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Endeavor: Age of Sail

#233398BGG ↗

2018 · 2-5 players · 90min · weight 2.85 · 10,336 ratings

v2 v3 fit 0.519

BGG raw

ID
233398
Name
Endeavor: Age of Sail
Year
2018
Rank
139
Min players
2
Max players
5
Playing time
90
Min playtime
60
Max playtime
90
Avg weight
2.8512
Num weights
289
Bayes avg
7.35932
Average
7.84204
Users rated
10336
Num owned
12928
Wanting
395
Wishing
2823
Num comments
2188
Fetched at
Sat Apr 25 2026 16:15:31 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (10)
Area Majority / InfluenceConnectionsEnd Game BonusesOpen DraftingPoint to Point MovementSet CollectionSimulationTech Trees / Tech TracksTurn Order: ProgressiveVariable Set-up
Categories (3)
ExplorationNauticalRenaissance
Description (736 chars)

In Endeavor: Age of Sail, players strive to earn glory for their empires. Sailing out from Europe and the Mediterranean, players will establish shipping routes and occupy cities the world over. As they do so, players will leverage their growing industry, culture, finance, and Influence, building their engine and extending their reach into the far-flung regions of the world. In this second edition, players will experience: Double-sided board to accommodate different player counts Variable starting set ups with new buildings Exploits to enhance the mechanisms and story of the different regions Updated visuals by the original artist and graphic designer, Josh Cappel —description from the publisher

LLM v2 (wide)

Core verb
occupy city, populate building
Decision shape
combinatorial
Reward schedule
engine_compounding
Aesthetics
["Challenge", "Discovery"]
Core loop pitch
Each round, populate buildings to unlock track advances, then sail your tokens to occupy cities along regional routes.
Translation difficulty
Medium
Difficulty reason
Tableau plus map occupation could digitize cleanly; only TTS implementations exist. The tight engine-build is appealing for a port.
Direct digital port
Port kind
Closest loop translation
none yet
Primitive tags
["track_advance_to_unlock", "regional_majority_via_occupation", "tableau_building_engine", "card_river_per_region", "exploit_card_event_layer"]
Confidence
0.7
Extracted at
Mon Apr 27 2026 11:40:03 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Raw v2 JSON (884 chars)
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  "name": "Endeavor: Age of Sail",
  "core_verb": "occupy city, populate building",
  "decision_shape": "combinatorial",
  "reward_schedule": "engine_compounding",
  "aesthetics": [
    "Challenge",
    "Discovery"
  ],
  "core_loop_pitch": "Each round, populate buildings to unlock track advances, then sail your tokens to occupy cities along regional routes.",
  "mobile_translation_difficulty": "Medium",
  "translation_difficulty_reason": "Tableau plus map occupation could digitize cleanly; only TTS implementations exist. The tight engine-build is appealing for a port.",
  "direct_digital_port": null,
  "closest_loop_translation": "none yet",
  "primitive_tags": [
    "track_advance_to_unlock",
    "regional_majority_via_occupation",
    "tableau_building_engine",
    "card_river_per_region",
    "exploit_card_event_layer"
  ],
  "confidence": 0.7
}

LLM v3 (deep)

Not yet enriched at v3 (deep pass).