The Dutch East Indies társasjáték

Angol leírás

In The Dutch East Indies, it is the 17th century and you're captain of a Dutch, British, Spanish or Portuguese vessel.
You get a letter from your king: Precious gems have been found in the East Indies! And your king has asked you to set sail and bring those gems back to him!

But it's not as easy as it sounds...
First of all, those gems have not been found on uninhabited islands, but by the local folk. Those locals don't know the value of the gems, and are willing to trade them for other goods. So your king has stocked your hold with barrels and barrels of user goods. Your king also sent along some gold bars, and if you run out, you may get some of those from the locals too.

Why do you need those? Well, you might want to buy an extra sail, or expand your ship's cargo space, or add on an extra cannon, because you are not the only one at sea...
Remember I said you are one of four captains. Those other captains, your fellow players, are out for the same mission as you. If they grab enough gems and get them home safe before you do, you will lose the game. Or they might just try to steal *your* gems... And if that's not bad enough, there are pirates who have it out for you too! Get too close to them, and they'll blow your ship to smithereens! Good luck, captain, you'll need it...
Each player starts his or her turn by moving the pirates. If they sail towards a player ship, those pirates attack immediately. After that, a player may move none, one or both his ships, and take actions if he desires to, such as loading, unloading, overloading, trading, upgrading and battling. After that, the next player starts his turn by moving the pirates, and so on. Winner is the captain who manages to bring home either 6 gems of one color or 2 gems of each of the four base colors.