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2008 · 3-5 players · 60min · weight 2.41 · 1,230 ratings
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Bayes
5.79
Users rated
1,230
Owned
2,243
Wishing
181
At a glance — v4 wide
Controlled-vocabulary primitives + 8-axis MDA aesthetic vector. Vocab v2.
Core loop (micro)
Bid investment cubes to control a trading company, then move its fleet to connect spice ports and collect goods.
MDA aesthetic vector (0–3)
Sensation
0
Fantasy
1
Narrative
0
Challenge
2
Fellowship
1
Discovery
1
Expression
1
Submission
1
Mechanic-interaction primitives (3)
- [3]open_auction— “Stock Holding + Auction / Bidding — bid to control East India company share each round”
- [2]set_collection_concentrating— “Set Collection — accumulate spice goods from controlled ports for endgame scoring”
- [2]delayed_payoff— “Batavia — players represent international investors seeking best rates of return”
discovery_score: -0.298
Sources (1)
Inputs to rules-card synthesis. Click any pill with ↗ to open the original source.
LLM memory0.10
BGG tags
Mechanisms (3)
Categories (3)
EconomicNauticalRenaissance