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Vanuatu
In Vanuatu, you are a Vanuatuan who wants to prosper during the eight turns of the game. In order to prosper, you have to manage with natural resources, rare items, vatus (local currency) and tourists. To earn money or prosperity points, you may also draw on the sand*, carry tourists all over Vanuatu islands, or trade cargo with foreign countries.
What is Vanuatu
In Vanuatu, you are a Vanuatuan who wants to prosper during the eight turns of the game. In order to prosper, you have to manage with natural resources, rare items, vatus (local currency) and tourists. To earn money or prosperity points, you may also draw on the sand*, carry tourists all over Vanuatu islands, or trade cargo with foreign countries.
On each turn, the archipelago expands and you have to program your actions with five tokens. You put one or more of them on the chosen action spaces, and on your turn, you will only be able to play an action if you have the majority on its space. Thus, sometimes have to wait for other players to remove their tokens by playing their actions. If you are not in majority anywhere, you have to remove all of your tokens from an action and give up hope of playing this action. A good strategy lets you block other players; for example, they won't be able to sell fishes if they haven't caught them first – order matters! Islands and sea resources are rare, so be quick and take them first!
There is no such thing as a rich Vanuatuan. When you reach ten vatus, they automatically transform into 5 prosperity points and again, you are poor. Life is hard, but you may encounter ten men to help you; on each turn you choose one of them to increase your benefits from an action. As always, being the first player lets you choose before the others.
In short, Vanuatu is a strategy game of programming and majorities that features development, blocking, and a lot of interaction between players.
Game details
- Players
- 2–5
- Age
- +12
- Duration
- 90 min
- Difficulty
- Heavy
- Type
- Board game
- Year
- 2011
- Mechanics
- Action Drafting · Auction / Bidding · Grid Movement
- Categories
- Economic · Nautical
- Designer
- Alain Epron
- Publisher
- Krok Nik Douil editions · Asterion Press · Coffee Haus Games · HUCH!
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A treasure. Fantastic mechanism for the action selection, very nice environment, tense, difficult choices, and many paths to follow. Really nice components. One of the most enjoyable games I have ever tried.
Juego de colocación de trabajadores, en el que para seleccionar una acción para realizar, tienes que ganar la mayoría en esa acción. Cuando la ejecutas, quitas tus piezas de la acción, y las mayorías cambias.. con lo que, la planificación de acciones adquiere una intensidad importante. Es un juego de reglas sencillas y múltiples formas de obtener puntos de victoria. También incluye tema de selección de roles. Vamos, que en un sólo juego, aglutina unas cuantas mecánicas que han gustado en otros juegos y lo hace con mucha elegancia. Me pareció muy interesante. Por lo visto, en el 2011 fue candi
que juego tan genial, el sistema de turnos con subasta simple es muy entretenido, con decisiones complicadas, de duración media y arte muy logrado
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How many players is Vanuatu for?
Vanuatu plays with 2–5 players.
How long does a game take?
A game takes about 90 minutes.
What age is it suitable for?
It is recommended from age 12.
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