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In 1271, 17-year-old Marco Polo started on a journey to China with his father and older brother. After a long and grueling journey that led through Jerusalem and Mesopotamia and over the "Silk Road", they reached the court of Kublai Khan in 1275.
Number of Players: 2-4 Players
Play Time: 40-100 mins
Ages: 12+
Complexity Rating: 3.19/5
In 1271, 17-year-old Marco Polo started on a journey to China with his father and older brother. After a long and grueling journey that led through Jerusalem and Mesopotamia and over the "Silk Road", they reached the court of Kublai Khan in 1275.
In The Voyages of Marco Polo, players recreate this journey, with each player having a different character and special power in the game. The game is played over five rounds. Each round, the players roll their five personal dice and can perform one action each turn with them. The five main actions are shown on the bottom part of the board:
After five rounds, the game ends with players receiving victory points for arriving in Beijing, fulfilling the most orders, and having reached the cities on secret city cards that each player gets at the start of the game; these points are added to the VPs gained during the game.
Components:
1 game board
4 player boards
10 Character tiles
6 City Bonus markers
26 dice (5 each in blue, yellow, green, red, and black, along with 1 white)
40 coins (1x20, 5x10, 10x10)
44 different contracts
31 City cards
18 Goal cards
10 outpost bonuses
15 gold bars (12 small and 3 large)
15 silk bundles (12 small and 3 large)
15 pepper bags (12 small and 3 large)
28 camels (21 small and 7 large)
12 figures (3 each in blue, yellow, green, and red)
38 trading posts (9 each in blue, yellow, green, and red, along with 2 black)
4 50/100 point cards
1 start player marker (hourglass)
4 player aids
1 rules and 1 supplement
1 quick setup sheet
City cards, Goal cards and 50/100 point cards are all Mini Euro size (45mm x 68mm; total 54 cards)