Navegador

Objective and setup: Players represent trading dynasties during Portugal’s maritime expansion and seek victory points through exploration, colonies, markets, buildings, and privileges. PD-Verlag lists the base game for 2–5 players, about 60–90 minutes, ages 12+. Each player begins with two ships, three workers, starting money, and a privilege, then places a marker on the rondel. Set out the sea regions, market, buildings, and privilege supply.

Rondel movement: Players take turns clockwise, moving their marker forward on the rondel to select and perform an action. The first turn may choose any position; afterward, moving forward up to three spaces is free. For each additional space, return one of your ships from the board to your supply. You may not stay on the same action twice in a row unless you move around the rondel and pay the ship cost. Different players may share a rondel space.

Actions: The rondel offers Workers, Ships, Sailing, Colony, Market, Buildings, and Privilege actions; Market appears twice. Workers recruits workers, Ships builds vessels, Sailing moves a fleet, Colony establishes settlements, Market buys and sells goods, Buildings constructs factories, shipyards, or churches, and Privilege acquires an endgame bonus. Each action follows its current phase, board position, and the player’s buildings, workers, and money.

Sailing and exploration: During Sailing, move your fleet into sea regions according to the current phase. In phases I, II, and III, ships may cross up to one, two, or three borders per turn. To enter an ordinary undiscovered region, send at least two ships; one is lost and at least one remains. A double-loss region requires at least three ships and loses two. Take the Explorer marker, reveal the colonies in that region, and gain money. Discovering Cabo da Boa Esperança and Malacca advances the game to later phases, normally effective from the next turn; if the Navegador card triggers the phase, it applies to the regular turn immediately afterward.

Colonies, trade, and buildings: Found a colony by paying its price and having a ship in that sea region plus enough workers in Lisboa; neither ships nor workers are consumed for founding. Colonies provide sugar, gold, or spice that can be sold at the Market. Prices change as goods are bought, sold, or processed by factories. Factories earn income from market goods; shipyards support fleet expansion; churches help recruit workers. Workers are needed for actions and also determine a player’s capacity to found colonies or construct buildings.

Privileges and the Navegador card: A Privilege action makes the player lose one worker in Lisboa, take one privilege in one of five categories, and receive a cash bonus based on matching achievements: colonies, factories, Explorers, shipyards, or churches. The Navegador card provides one extra Sailing action immediately before its holder’s regular rondel turn. After use it passes to the player on the right; it cannot be used in the first round and expires if left unused for the prescribed rotation. Its sailing follows the ordinary movement and exploration rules.

Three phases and the end trigger: The game begins in phase I; the first exploration of Cabo da Boa Esperança begins phase II, and the first exploration of Malacca begins phase III. Later phases allow ships to sail farther but increase the costs of additional workers and ships. Exploring the end region Nagasaki or taking the last building from the supply triggers the end. All players then take one final turn, including the player who triggered the end.

Final scoring: Multiply achievements in the five categories by the privilege values shown on each player sheet. Also score workers in Lisboa, ships on the board, and each full 200 Cruzados of cash. Apply the King’s Privilege according to Rules 2.0 before adding the final total. The player with the most victory points wins; ties are resolved using the holder of the Navegador card and its passing order as the rules specify.