Thor
BGG rank
BGG #8,057
BGG rating
6.5

Thor

2002

Rules assistance for Thor

Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.

  • 2–6 players
  • 30 min
  • Complexity 1.4/5

For 2 players

Rules assistant for Thor

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Answers come from the official rulebook, with the page to check.

Thor is a board game released in 2002 for 2–6 players and 30 minutes per game. It was designed by Reiner Knizia and its main mechanics are Stock Holding.

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About the game

Thor is a revised version of Botswana (also known as Loco, Flinke Pinke, and Quandary). As in those versions, there are a number of "stocks" (here, God cards) each with a limited number of identical shares, and players are dealt cards which change the values of specific stocks. On a turn a player plays a value card (with only the last one played counting for each stock) and takes a stock, with a round ending when all the values have been played for a single stock. A number of rounds are played and scores totaled. Thor differs from the other versions of the game in two respects: it accommodates up to 6 players (by adding an additional stock), and it includes a set of 14 action cards which can be used to affect play.

Mechanics

Designers

Publishers

  • Heidelberger Spieleverlag
  • Nürnberger-Spielkarten-Verlag

Questions and answers

Thor supports 2–6 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.