Альгамбра: Строительство дворца

2003 board game

Alhambra (Der Palast von Alhambra, literally "The Palace of Alhambra") is a 2003 tile based German style board game designed by Dirk Henn. It was originally published in Germany by Queen Games in a language interdependent version; an English specific version was released in North America by the now defunct Überplay. The game is a Muslim themed update, set during the construction of the Alhambra palace in 14th century Granada, of the 1998 stock trading board game Stimmt So!, which in turn was an update of the 1992 mafia influence board game Al Capone; the original version was subsequently released as Alhambra: The Card Game. Upon its release, Alhambra won numerous awards, including the Spiel des Jahres award. Its success has led to the release of numerous expansion packs and spin off games, and is becoming Queen Games' flagship franchise.

The promotional expansion/module "The Magic Buildings" was also released. It adds 6 magic building tiles to the game. When drawn, these tiles can be placed to score extra points depending on their surrounding tiles. The promotional expansion/module "The Medina Buildings" adds 9 Medina building tiles to the game. During the scoring rounds, they award "negative" points to the player with the fewest of these tiles in his/her Alhambra.

A video game version was being developed by Vivendi Games for the Xbox 360 via Xbox Live Arcade, but was cancelled due to "unforeseen difficulties".

Upon its release, Alhambra won the Spiel des Jahres the Schweizer Spielepreis for Family Games, the As d'Or, and the Essen Feather for the year of its release, It also placed second in the Deutscher Spiele Preis. The game was also reviewed by Pyramid, with the reviewer praising its components and describing it as a "simple themed tile laying and resource management game".