

v2 v3 v4 wide v4 deep

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ID
18265
Name
Message to the Czar
Year
2003
Rank
17488
Min players
2
Max players
5
Playing time
30
Min playtime
30
Max playtime
30
Avg weight
1.9474
Num weights
38
Bayes avg
5.52619
Average
5.7236
Users rated
364
Num owned
789
Wanting
6
Wishing
20
Num comments
172
Fetched at
Wed Apr 29 2026 05:35:04 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (3)
Point to Point MovementRaceTile Placement
Categories (1)
Children's Game
Description (813 chars)

The governors have important messages that must reach the czar as quickly as possible. Because the governors live in provinces in the far reaches of his empire, a governor must be clever and a little lucky to be the first to get his message to the czar, winning the game and the favor of the czar. The players each send several couriers on the long and convoluted trip to the czar’s palace. Along the way, the couriers travel from village to village through swamps, forests, and mountains. In each village, the couriers check in to one of the inns and spend the night. But only the early risers will be able to move on to the next village in the morning. Those who sleep late must remain in the village for another night, hoping the new day will provide better opportunities. Re-implements: Muscat

LLM v2 (wide)

Not yet enriched at v2 (wide pass).

LLM v3 (deep)

Not yet enriched at v3 (deep pass).

LLM v4 wide (controlled-vocab primitives)

Not yet enriched at v4 (wide pass).

LLM v4 deep (archetype fit)

Not in the v4 deep-pass top-20% slice.