# Hansa Teutonica

Hansa Teutonica is a board game for 2–5 players. It plays in 45–90 minutes and is meant for ages 12 and up. Ludoya players call it best with 5. It is rated 7.6 out of 10 by 62 Ludoya reviewers.

- **Players:** 2–5 (best with 5)
- **Playing time:** 45–90 minutes
- **Minimum age:** 12+
- **Complexity:** 3.1 out of 5
- **Year published:** 2009
- **Categories:** Medieval
- **Mechanics:** Ownership, End Game Bonuses, Network and Route Building, Tech Trees / Tech Tracks, Area Majority / Influence, Take That, Action Points
- **Ludoya rating:** 7.6 out of 10, from 62 reviews
- **Owned by:** 59 Ludoya players
- **Plays logged on Ludoya:** 333
- **Unique players:** 378

**Designers:** Andreas Steding

**Artists:** Dennis Lohausen

**Publishers:** Argentum Verlag

## Expansions

- [Hansa Teutonica: East Expansion](https://www.ludoya.com/games/hansa-teutonica-east-expansion)
- [Hansa Teutonica: Britannia](https://www.ludoya.com/games/hansa-teutonica-britannia)
- [Hansa Teutonica: Emperor's Favour](https://www.ludoya.com/games/hansa-teutonica-emperors-favour)
- [Hansa Teutonica: Bonus Markers](https://www.ludoya.com/games/hansa-teutonica-bonus-markers)
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## Rules questions

### If I displace an opponent’s piece, where does that piece go and what do I have to pay?

Your resource replaces the opponent’s on the field and you must move a penalty from your personal supply to the stock (1 resource if you displaced a trader, 2 if a merchant); the displaced player must then place the displaced piece plus 1 (or 2) from the stock onto an adjacent empty field (if no adjacent empty fields, a greater distance may be used), and shortages are resolved by taking from personal supply or pieces on the board (page 2).

### Can I move my pieces into cities when I take the “Move Resources” activity?

No — the Move Resources activity lets you rearrange up to the number on your Book of Lore but you cannot move Offices between cities or move resources into cities (page 2).

### If I claim a route and get a bonus marker, can I use that bonus marker immediately in the same activity?

No — a bonus marker cannot be used in the middle of the activity in which it was acquired, but it can be used anytime during your turn thereafter and does not count as an activity; after taking each bonus marker you draw a replacement face down and place it later onto eligible routes (page 2).

### What exactly do I need to open an Office from a claimed route?

You must place a resource from the claimed route into the leftmost available space of an adjacent city (matching square = trader or round = merchant), have the required Privilege color to occupy that space, and you may not skip empty city spaces; if the city has no empty spaces you need the Extra Office bonus marker (page 3).

### How is control of a city determined when awarding prestige or for scoring ties?

Control goes to the player with the most Offices in that city, and in case of a tie the player occupying the higher-valued space (the one further to the right) controls the city (pages 2 and 3).

### When exactly does the game end if someone reaches 20 points or the bonus marker supply runs out?

The game ends immediately at the end of the activity that triggered the condition (not mid-activity or necessarily at the end of a turn); any special effects caused by that activity (e.g., opening an Office) are applied before the game ends (page 3).

## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/hansa-teutonica)
- [Hansa Teutonica in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/hansa-teutonica)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/43015)

_Data from Ludoya, updated 2026-09-19. Ratings, ownership and play counts are Ludoya's own._