Papua, Portuguese Board Game

Description

In Papua, players lead a scientific expedition to Papua New Guinea, one of the richest territories in flora and fauna, in the late 19th century. Their discoveries will surprise the scientific community – but only if they successfully manage the expedition. Whoever manages to collect the most relevant discoveries will be remembered throughout history. More specifically, players must manage their scientists and assign them to various tasks, from cultivating good relations with the natives in order to gain their help for the expedition, to ensuring everyone is fed at the end of the day! But most importantly, they work to gather the most amazing collection of new discoveries through a secret offer to amaze the world at large. Players roll dice and assign the results to different areas of the board – huts, logistics, expeditions, funding, hunting and fishing, and field notebook – assigning their scientists to different tasks. Usually, majorities determine which player wins each of these areas, where players can raise money to fund their expeditions, collect food to feed the crew, discover new scoring opportunities, or recruit more scientists. But the most important area is the expedition zone, where players can secretly bid on discovering new species of plants, animals, or even native tribes. The final game score is based on the sets collected in the discovery zone, and the player with the highest prestige based on these sets wins the game.