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Valparaiso

Commodities and Aquisitions

Valparaiso is given the right to free trading; as a citizen of Valparaiso you want to develop your town further, by trading in the hinterland and acquiring achievements from overseas.

You hold eight action cards for eight main actions and for alternative actions for commodities in somewhat different distribution for each player color. You play rounds comprising phases: 1. Planning - you select cards, arrange them order of using on cases - cases #1 to #4 are always available, to use the Mayor case #5 you pay five Pesos - and all reveal their cards. In a variant, intended for experienced players, you must do your planning within a given time frame. 2. Use cards - all resolve one card in turn and in the pre-set order; by paying the fee indicated on the card you can do the action out of sequence: Transfer goods or sell goods, recruit or move merchant, build a house, trade in the village, move a ship, deliver to overseas for acquiring an achievement card - you can use it in your next planning phase - or use an alternative action for commodities or money. 3. End of Round - all receive their revenue from houses built in Valparaiso and for majorities in houses there; as an option, you can discard an achievement card to score its victory points.

If someone has collected 18 victory points, you score commodities, money and achievements.

Valparaiso offers elegant programming mechanisms for various strategies; the options are so manifold that you must plan well ahead and, if possible, pre-empt the plan of other players or, if necessary, change your plans on the spot. A fantastic game that is easily accessible.

Players: 2-5

Age: 12+

Time: 90+

Designer: Stefan & Louis Malz

Artist: Michael Menzel, atelier198, Andrea Kattnig

Price: ca. 50 Euro

Publisher: dlp Games 2018

Web: www.dlp-games.de

Genre: Resources management

Users: With friends

Version: multi

Rules: de en  + es it kr

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Comments:

Enormous variety for actions

Time-limit on programming for advanced players

Several winning strategies

Compares to:

Edo and other games on programming of actions

Other editions:

Announced for 2019: Angry Lion Games (kr), Arrakis Games (es), Cranio Creations (it), Stronghold (en)

Chance (pink): 1

Tactic (turquoise): 2

Strategy (blue): 2

Creativity (dark blue): 0

Knowledge (yellow): 0

Memory (orange): 0

Communication (red): 0

Interaction (brown): 2

Dexterity (green): 0

Action (dark green): 0