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Cortes: Conquest of the Aztec Empire

#6037BGG ↗

1993 · 2-2 players · 360min · weight 2.26 · 142 ratings

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ID
6037
Name
Cortes: Conquest of the Aztec Empire
Year
1993
Rank
13498
Min players
2
Max players
2
Playing time
360
Min playtime
180
Max playtime
360
Avg weight
2.2632
Num weights
19
Bayes avg
5.54789
Average
6.45204
Users rated
142
Num owned
613
Wanting
5
Wishing
47
Num comments
109
Fetched at
Wed Apr 29 2026 05:34:57 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (6)
Dice RollingHexagon GridMovement PointsRatio / Combat Results TableSimulationZone of Control
Categories (3)
Pike and ShotRenaissanceWargame
Description (588 chars)

Cortes: Conquest of the Aztec Empire is a Grand-Tactical level two-player board-wargame that covers the epic three month siege of Tenochtitlan, the climactic battle for control of Mexico, fought in 1521. 14 pages of rules, 144 5/8" counters, and a 22" x 34" map are included. This wargame is the only one that I am aware of that includes rules for Human Sacrifice... If Cortes is killed or captured, the Aztec player wins immediately. Otherwise, the Spanish player must keep his "Loss Points" to a minimum... as long as the Spanish player does not gain 17 or more points, they win.

LLM v2 (wide)

Not yet enriched at v2 (wide pass).

LLM v3 (deep)

Not yet enriched at v3 (deep pass).

LLM v4 wide (controlled-vocab primitives)

Not yet enriched at v4 (wide pass).

LLM v4 deep (archetype fit)

Not in the v4 deep-pass top-20% slice.