Review: Vasco Da Gama
Posted by James (admin) on 15th December 2009
In Vasco Da Gama, players are each preparing ships and setting sail for the New World to earn victory points. In essence, Vasco Da Gama is a worker placement game played over 5 rounds. Each round players place their 4 (sometimes 5) action disks on one of the 4 areas so they can perform the relevant actions, and then they resolve these actions. However, the system that determines the order in which the actions actually occur is very clever and is the central and unique feature of Vasco Da Gama.
I recommend reading the rules for the full details but I’ll give an outline of the game. There are 4 main actions to take: Recruiting crew and captains, Attaining projects, Setting sail, and using the special characters. Read the rest of this entry »
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