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Expansion for Archipelago

Archipelago: Solo Expansion

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Published
2012
Reach
Known (via base game)
Players
1–1
Play time
60 min
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Main mechanics

  • Area control
  • Auction & bidding
  • Trading & negotiation
  • Spatial puzzle
  • Worker placement
  • Area control: Presence on the map decides who scores.
  • Auction & bidding: Value is set by what players are willing to pay.
  • Trading & negotiation: Deals between players move the game forward.
  • Spatial puzzle: Fitting shapes together efficiently is the challenge.
Full publisher description

As the name suggests, Archipelago: Solo Expansion allows a single player to play the Archipelago base game by competing against the game system. Archipelago: Solo Expansion includes 27 scenarios with different conditions and objectives and with you, the solo player, taking the part of characters such as Christopher Columbus, Robinson Crusoe, and the pirate Bluebeard. The playing time varies from 20 to 90 minutes depending on the scenario, and your score in the scenario gold, silver, bronze, revolt will often depend on the number of rounds it took you to achieve the objective, if you managed it at all.

How this expansion changes the base game

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