SEARCH FOR EL DORADO
INTRODUCTION
Card game for 2+ players.
Search for El Dorado Theme.
VICTORY
The player with the most Discovery points at the end of the game wins.
END GAME
The game ends when the deck has been run through twice.
THE DECK
Players share a common deck.
There are 6 card types:
Leaders
Followers
Motivation
Search
Hazards
Discovery
SETUP
Shuffle the deck.
Each player is dealt 7 cards.
Flip a coin to see who goes first.
TURN SEQUENCE
Players take turns.
Each turn has 4 Phases:
1. Passage Phase
2. Legend Phase
3. Expedition Phase
4. Search Phase
PASSAGE PHASE
If you already have exactly 7 cards in your hand, you may
Discard your entire hand.
LEGEND PHASE
Fill your hand to 7 cards.
The first time the deck runs out, shuffle the discard and draw from it.
EXPEDITION PHASE
You may play an expedition.
An Expedition consists of a meld of 3 cards:
1 Leader, 1 Follower, and 1 Motivation
Stack these in a staggered pile face-up in front of you.
Place 3 Tokens on top of the Expedition.
The Expedition stays in play until it is destroyed, or
It makes a Discovery.
SEARCH PHASE
For each of your expeditions in play, pick 1 card from an
Opponents hand. Depending on what you draw:
1. Discovery: Place the Discovery card in your Victory Pile:
It counts towards winning the game: Discard the Expedition.
2. Hazard: Discard it. Remove one Token from the Expedition.
If the Expedition has no Tokens, it is lost: Discard the Expedition.
3. Search: Discard it. You may pick again.
4. Motivation: Remove one Token from the Expedition and Pick again.
5. Leader: Discard it. Look at one opponents hand.
6. Follower: Discard it. Look at the next 3 cards in the deck.
CARD LIST NOTATION
L = Leaders
F = Followers
M = Motivation
S = Search
H = Hazards
D = Discovery
DP = Discovery Points
CARD LIST
Name: Type: Notes:
Lake Guatavita D DP = 1
Muisca Tribe D DP = 1
Golden Temple D DP = 2
Sacred Lake D DP = 1
Rich Gold Mine D DP = 2
Amazon River D DP = 1
Golden Artifacts D DP = 2
Colombia D DP = 1
Guyana D DP = 1
Bogata D DP = 1
Sebastian de Benalcazar L
Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada L
Hernan Perez L
Gonzalo Pizarro L
Francisco de Orellana L
Pedro de Ursa L
Governor of El Dorado L
Don Antonio de Berrio L
Sir Walter Raleigh L
Philipp von Hutton L
Ships F
Treasure Hunters F
Invaders F
Restless Conquistadors F
Daring Men F
Dangerous Men F
Fortune Hunters F
Soldiers F
Governors Men F
Adventurers F
Lust for Gold M
Greed M
Obsession M
Rumors M
Legends M
Fevered Imagination M
City Paved with Gold M
Just a Little Farther M
Tales of the Last Survivor M
Tales of the Gilded One M
Fabled Kingdom M
Tribe to the East M
City of Omagua M
Entrada S
Interrogate Natives S
Reconnaissance S
Fruitless Search S
Terra Incognito S
Trackless Jungles S
Hostile Mountains S
Fetid Swamps S
Uncharted Territory S
Wilderness S
Suicidal Mission S
Murder H
Skirmish H
Hardships H
Starvation H
Cannibalism H
Hunger H
Disappointment H
Ill-Fated H
Doomed H
Massacre H
Amazons H
Natives Attack H
Disease H
Madness H
LINKS
Wikipedia