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Score track in the foreground ...
Santa Cruz game components
Santa Cruz, Hans im Glück, 2012 – promotional image from HiG's distributor, Schmidt Spiele
Some cards and pieces
The +50 points markers
Mid-game
Back of the board
Blue Tower

Santa Cruz (2012)

Players
2–4
Best: 3, 4
Playing time
45–45 min
Age
8+
6.65
Average rating
1,402
Ratings
2.19/5
Weight
#3737
BGG rank
Top 5,000
Alternate names:Madeira
Designer:Marcel-André Casasola Merkle
Artist:Michael Menzel
Publisher:Hans im Glück +3 more
Average rating, ratings count, weight and rank are sourced from BoardGameGeek (BGG).
Game DNA
  • This game: Strategy 5, Luck 5, Interaction 5, Complexity 4.4, Theme 6
Strategy5.0
Luck5.0
Interaction5.0
Complexity4.4
Theme6.0

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Overview

Santa Cruz is played in two independent rounds in which players build homes, churches and lighthouses on the island while also developing valuable resources.

Players each start with a hand of cards, comprising traveling cards and scoring cards. They then explore a board showing three islands, which have tiles laid face-down representing buildings and places, such as churches and lighthouses. On a turn, players must play either a traveling card to explore and place buildings in their color or play a scoring card to score a particular type of building, resource, or other game condition for all players. Spaces near the central volcano are more valuable, but are vulnerable to a negative eruption scoring card.

If that volcano does erupt, the magma might clear away the buildings already constructed. Bad luck? Well, use your experience from the first round to build better in the second. You won't make the same mistakes a second time, will you? Concentrate on the further colonization of Santa Cruz and score while you can!

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