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Santiago
Santiago is about cultivating and watering fields. To accomplish this, a number of tiles denoting various plantation types come into the game each round. The tiles are auctioned off such that each player gets one, and the tiles are then placed onto the game board along with an ownership marker that also indicates how plentiful the tile's yield will be. Whoever bid the lowest in each round gets to be the canal overseer and decides where a canal will be built that round. The other players may make suggestions to help the canal overseer decide, and back up their suggestions with money. The final decision is always wholly up to the overseer, though.
What is Santiago
Santiago is about cultivating and watering fields. To accomplish this, a number of tiles denoting various plantation types come into the game each round. The tiles are auctioned off such that each player gets one, and the tiles are then placed onto the game board along with an ownership marker that also indicates how plentiful the tile's yield will be. Whoever bid the lowest in each round gets to be the canal overseer and decides where a canal will be built that round. The other players may make suggestions to help the canal overseer decide, and back up their suggestions with money. The final decision is always wholly up to the overseer, though.
At the end of each round, players determine what the water supply situation looks like. Should a plantation not be sufficiently watered, its production drops dramatically; should it happen more than once, then that plantation may revert to fallow ground. At game's end, naturally only the cultivated land counts. Each plantation is counted according to type – the bigger the better. But since the ownership markers play a role as well, the same plantation can give drastically different points for different players.
Game details
- Players
- 2–5
- Age
- +10
- Duration
- 75 min
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Type
- Board game
- Year
- 2003
- Mechanics
- Area Majority / Influence · Auction: Once Around · Auction / Bidding
- Categories
- Farming · Negotiation
- Designer
- Claudia Hely · Roman Pelek
- Publisher
- AMIGO · Trefl · Primigenio · Z-Man Games
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Really great game. Very simple rules, and deep strategy. Fast changes from alliance to betrayeal.
Es un juego sencillo de control de áreas, con reglas fáciles, pero profundidad. Es un juego de subasta. Los jugadores pujan por unas losetas que simbolizan un tipo de cultivo (judias, platanos, pimientos o patatas) y colocan la loseta en el tablero con uno o dos trabajadores sobre ellos. Después hay una nueva puja (o soborno), donde cada jugador hace una propuesta de la ubicación que debería tener el canal. El capataz puede aceptar una de las propuestas y quedarse con el soborno o pagar la cantidad del máximo soborno +1 y colocarlo donde quiera. Cada jugador, una vez por partida, puede colocar
un sistema de colocación de trabajadores muy bueno mas subasta, mas sobornos, dinámica muy entretenida, genial
Juego muy completo. Parte de subastas, parte de mayorías y lo mejor la parte de soborno al constructor del canal. Mucha interaccion entre los jugadores.
Mezcla muy bien distintos tipos de mecánicas.
13 € --- 10 € versión nueva (2020)
Played in spielbyweb. I didn't like the game too much. Seems just a counting game to me.
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How many players is Santiago for?
Santiago plays with 2–5 players.
How long does a game take?
A game takes about 75 minutes.
What age is it suitable for?
It is recommended from age 10.
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