Each player is a sheik ruling a desert kingdom. He sends his caravans to oases and caravanserais to exchange his wares with the other sheiks, and controls a group of raiders attacking opponents' caravans. The winner is the first to get all the goods listed on the treasure card that he was dealt at the start of the game. Requires either exactly 6 or exactly...
The game theme is the Portuguese Discoveries in the 15th and 16th century, and their contribution to Portuguese wealth, symbolized in the Jerónimos Monastery. It is an historic fact that the spices trade, brought by the Caravelles, had to pay a tax of 5% in Lisbon, and this tax was used to pay for the monastery construction. The goal is to achieve the...
Limited Edition - ESSEN 2010! Small Postcard expansion with wooden ship (the black ship) for Caravelas that was offered ONLY in ESSEN 2010! Short description : "The Black ship is placed in the Port of Malaca, players can move the black ship by spending one Navigation Marker per space... In case of encounter with other ships the owner(s) role a die and...
Take the wheel of the greatest adventure ever: the Portuguese Discoveries. Climb aboard Caravelas II, the game that takes you through seas that were never sailed before to reproduce the beginning of the Portuguese empire. Decide your own strategy and sail across the world seaking the destinations that made the commercial success of Portugal in those times....
Find it first, find it fast, find your fun! Card ‘N’ Go Seek is the game that delivers get-out-of-your-seat scavenger hunt fun for the whole family! At the count of three, everyone dashes off to retrieve an item revealed on one of the cards. The first player to get back with the correct type of item wins the matching card! Players have fun deciding for...
A pick-up and delivery game based on Atlantic Trade in the 17th Century. The object of the game is to ship cargo from port to port in exchange for victory points; the first to 25 victory points wins. During your turn you draw 2 cards from the deck, move each of your ships a maximum of 5 spaces, and play any number of cards. You can also load or unload...
Cargo Empire is a pick-up-and-deliver board game with point-to-point network building. Players immerse themselves into a complex world of transportation networks, striving for glory, wealth, and power as leaders of one of the four major families on the continent of "Dyorle". There is only one action in this game, and that is "Transporting Cargo." Players...
Players take roles of train company managers. Every round of this game is divided into two phases. The fist phase is planning. Players plan their moves by playing move cards. Next in the action phase, players perform actions (load cargo, deliver cargo, upgrade rolling stock. Players earn points for fulfiling contracts. The more cargo you transport, the...
First published in 1990, the game has since been reprinted in a more reasonably-sized box. Aggressively marketed, it is still in print. «Do you like Monopoly? Do you like Risk? Then you'll love Cargo Wars!» «Enter the world of international shipping and piracy on the high seas! Players compete as each attempts to corner global shipping [...] Pirate...
CargoTrain is a fast-paced card game with a train theme. Deliver as much cargo to the factories as you can. Plan carefully. Invest wisely. Anticipate your opponents' moves, and deliver the most stock in the quickest way possible. And, what’s most important, fulfill trade contracts. Let your adversaries watch the sparks fly from under the wheels of your...