Findorff is one of 23 districts of Bremen, the hometown of Friedemann Friese. Findorff has three “F”s and is named after Jürgen Christian Findorff (1720-1792), who was responsible for the draining and surveying the bog in the north of Bremen, for extracting the peat, and for populating the bog with residents.

In Findorff, the game, you will build up the district of Findorff in the period from 1803 to 1916. Historically, six major railway stations were in Findorff during this period to connect to Hannover, Hamburg, Oldenburg, and Bremerhaven. While they were all eventually replaced by a single big main train station, you raise another three new rail stations at one of the two main roadbeds. Besides using boats on the peat canal, this railway helped to transport even more peat from the bog in the north of Bremen to Findorff. During the first half of the 19th Century, peat was a critical commodity for heating the houses and for supplying energy to the industry. In the late 19th century (and in the game), peat lost its importance once replaced by the energy-rich coal.

Findorff provides an economic engine builder with a resource market for peat known from Power Grid and an innovative resource management required when building rail tracks and houses in Findorff. Your focus is on making the right combination of the 25 historical structures from the period of 1803-1916. Do you build the Chair Pipes Factory or the Slaughterhouse to gain a lot of thalers, or smaller structures like Schools, the Beer Hall, or the Peat Skipper Shelter to win the game in small steps. You may even profit from the high mortality rate of this period by running a Cemetery.

Only by adapting your strategy to your structures will you honor Mr. Findorff, and win the game when the roadbed to Hamburg is finished.

Findorff includes a challenging solo game as well.