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Maracaibo, a strategy game for 1-4 players by Alexander Pfister, is set in the Caribbean during the 17th century. The players try to increase their influence in three nations in four rounds with a play time of 40 minutes per player. The players sail on a round course through the Caribbean, e.g., you have city tiles where you are able to perform various actions or deliver goods to. One special feature is an implemented quest mode over more and various tiles, which tells the player, who chase after it, a little story. As a player, you move with your ship around the course, managing it by using cards like in other games from Alexander Pfister. NOTE: The Spanish and Portuguese editions of Maracaibo contain La Armada mini-expansion packaged inside the base game's box.
| Year | 2019 |
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| Designers | Alexander Pfister |
| Artists | Fiore GmbH, Aline Kirrmann |
| Publishers | Ediciones MasQueOca, YOKA Games, Hobby World, uplay.it edizioni, Capstone Games, BoardM Factory, テンデイズゲームズ (TendaysGames), dlp games, MeepleBR, Geronimo Games, Super Meeple, Game's Up, Fishbone Games |
| Players | 1–4 |
| Time | 30–120 min |
| Status | Played or rated only |
| BGG Rating | 7.9 |
| Categories | Economic, Exploration, Nautical, Pirates |
| Mechanics | Hand Management, Set Collection, Track Movement, Income, End Game Bonuses, Stock Holding, Variable Set-up, Point to Point Movement, Multi-Use Cards, Contracts, Events, Solo / Solitaire Game, Tech Trees / Tech Tracks, Scenario / Mission / Campaign Game, Narrative Choice / Paragraph, Movement Points |
| BGG Rank | 91 |
| Complexity | 3.92 / 5 |
| Language | Some necessary text - easily memorized or small crib sheet |
| Date | Location | Duration | Qty | Players | Scores | Winner | |
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2022-01-28 | App | – | 1 | Yashima, Yashimii 🤖 | 139.00, 142.00 | 142.00 |
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2022-01-26 | App | – | 1 | Yashima, Yashimii 🤖 | 176.00, 115.00 | 176.00 |
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2022-01-25 | App | – | 1 | Bot 🤖, Yashima | 112.00, 102.00 | 112.00 |
My BGG Comment
Played on the app a few times. Should probably try again now that I know Great Western Trail (which I think I enjoy more). The solo mode mostly forces one to play very fast because the bot move through the game so quickly.