Conquest of Paradise Deluxe Second edition ★★★★★

Conquest of Paradise is an exciting historic simulation game for two, three, or four players, depicting the establishment of the great Polynesian maritime empires in the Pacific that existed well before European discovery. Players experience the same unknowns as their historic counterparts as they send out explorers to discover ripe new island paradises. They settle islands, build canoes for commerce or conquest, train warriors, invest resources in cultural achievements, and organize colonists to expand, defend and develop their burgeoning island empires. Players gain Victory Points by controlling Villages, Island Groups, and through Cultural Innovations. Play continues until at least one person has met the minimum Victory Point conditions for the number of players. The player with the most Victory Points, when the game ending Victory conditions (as indicated by the Victory Point track on the map) have been met, is the winner.

• One 34" x 22" color game map of the Pacific Ocean, spanning from Australia to America
• 176 colorful 5/8" game pieces depicting Polynesian warriors, canoes, and colonists
• 140 additional 1/2" game markers, representing Polynesian villages, intensive agriculture, and discovered islands
• 50 Wood village markers
• 28 Discovery Tiles, depicting Polynesian island groups
• 28 illustrated cultural innovations cards
• 27 illustrated random event cards
• One full-color Rule Book with examples of play, advanced rules, historic references, and only seven pages of rules.
• One Designer’s Notes book with twenty pages of Polynesian history, geography and mythology, player’s notes and designer’s notes.
• Four full-color 8 1/2" x 5 1/2” player reference cards
• One six-sided die.