- BGG rating
- 8.0
Snowdonia: Deluxe Master Set
- 1–5 players
- 30–90 min
- Complexity 3.0/5
- 2019
- BGG rating
- 7.4
Rules assistance for Snowdonia: Pen-y-Gwryd Hotel
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- 1–5 players
- 90 min
- 10+
- Complexity 3.0/5
Rules assistant for Snowdonia: Pen-y-Gwryd Hotel
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Snowdonia: Pen-y-Gwryd Hotel is an expansion for Snowdonia released in 2014 for 1–5 players, 90 minutes per game, and ages 10 and up. It was designed by Tony Boydell and its main mechanics are Hand Management, Open Drafting, and Worker Placement.
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About the game
Printed on a postcard-sized, er, postcard this promo station card was given away free with Lookout Games's magazine Neues von Ausguck (Winter, 2014); it may also be available with purchases from their online store (while stocks last!). Place a track card and this station between Llanberis and the Pub. When you excavate, you can choose this track card or the track going up the mountain. The game does NOT excavate, or Build, towards/on the Hotel. Whenever you build in Pen-Y-Gwrd, move your Surveyor along one Station. From Wikipedia: The Pen-y-Gwryd Hotel was originally a simple farmhouse dating from 1811 and would, later, become an Inn. The hotel's most notable mountaineering connections are largely due the first successful Everest expedition in 1953 and the Kangchenjunga expedition in 1955, where training and testing of oxygen equipment for those expeditions took place, at Helyg near Capel Curig. On the right at the hotel entrance there is a Tyrolean style Stuberl with the signatures, written on the ceiling, of the team that did the first ascent of Everest in 1953 and of the successful first ascent of Kangchenjunga in 1955, these include Sir Edmund Hillary, Tenzing Norgay, Sir John Hunt, Charles Evans, George Band, Joe Brown, John Angelo Jackson, Wilfred Noyce, Tony Streather, Tom Mackinnon, Norman Hardie, Neil Mather, John Clegg and others including Noel Odell from Mallory's 1924 expedition and Chris Bonington of later successes. There are many photographs and exhibits provided by the original team members in the main bar and guest lounge. In the past each year, now every five years, Pen-y-Gwryd hosts the Everest and Kangchenjunga reunions.
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Questions and answers
Snowdonia: Pen-y-Gwryd Hotel supports 1–5 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.
The listed playing time for Snowdonia: Pen-y-Gwryd Hotel is 90 minutes. This is the publisher’s estimate for a full game. The actual duration depends on the group, the player count and familiarity with the rules: first sessions usually run longer, while experienced groups often finish faster. Setup and teaching time are not included in this estimate.
The catalogue lists Snowdonia: Pen-y-Gwryd Hotel for ages 10 and up. This is the publisher’s recommendation and reflects reading demands, rule complexity and small components rather than theme alone. Younger players can often join with help from an adult, so check the age guidance on your edition and consider your group’s experience with board games.
Snowdonia: Pen-y-Gwryd Hotel has a complexity rating of 3.0 out of 5 from BoardGameGeek players, which makes it a medium-weight game. The rating reflects how much rules knowledge, planning and decision-making a typical game demands. Expect a longer first teach for heavier games, and use a preparation guide before game night.
Snowdonia: Pen-y-Gwryd Hotel belongs to these categories: Trains and Expansion for Base-game. Its main mechanics are Hand Management, Open Drafting, and Worker Placement. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.
The credited designers of Snowdonia: Pen-y-Gwryd Hotel are: Tony Boydell. These credits come from the published game data and name the people responsible for the game’s design, not its illustrators or publishers. Designer pages on MeepleRules collect other titles by the same designers, which helps when you enjoy a game and want to find similar ones.
The catalogue lists Snowdonia: Pen-y-Gwryd Hotel as an expansion for Snowdonia. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Snowdonia to use it. Check that your edition of Snowdonia is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.