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We’re in 19th century, sea transport is more and more important. Both corporations and naval forces require newer and newer ships. Try to put yourself in the role of their manufacturers. Hire employees, buy accessories, get favour of evaluating committees. Don’t forget to rent a canal and you can heave anchor.
Players take turns, beginning with a randomly selected player and continuing around the table clockwise. On their turn, they will choose one of the available actions from the Action Track. The action will get the player something they need to help build their ships. On the player's next turn, they will move that Action Card ahead of all the others and choose a different action.
If a player completes a ship on their turn (ships consists of little cards depicting bows, sterns, and (preferably several) middle pieces with several options to add equipment or crew), it is taken out for a shakedown cruise in a canal, during which they may score points for speed, crew, equipment, or safety.
As players take their turns, the line of Action Cards will advance around the Action Track. When the lead Action Card reaches the Starting Space again, the countdown marker moves down one space, and play continues.
The game ends when the countdown marker reaches the finish space. (It can also end early if the players run out of Ship Cards.) Bonus points are scored for Government Contracts, and the player with the most points wins.
The game lasts about 30 minutes per player.
—description from the publisher
Part of the Shipyard family — see Shipyard for the combined view.
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- Rondel mechanic
- new graphics
- new components
- solo play
- original edition hard to find
- Building ships
- Woodcraft
- Great Western Trail
- Great Western Trail: New Zealand
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Rondel — it has that Rondell mechanic
- Worker Placement — building ships
Video topics + discussion points
Quotes (from this video)
- Rats of Wurtzburg by Cranio Creations so it is a worker placement game it is by Simon luani which we love the games
- Footprints by chili fox games so we love come together from last year yep yeah that one was a real hit for us big hit for me it was in my top five by the same designer and publisher Footprints so this is going to be good
- general orders World War II by Osprey games the fourth one because it was at demo it's demo and then followable at chenon but they sold out and I heard good things about it it's a great to player game but it's got World War II theme not the theme that I would usually kind of like attracted to but because there so many things so many people like oh I recommend this game it's very tight worker placement uh taco war worker placement so there you go general orders
References (from this video)
- Acquired due to streams
- Colonist
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Dual layer boards — Dual layer boards in sticker versions are less prone to warping compared to standard dual layer boards.
Video topics + discussion points
Quotes (from this video)
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