Strategy & Tactics #58
Conquistador
The Age of Exploration, 1495-1600
Solo, 2 3 or 4 players
Conquistador recreates the 16th Century exploration and conquest of the New World (North and South America) by the major powers of Europe.
The game is quasi-historical in nature, providing the atmosphere and mechanics of the 16th Century world, along with historical personages. The object of the game is for one Country to accumulate as much wealth, land, and prestige (in the form of actual discoveries) as he can; the Country with the greatest total of all three is the victor
Originally published in 1976 by SPI in Strategy & Tactics magazine #58, and later sold as a boxed edition in a plastic tray, the SPI version is a one to three player game, featuring the Spanish (green counters), French (blue counters), and English (beige counters).
Optional Rules for Portugal or the German bankers as a fourth player are included, but no counters are provided in the game. There is also an optional rule for the Treaty of Tordesillas (delineating the New World territorial rights of the Spanish and Portuguese); as well as the Spanish Annexation of Portugal.
Scenarios include the Campaign game (1495-1600) and The Solitaire Scenario: Span in the New World.
The Players are after three objectives: Discovery Points, Political Points (control over the Areas on the Game-Map) and Wealth (Gold and Resources). To accomplish these goals, players send expeditions with colonists and/or solders to settle and mine (or plunder, if you will) the riches of the New World.
During each Game-Turn, players use the Naval Phases to transport units and make discoveries; during the Land Phase, players use land units to make further discoveries as well as mine and collect Gold and Resources. During each of these Phases combat between opposing sides is possible, as well as Native Uprisings and Attrition, while Random Events throw an aura of uncertainty into each turn. At the end of the game, the Players add up their accumulated Victory Points and the winner is determined
Contains:
- Rules (12pp)
- 22" X 22" color map
- 200 die cut counters
- Designed by: Richard Berg
- Developed by Greg Costikyan
Magazine Contents
Conquistador: Pizarro and the Conquest of Peru, 1524-33 (Extensive historical article by Richard Berg. Includes: The Reason; The Empire; The Breakthrough; The Invasion; The Inca; The Massacre;The Ransom; The General; The Betrayal
Maps: The Incan Empire; The Conquest of Mexico
Sub Articles: Orellana's Amazon Odyssey; Cortes and Montezuma; Epidemics- The Most Deadly Weapon; The Causes and Methods of Exploration (includes ship information and naval tactics); The Explorers (who, when, from where and what they did))
SSN/SAW Nuclear Submarines and Anti-Submarine Warfare (Historical Article by Lou Dolinar. Includes: The Merchant Marine "crisis" a New Missile gap?; The Shipping War 1976-84; ASW vs. SSBN; Nuclear or Conventional:
Sub Articles: Ballistic Missile Submarines; Attack and Cruise Missile Submarines; Undersea Sensing Devices; Hughes Glomer Explorer
Tables: Principal Ballistic Missile Launching Submarines [SSB-SSBN] (includes class, statistics, Missile Strengths, Detection Ability); Principal Attack and Cruise Missile Launching Submarines [SSN-SSGN] ((includes class, statistics, Cruise Missiles, Detection); Principal ASW Aircraft (includes statistics, Detection, Computing); World Merchant Fleets; Soviet Diesel-Electric Attack and Cruise Missile Launching Submarines [SS-SSG]; Principal ASW Surface Ships)
Issue Game: Conquistador (by Richard Berg )
Briefings (Mini reviews of Recently Published Wargames: Bay of Pigs (Jim Bumpas); Air Force (Battleline); Submarine (Battleline); Caesar (Avalon Hill); Siege of Jerusalem (Historical Perspectives)
Micro reviews of Selected Non-War Games: Crude (St. Laurent Games); Surprise Attack, Puzzle Town; Strike It Rich (Gamut of Games); Sinking of the Titanic, Bermuda Triangle (Milton Bradley); Battlecruiser, Starfire; Gar-Garouk, Russian Bridge (Eagles Games))
Selected Military Periodicals for the history gamer (each title rated).)
For Your Information (A Wide Ranging Survey of Historical Data and Analysis, . Includes: The Rhodesian Army; The Paper Cruisers (Russian Navy); Two Wars Behind (Soviet tactics); Merchants of Death Department (with Armaments Transactions chart and Navy and Marine Corps Purchases for Current Fiscal Year); The Kafir; Gel AH-15; Flattops Forever; US Vs Soviet Tanks)
This is a superior shape play copy. The spine and cover of the magazine has some very light wear and light discoloration The rules are detached. The counters are carefully sorted and bagged. The issue is clean, unmarked and guaranteed complete.
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SPIS&T58 September/October 1976 40pp + 12pp rules, map, 1 counter sheet
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