Magellan
(German) Magellan
(German)| Distributor: | Hans im Glück |
| Category: | Strategy game |
| Players: | 3-6 (best with 4-6 players) |
| Play time: | 45 minutes |
| Ages: | 12+ |
| Content: | 36 Discoverer cards 63 Ducat cards 2 Two-folded game boards (which gives 4 different kind of game variants) 36 Wooden ships in 6 different player colours |
| Game target: | The
game goes over 3 phases. In phase 1, 3 ships set sail from Europe with
each explorer. There are many hazards along the journey, and in phase II
only 2 ships progress. In phase III, only 1 ship finally reaches the goal.
Each explorer has his personal strengths and weakness and brings his king
victory points, gold, and possibly actions. The player with the most
victory points at the end is the winner. |
| Rules: | Rules in English |
| Strategy: | - |
| Comments: | My edition is from 2002. The designer is Tom Lehmann. The English name is Pizarro & Co and is published by Rio Grande Games. |
| Extract from the Essen game report 2002 | Then we choose
another game I’ve been curious about: “Magellan” (Pizarro
& Co). Would a game, which only depends on auction work well. The
answer is YES! We all were amazed that it could be so good. There are 6
well-known explorers on the board and you want to put your 6 ships on them
all, but if you choose fewer, you may put more ships on them. All
explorers give different advantages for the next phase or gives scores at
the end. (These are varied with 4 different set-ups of the board). If you
pay too much, then you won’t be able to win future auctions, but still
you want the best positions. Maybe you should wait to get cheaper
positions and pay more later on, but you might risk to not get more than a
few on the board then, particularly if there are 4-5 players (3 is too few
to make the auctions intense). During the second phase it’s only two
ships, which continues to the next level after bidding among those. If you
happen to be the only one a certain explorer, you may pay really cheap, so
don’t let your opponents get into this situation… and for the last
phase your bidding to get one of the remaining ship to the highest level.
Everyone liked this game. Result: Carl=56, Christina=68, Peter=108 Rating: Carl=7+, Christina=7+, Peter=8 |
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