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El Capitán

#29972BGG ↗

2007 · 2-5 players · 75min · weight 2.92 · 1,843 ratings

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ID
29972
Name
El Capitán
Year
2007
Rank
1452
Min players
2
Max players
5
Playing time
75
Min playtime
75
Max playtime
75
Avg weight
2.915
Num weights
200
Bayes avg
6.04574
Average
6.75971
Users rated
1843
Num owned
2437
Wanting
64
Wishing
274
Num comments
649
Fetched at
Sat Apr 25 2026 16:17:11 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (2)
Area Majority / InfluencePoint to Point Movement
Categories (3)
EconomicRenaissanceTravel
Description (1333 chars)

El Capitán, a game that is based upon Tycoon but with many improvements and upgrades. The game is now playable with 2-5 players (instead of 2-4); it has 11 new groundbreaking rules, and on top of it all, expansions and a whole new exciting look! All together we have now the following changes/improvements for the basic game: new grouping of the cities on the game board new payout table for distribution 3 new Distribution Cards new rules for the forts start money is 20 florins instead of 15 place up 4 multi travel cards instead of 2 new rule for the loan cards (not allowed in the first round) new start player after a payday (a special start player figure is added) building up to 12 (instead of only 9) warehouses in a city limitation of warehouses in series (limited to 3 now) a rule for the first warehouse in a city Also included is the first expansion "Portuguese Powers" with some extra city boards and strategy!! There are now special rules for 2 or 3 players (extra renovation fields) and a special rule for 2 players (payday and additional warehouses). The game was published in October 2007 by QWG Games in the Benelux, by Pro Ludo in Germany, by Ystari Games in France, and by Z-Man Games in USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, UK, and Ireland.

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