A Saturday afternoon

Saturday was a day for travelling.

It has come to an end in the warm waters of Tungaru, an archipelago in the South Pacific, sailing from island to island, building monuments, recruiting inhabitants, exchanging fish, shells, coconuts and pearls, and, of course, gathering colourful flowers.

It was an opportunity to play test this game, which is not yet in a store near you, since it still is undergoing the final development stages.

Designed by Louis and Stefan Malz, illustrated by Andrew Bosley, it will be published by Alley Cat Games, UK, and is expected to hit Kickstarter in late October.

The afternoon had begun in Egypt, in Luxor, on the bank of the Nile and very close to the Valley of the Kings. A group of adventurers exploring the riches of the Luxor temple, while trying to be the first one gaining access to the Pharaoh's tomb.

Luxor, designed by Rüdiger Dorn, illustrated by Dennis Lohausen, published by Devir (2018).

Then I headed east, towards India, into the state of Rajasthan, arriving at its capital, Jaipur. To learn, the hard way, the art of a trading duel, amongst precious stones, gold and silver, spices or fabrics, and herds of camels.

Jaipur, designed by Sébastien Pauchon, illustrated by Vincent Dutrait and Alexandre Roche, published by Game Works (2009).

It was then that I abandoned land and ventured into the seas, sailing all the way across to the Caribbean, to Jamaica, Port Royal. Testing ambition and luck, with colourful galleons, expeditions, sailors and pirates, merchants, players, priests, maidens and all other customary characters you usually find around ports, where the golden doubloons reign.

Port Royal, designed by Alexander Pfister, illustrated by Klemens Franz  and  Atanas Lozanski, published by Pegasus Games (2014).

And that's how I finally decided to cross the Pacific, in search of quieter lands.

A Saturday afternoon, dynamized by the Group of Boardgamers of Aveiro, in S. Bernardo, Aveiro, Portugal. A special thanks to Carlos for having served as a guide in the initial part of the journey!

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