{{Short description|Board game}} {{Other uses|Fjord (disambiguation)}} {{italic title}} {{refimprove|date=January 2022}} {{Infobox game |subject_name=Fjords |image_link= |image_caption=Players explore and colonize a Nordic fjord. |designer=Franz-Benno Delonge |publisher=Hans im Glück<br>Rio Grande Games<br>Grail Games |players=2 |ages=8 years and up |setup_time=1 minute |playing_time=30 minutes |random_chance=Medium |skills=Tile placement |footnotes = }} '''''Fjords''''' is a tile-based German-style board game designed by Franz-Benno Delonge and published in 2005 by Hans im Glück and Rio Grande Games. Unlike some other games in the genre, ''Fjords'' is strictly limited to two players. The game is played in two phases: '''exploration''' and '''expansion'''. In the first phase, the players draw random hexagonal tiles and place them on the game table in alternating sequence to form a map. Tile edges must consistently match with respect to terrain types (clear land, mountain, and water). On some of the tiles they place their four villages. In the second phase, they expand from their villages by placing tokens of their colour on the tiles. The player who succeeds in placing the most tokens (by cutting off the other player's access to tiles) wins the game.
Fjords was republished in 2022 by Grail Games. The new edition includes rules for 2-4 players, 5 new variants designed by Phil Walker-Harding, and art by Beth Sobel.{{Citation needed|date=February 2026}}
==Reviews== *''Pyramid''<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.sjgames.com/pyramid/sample.html?id=6335 | title=Pyramid: Pyramid Mini-Review: Fjords }}</ref>
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== External links == * {{bgg|15511|''Fjords''}} * {{bgg|322564|''Fjords''}}
Category:Board games introduced in 2005 Category:Hans im Glück games Category:Rio Grande Games games Category:Tile-based board games {{board-game-stub}}