marcopolo
In 1271, 17-year-old Marco Polo started on a journey to China with his father and older brother. After a long and grueling journey that led through Jerusalem and Mesopotamia and over the "Silk Road", they reached the court of Kublai Khan in 1275.
In The Voyages of Marco Polo, players recreate this journey, with each player having a different character and special power in the game.
LB_NUMBER_OF_PLAYERS: 2 - 4
Game duration: 27 mn
Complexity: 3 / 5
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Rules summary
Possible bonus actions:
- Take 3 coins using a die (value does not matter)
- Buy a black die (only once per turn) for 3 camels
- Bump a die +1/-1 for 2 camels
- Re-roll a die for 1 camel
- Fulfill a contract by returning the required goods
Game ends after 5 rounds. Extra end of game points:
- 1 VP for every 10 coins left over
- 7 VP to player with most contracts
- Score VP from Beijing, depends on position in Beijing
- Score 1 VP for every 2 resources if you have a trading post in Beijing
Expert variant:
- Distribution of City Bonuses: Randomized
- Distribution of Characters: Randomly shuffle playercount +1, choose one, starting from last player.
- Distribution of Goal Cards: Deal 4 choose 2 to keep.
