game · Office Collection

Hoogspanning

Players auction power plants, buy resources in a fluctuating market, and expand city networks, aiming to supply electricity to the most cities at the decisive moment.

Players2–6 players

Player age12+

Playing time120 min

Weight3.25 / 5

Average rating7.80 / 10

People behind the game

Designer

Friedemann FrieseView collection credits

A closer look

See what it looks like

Hoogspanning, Hoogspanning photographed in Bruno’s office collection.

About the game

Collection: Office Collection
Record type: game
Published: 2004
Publishers: 2F-Spiele · 2Tomatoes Games · 999 Games · Albi · Arclight Games · Brain Games · Edge Entertainment · Galápagos Jogos · Gémklub · Giochi Uniti · Hobby World · Ideal Board Games · Kaissa Chess & Games · Korea Boardgames · Lacerta · Laguna · Lautapelit.fi · Matagot · Rio Grande Games · Rozum · Runadrake · Siam Board Games · Smart Ltd · Stratelibri · Swan Panasia Co., Ltd.

Mechanisms

Auction / Bidding Auction: Turn Order Until Pass Catch the Leader Income Market Network and Route Building Turn Order: Stat-Based Variable Set-up

BoardGameGeek ranks

Overall#76Strategy#73

What is still uncertain

The local Dutch title Hoogspanning maps to BGG's canonical title Power Grid.
Ratings and ranks are a 2026-09-01 snapshot from official public BGG data and will drift.

Your collection

Your versions and boxes

1 version · 1 physical box

standard

Standard version

Owned edition

Office Collection: 1 copy

Office Part 2 photo decision: Visible title; photographed Office collection object. Photo attaches to an existing Office holding; inventory quantity is unchanged.

PhotographOFFICE-PART-2-056

Source and provenance

References for this record

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