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El Caballero
El Caballero
Game Play
A box too big - easier transport in smaller box
Tiles of the New Discoveries
Game Play - Add a Tile to New Discovered Land
End of our first game of El Caballero
2-player DIY for the out-of-print El Caballero. Rivers, Roads, & Rails tiles, Rook cards, orange Castillos, blue Ships.
Boats & Castillo's

El Caballero (1998)

Players
2–4
Best: 3
Playing time
90–90 min
Age
13+
6.43
Average rating
1,473
Ratings
2.94/5
Weight
#4381
BGG rank
Top 5,000
Alternate names:Conquistador
Designer:Wolfgang Kramer, Richard Ulrich
Artist:Doris Matthäus
Publisher:Rio Grande Games +2 more
Average rating, ratings count, weight and rank are sourced from BoardGameGeek (BGG).
Game DNA
  • This game: Strategy 7, Luck 5, Interaction 7, Complexity 5.9, Theme 6
Strategy7.0
Luck5.0
Interaction7.0
Complexity5.9
Theme6.0

This game's strategy, luck, interaction, complexity and theme.

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Overview

Although referred to as a sequel to El Grande, El Caballero shares few aspects with its namesake, being a fun but intense brain-burner in which players explore and attempt to control the lands and waterways of the New World.

The players are following Columbus by exploring the islands he discovered. Players slowly explore the islands – by picking and placing land tiles that are most favorable to them – and discover wealth in the form of gold and fish. As they learn about the land and sea areas of this new land, they position their caballeros to try to maintain control of the important regions. Castillos give them a measure of protection from others, and ships allow them to establish trade and to fish for food. Success is measured in the size of land and sea areas they control. Their success is measured twice, and in the end these scores are summed and the winner declared.

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