El Capitán

After my presentation on Tuesday morning, I think you all got my blogs point. The game you saw on Tuesday is the game I want to introduce this week, because I have it, and I kind of like it. because of it's art work, which is so gorgeous. The frame and the pictures are so exquisite like it was back in 15th century. The drawing is the only reason why I chose to get it at first because I have not heard or seen of it before.


One of the Extention Cities

Players play the role of a merchant during the 15th century, sailing to strategically important cities of the Mediterranean, building warehouses in these cities and fortresses to protect them. But making moves all costs money because you have to buy cards that function as tickets, so a bank for you to take a loan is definitely necessary when you're out of money. Only to pay it back as soon as possible, or you'll have to pay more! However, the game isn't without receiving money. Payday appears three times in the game and that's when your effort will be rewarded. You could receive money for the number of cities you have built warehouses, fortresses you've built and in each city you own the most or second most warehouses. At the end, the richest merchant is the winner.


I've played it once, actually it should be called testing. It was a 3-players game, my bf, an exhausted friend and me. During the game, we kept having small problems because I didn't remember all of the rule so we kept checking the rule book. That's why I call it testing.

I decided to build warehouses in cities as many as possible, so I can get more money when it was payday. And we found that borrowing money is necessary because at the beginning everyone one has only 20 Florins(dollars), which is definitely not enough to build all of the warehouses and fortresses. Each of us had borrowed money from the bank and payed all of them back after the first payday. During the second phase, I tried to build warehouses in more cities and tried to be the majority in cities. Each of us borrowed money again, but after the second payday and after we payed our debt, we had more money. On the third phase, which is the last phase, I finally got the proliferation bonus card, and I was the first one. It was 15 Florins(dollars). I spent money without hesitating and built warehouses in a fast speed. I was the one who finished the game by building all of the warehouses and fortresses. And I won the game by owning 220Florins(dollars) in total. I guess that's one of the reasons I like this game. The first game is like a first impression!

The Two Kinds of Loan Cards

The Proliferation Bonus cards