Power Grid

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Power Grid

In Power Grid, players compete to build up electrical networks from scratch and be the player to power the most cities at the end of the game.
Designers	Friedemann Friese
Publishers	Rio Grande Games
Players	2 to 6
Setup time	10–15 minutes
Playing time	120+ minutes
Chance	Medium
Age range	12 and up
Skills	Buying, resource management

Power Grid is the English-language version of the second edition of the multiplayer German-style board game Funkenschlag, designed by Friedemann Friese and first released in 2004. Power Grid was released by Rio Grande Games.

In the game, each player represents a company which owns power plants and tries to supply electricity to cities. During the game, players bid on power plants and buy resources to provide electricity to the growing number of cities in their network.