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Auf den Spuren von Marco Polo 1 - The Voyages of Marco Polo GERMAN
Board Game
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. The game is played over five rounds. Each round, the players roll their five personal dice and can perform one action each turn with them. The five main actions are shown on the bottom part of the board:
Get resources with 1-3 dice, depending on the value of the resource (camels, pepper, silk, gold). The first player for each resource gets them for free; the later ones have to pay according to the value shown on the dice.
Take one resource of your choice and two camels. Each player sets the minimum value for the future dice.
Earn money, with any one die netting you five money.
Purchase orders: The value of one die unlocks the orders up to that number (shown on the spaces) and allows you to buy one or two of those orders. Orders are refreshed and placed at the beginning of each round. To fulfill an order, players have to spend resources for victory points, other resources, camels, and more.
Travel: Two dice are placed to unlock the distance that can be traveled on the upper part of the board, that is, the map. Here, the traveler piece of each player starts at Venice and can decide between several routes eastward, all the way to Beijing. When a traveler stops at a city, they place a marker there, giving them access to a different additional action for the rest of the game.
After five rounds, the game ends with players receiving victory points for arriving in Beijing, fulfilling the most orders, and having reached the cities on secret city cards that each player gets at the start of the game; these points are added to the VPs gained during the game.
Designer Simone Luciani, Daniele Tascini
Artist Dennis Lohausen
Publisher Hans im Glück Verlags-GmbH
Year Published 2015
# of Players 2 − 4
User Suggested # of Players: Best with 4 players
Recommended with 2–4 players
Mfg Suggested Ages 12 and up
Playing Time 40 − 100 minutes
User Suggested Ages 12+
Marco Polo - Agents of Venice
Your journey continues in Agents of Venice, the first expansion for The Voyages of Marco Polo! The two modules found in this box can be played on their own with the base game or together for the ultimate Marco Polo experience, but no matter how you play, new adventures await. Return to Marco Polo's hometown of Venice and gain access to the city's many famous bazaars or use the companions you have met during your travels to give yourself a quick boost. With new contracts, cards, five new characters, and components to add a fifth player to the game, it's time to begin a new voyage!
Marco Polo - Secret paths
This Mini Exp. allows you to use secret routs on the board, not seen yet. Now there might be new connections between cities and/or routes that let you safe some costs or travel faster. And if it`s not the connection you are looking for, someone will pay a good price for it either way.
Material:
19 Cards "Secret Paths",
1 new city marker,
1 new Character,
1 Rule
Marco Polo - New Characters
To celebrate this game has won the German Game Prize, a small extension to "In the Footsteps of Marco Polo" was released.
New characters, new orders and a whole new element. This is a thanks from Hans Im Gluck for choosing "In the footsteps of Marco Polo" as the winner of the German Game Prize.
Only playable together with the basic game "In the footsteps of Marco Polo"!
THE NEW MARCO POLO II. In the Service of the Khan - Im Auftrag des Khan
MARCO POLO 2.
Author: Daniele Tascini, Simone Luciani
Graphic: Dennis Lohausen
Age: 12+ Years
Players: 2-4
Duration: 30 Min. pro gamer
Marco Polo II - In the Service of the Khan
The voyages of Marco Polo continue. After having travelled to Beijing in the first part, you can now start from there travelling various routes across Asia. Marco Polo and you as his companions will accomplish various missions of Khan who sends you into the remote areas of his realm.
The ones who know the base game The voyages of Marco Polo will easily find out how to play this game, however, nothing stayed the same! All actions are carried out differently and there are even new ones. Apart from that, Jade is implemented as a new good, there are new characters and a new final scoring.
Marco Polo II - In the Service of the Khan is a stand-alone game, which conveys the feeling of the first part and offers a really new experience at the same time.
Autor: Daniele Tascini, Simone Luciani
Grafik: Dennis Lohausen
Alter: 12+ Jahre
Spieler: 2-4
Dauer: ca. 30 Min. pro Spieler
Marco Polo II - Im Auftrag des Khan
Die Reisen Marco Polos gehen weiter. Nachdem ihr im ersten Teil nach Peking gereist seid, geht es nun von dort aus über verschiedene Routen quer durch Asien. Marco Polo und ihr, als seine Gefährten, stehen im Auftrag des Khan, der euch mit diversen Aufgaben bis an den Rand seines Einflussgebiets schickt.
Wer das Grundspiel Auf den Spuren von Marco Polo kennt, dem wird vieles bekannt vorkommen und sich schnell zurechtfinden. Trotz alledem ist nichts wie es war. Sämtliche Aktionen sind neu gestrickt, manche sind sogar ganz neu! Außerdem gibt es Jade als neue Ware, komplett neue Charaktere und eine neue Schlusswertung.
Marco Polo II - Im Auftrag des Khan ist ein eigenständiges Spiel, dass das Spielgefühl des Grundspiels aufgreift und trotzdem eine echte Alternative bietet