Ravensburger The Quest for El Dorado Strategy Board

We love this game. It does take a few goes to remember the rules but its so much fun to buy stuff to help you move across the board. Changing board layouts means you can make it harder and there are extensions to the rules included that we haven't even tried yet. Love it!

The game itself is amazing and deserves 5 stars, but this particular edition only 1 star because the publisher has dropped the ball and doesn't release any expansions, and expansions from other publishers are incompatible with this version. If you want to extend your game in the future, it's better to buy the game from another publisher.

If you have played any sort of deck-building game or are looking into getting one I would say this is a good one to pick up. It's easy to learn, however there was one rule that gave us a hiccup mainly because in most other deck-building games you have to discard your hand at the end of your turn, but in this game you can choose to keep some cards if you didn't use them to possibly help you on the next turn. As is the case for most deck-builders everyone starts with the same deck, and the same setup for the "market" is used each time so you would think games would feel "samey". That is not the case since the map can be changed everytime you play since it's made of these big hexagons that are double sided and it even comes with some half pieces to add to make it even more exciting and different. Pros: Easy to learn Quick(Most of our games after setup took maybe about 30 to 40 minutes.) Lots of replayability with the how the map can be laid out. This version comes with two mini expansions that I think were promos or something like that. We haven't played with the Caves one but the three extra stacks of cards are neat. Neutral: The starting market always being the same can be a bit annoying but since the board can be so easily changed it makes it a decent constant and helps with planning and strategy. I'm not sure if the big expansion is compatible with this version or not. Cons: This version has terrible storage, I had to use some extra bag from other games to store this game properly. One of my pieces were broken when I got it but a drop of crafting glue fixed it no problem. Overall: 8/10 Great game, I enjoy racing games and deck-building games, so combining the two is a good time for me and my friends.

Amo este juego. Es un clásico y siempre que tengo la oportunidad lo juego. Recomendadísimo para jugarse en familia y con amigas.

Returned due to printing errors: - Player boards in German (French/English edition) - Meeples all the same as for the previous Franz Vohwinkel editions and in contrast to pictures in the manual and on the back of the box. Not a dealbreaker but I also note that the card stock was quite poor. I’d suggest waiting until Ravensburger sorts out the errors with this print run.