Grand Austria Hotel

About this board game

Grand Austria Hotel is a board game for 2–4 players with a playing time of about 120 minutes, released in 2015. Set in the Viennese modern age, it puts you in charge of a café striving to become a world-famous hotel.

Exquisite cafés compete for the attention of artists, politicians, and tourists visiting Vienna. To succeed, you must attract guests, fulfill their wishes, prepare rooms, hire staff, and gain the emperor’s favor before the game ends.

The game’s central system uses dice to determine the strength of available actions. The start player rolls the dice and sorts them onto the corresponding action spaces. On your turn, choose one action and carry it out; the number of dice in that action space determines how much you receive. You then remove one die and can carry out additional actions.

• Gain the drinks and dishes your guests require.
• Prepare rooms for incoming guests.
• Hire staff with different advantages.
• Attract guests and complete their orders for valuable bonus actions.

Every decision matters because the game ends after seven rounds, and no player can accomplish everything they want. Finding the right opportunities and creating effective bonus actions is essential to building a successful hotel.

With 116 different cards and a new setup in every game, Grand Austria Hotel offers substantial replay value. Each playthrough demands fresh tactics and strategies as you work to turn your little café into the Grand Austria Hotel.