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Discover Augsburg on a flexible sightseeing scavenger hunt, played entirely on your smartphone. Each of the roughly 50 stops sets you a task: you decipher inscriptions, count the figures on fountains and find out along the way why canals run right through the old town.
When you start, which places you head for and how long you stay is up to you. That makes the tour a good fit for friends, families, couples and solo players who would rather explore Augsburg on their own than follow a guide.
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Augsburg is hard to take in at a glance. That is exactly what makes it work so well as a playing field: you follow no guide, wait for no group and stick to no departure time. When you set off, which places you head for and how long you linger at each one is entirely up to you.
The mytabgame app takes on the role of your city guide. It tells you why a fountain stands where it does and sets you a task at every stop. Instead of walking past facades, you find yourself looking for dates carved above archways, coats of arms on house walls and details most people miss on an ordinary stroll.
Whether it is your first time in the Fugger city or you have lived here for years makes little difference. Those who know Augsburg find new stories in familiar places. Those seeing it for the first time get a thread to follow through an old town that fits a surprising amount into very little space.
Around 50 stops are available to you, and you need neither visit them all nor follow a set order. Your route takes shape as you go, around the time you have and the things that interest you.
For a short round, the area around Rathausplatz is enough, where the town hall, the Perlach Tower and the Augustus Fountain sit close together. With more time, you can carry on into the Lechviertel canal quarter to the Fuggerei or as far as the Rotes Tor, pausing at a café or dropping into the Maximilian Museum along the way.
That makes the tour work as a two-hour outing just as well as a full day in Augsburg. It suits tourists, couples, families, friends and small groups in particular, anyone who wants to move independently and would rather not follow someone else’s timetable.
Two thousand years, three eras, plenty of hidden stories
Arrive in Augsburg and you find a city that seems to consist of several eras at once. The scavenger hunt takes you through all of them: through its Roman foundation, through the centuries in which the Fugger family helped finance European politics from here, and through the years when Augsburg became a centre of the textile industry.
There is one more chapter that shapes the city to this day: the Peace of Augsburg was concluded here in 1555. The town hall, the Fuggerei and the cathedral are as much a part of the experience as the Stoinerne Ma, the old silversmith’s workshop or the water towers at the Rotes Tor, which most visitors walk straight past.
In this way the hunt pairs the big names with what stands beside them. You will find out why canals run right through Augsburg’s old town, how a social housing settlement has survived 500 years and why this city of all places has a public holiday of its own.
Every stop sets you a task, and no two are alike. Sometimes you have to decipher an inscription, sometimes count the figures on a fountain, sometimes piece together the right connection from several clues. Looking closely will often get you further than knowing your history.
Correct answers earn points. Even so, the Sightseeing Edition is not a race: there is no countdown, and nothing pushes you on to the next stop. How deeply you get into a task is your decision.
You can play on your own, as a pair, or as a small group gathered around one device. In a pair the puzzling is quieter; in a group an argument soon breaks out over who spotted the detail first.
If you would rather compete against each other, the Teams Edition is the better fit. Several teams play in parallel, a countdown limits the playing time, and the high score settles it at the end.
Because you are tied to neither a fixed time nor a guided group, you can shape the tour to fit you and your day.
City break, day trip or a free afternoon: the digital scavenger hunt fits around whatever you already have planned.
It is especially well suited for:
With no set time and no tour leader dictating your schedule, you can slot the tour into whatever gap your day leaves open.
After purchase you receive your access details by email and can start your Augsburg adventure straight away in the mytabgame app. The app shows you every available stop on the map, sets your tasks as you go and provides the background on each location.
You need no game master and no meeting point at a set hour. You meet wherever suits you, at Rathausplatz for example, or right after arriving at the main station, and start your Augsburg scavenger hunt yourselves.
The hunt can be played in German and English, which makes it work for international visitors and mixed-language groups too.
Single player, friends, families & companies | suitable for ages 14 and up
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flexible
Playable at any time
Android or iOS smartphone or tablet pc with mytabgame app
You can start the Augsburg scavenger hunt anywhere in the old town: at the Fischertor to the north, at the Rotes Tor to the south, in the Textilviertel to the east, at the Staatstheater to the west, or simply somewhere in the middle.
Among others, these places make good starting points:
How to start your mytabgame adventure!
You can purchase as many app accesses as you like from us and use them either as a single player or as a team.
Download the mytabgame app for Android and iOS on as many devices as you have purchased access to.
Log in to the app with your access from the booking confirmation and start your adventure exactly when it is best for you and your fellow players!
Together with your fellow players, you go in search of exciting puzzles at the city's most important sights.
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