Vasco Da Gama

by Games Workshop

Product Features

• Trading and merchant game
• For 2-4 players
• Takes 1-2 hours to play
• Stategy game

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 11.5 x 11.5 x 3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0031Z21V2
• Item model number: RGG405
• Manufacturer recommended age: 13 - 17 years
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #281,955 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

The search for a viable route to India was, since the mid-15th Century, the main goal of almost all expeditions made by the Portuguese Kingdom. In 1488 Bartolomeu Dias rounded the Cape of Good Hope and Pedro da Covilha found a land route, but it was only in 1498 that Vasco da Gama reached the goal and became the first European to reach, after some stops along the way, the legendary Calicut by sea. Vasco da Gama accomplished something exceptional, granting Portugal the possibility to achieve a monopoly on the spice trade between India and Europe. Vasco da Gama was charged with finding a maritime route to India. Players play the part of rich ship-owners who, under his patronage, aim to achieve prestige and riches. To succeed in the enterprise, they must manage the money and actions at their disposal in order to hire captains, recruit crew, build Ships, launch them and send them to the Landings of Natal, Terra de Boa Gente, Mozambique, Malindi, Mombasa and Calicut. For each Ship sent, Players will receive an immediate reward and will gain prestige (Victory Points). The further the Ship is sent, the lower the compensation, but the higher the victory score that the Player will earn. Ships at Landings that are "complete" at the end of the Round (i.e. reached by a certain number of Ships) will earn further Victory Points for their owners and will then advance, under certain conditions, to the next Landing. This creates the opportunity to earn again Victory Points in the following Rounds.

Product Description

Vasco da Gama was charged with finding a maritime route to India. Players play the part of rich ship-owners who, under his patronage, aim to achieve prestige and riches. To succeed in the enterprise, they must manage the money and actions at their disposal in order to hire captains, recruit crew, build Ships, launch them and send them to the Landings of Natal, Terra de Boa Gente, Mozambique, Malindi, Mombasa and Calicut. For each Ship sent, Players will receive an immediate reward and will gain prestige (Victory Points). The further the Ship is sent, the lower the compensation, but the higher the victory score that the Player will earn. Ships at Landings that are "complete" at the end of the Round (i.e. reached by a certain number of Ships) will earn further Victory Points for their owners and will then advance, under certain conditions, to the next Landing. This creates the opportunity to earn again Victory Points in the following Rounds. Game Contents: 1 Game Board, 1 Round Marker (1 small white disc), 1 First Free of Charge Action Marker (1 white pawn), 35 Project/Ship Tiles, 6 Merchant's Ship Tiles, 4 Scoring Markers (4 smaller discs, in each of the Players colors: yellow, red, black, blue), 4 Character Tiles, 1 Label Sheet, 9 Vasco Da Gama Tiles, 22 Sequence Numbers (22 natural color cylinders with one numbered label on each of them), 16 Action Discs (16 large discs, in each of the 4 Players colors), 4 Additional Action Discs (4 large discs, in each of the 4 Player colors, with one label on each of them), 28 Captains (28 pawns in the 4 Player colors ), 32 Sailors (32 human shapes, in 4 colors: turquoise, violet, grey, orange), 6 Missionaries (6 human shapes in white), 48 Coins (34 of 1 Real, 14 of 5 Reals), and 1 Cotton Bag.