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Designed By	Thomas Lehmann
Art By	Franz Vohwinkel
Published By	999 Games Hans im Glück Kaissa Chess & Games Rio Grande Games
Year Published	2002
# of Players:	3 − 6
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 6 players Recommended with 4, 5, 6 players (13 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	45 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	12 and up
User Suggested Ages	12 and up (3 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	No necessary in-game text (6 voters) [poll]
Category	Economic Exploration Renaissance
Mechanic	Auction/Bidding
Primary Name	Pizarro & Co.
Alternate Names	Magelaen Magellan Μαγγελάνος
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Players are kings (or queens) bidding for the services of six famous explorers -- Ferdinand Magellan, Christopher Columbus, Francisco Pizarro, Vasco da Gama, James Cook, and Marco Polo. As the game progresses, competition for the explorers' services increases as each explorer has fewer expeditions available for investment. In the end, only one ship for each explorer makes the final trip and only one king earns those rewards.

American edition of the German Magellan.

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Awards

2002 Spiel des Jahres Recommendation.

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Very Good	$15.00	6-Nov-2009
Like New	$15.00	18-Jul-2009
Like New	£16.00	15-Jul-2009
New	£17.49	31-Jan-2009
Very Good	€16.00	17-Dec-2008
New	€16.90	2-Dec-2008
Like New	$21.00	4-Nov-2008

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0	Rules Limitation on how much you can buy?	2009-10-29	ohbalto	3
0	Rules Overbidding . . .	2009-08-28	Drew1365	2
0	Rules Marco Polo side 2	2009-03-10	ekted	2
1	Sessions The Dreaded Magellan-DeGama Combination	2009-01-03	Chuckles	0
0	General Are there enough cards to play with 6?	2008-10-16	ERPriest	1
0	Rules bidding order in 2nd and 3rd year	2008-04-05	chaosbreaker	2
0	Rules Still confused as hell about Magellan's ability	2008-02-18	weishaupt	3
0	Rules Question on requirements for bidding in Year 2	2008-01-26	Drew1365	2
22	Reviews Underrated quick auction game, great w/ 6 players (9 of 10)	2007-09-17	topherr	10
0	Sessions 5 player differences	2007-04-07	citylife	1

	Recommendations

Standard Recommendations
Take it Easy!	Marracash	Shark	Samarkand
Medieval Merchant	Andromeda	Get the Goods

Weak Recommendations
Auf Achse	Halunken & Spelunken	Medici	Drunter und Drüber
Doge	Heimlich & Co.	der Fliegende Holländer	Quo Vadis?
Merchants of Amsterdam	Flaschenteufel	Evergreen	San Francisco
Cheops	Hoity Toity	Dolce Vita	Restaurant
Union Pacific	Web of Power	Ponte Vecchio	Münchhausen
Medina	Saludos Amigos!	Aladdin's Dragons	Industria
Crazy Race	San Marco	Johnny Controletti	Sing Sing
Hansa	New England

Very Weak Recommendations
Taj Mahal	Mexica	Amun-Re	Genoa

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Pizarro Explorer cards -Slovenian

Slovenian translation of player aid

podgorc

2008-01-03

Magellan_NL.pdf

Magellan dutch rules

Sdan

2005-01-28

Magellan-hu.zip

Hungarian translation of the rules - a szabályok magyarul

Thaur

2004-06-20

Pizarro Explorers Card.doc

Explorer Ref Cards with Pictures (for real this time!)

Eddy Bee

2003-11-26

Pizarro & Co. Quick Rules.doc

Explorer Ref Cards with Pictures

Eddy Bee

2003-05-17

magellan-aide.pdf

French Player Aid

2002-07-08

Pizarro & Co Explorer Cards.doc

Explorer Action Cards (summary of each Explorer's actions per year)

2002-06-26

Magellan.htm

English rules translation

2002-05-27

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370	Theme changed by the publisher	2006-09-07
358	75 GeekLists About Number Of Players: 2,3,4,5,6,7,8	2004-09-26
292	Tell your fellow geeks about you favorite "Hidden Gem"	2009-01-10
258	Euros and Box Cover Art: The Albrecht Durer Syndrome	2007-11-20
199	Let's play a game!	2008-04-07
149	Games with a broad strategic horizon	2006-01-31
125	Flaw or Virtue? You Decide.	2006-02-05
124	25 Solutions to the 6 Player Problem	2009-03-16
114		2007-01-11
104	Games Explained in The Spiel	2009-04-21

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Board Game Rank:	620
Num Ratings:	892
Average Rating:	6.65
Standard Deviation:	1.18
Num Views:	40361
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Avg. Game Weight:	2.5
Fans:	0

Personal Comments:	389
Users Owning:	965
Users Wanting:	41
Users Trading:	54
Has Parts For Trade:	2
Want Parts In Trade:	1
Price History:	View
Total Plays:	1070
Plays This Month:	3

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English review from Gamers Alliance	http://www.gamersalliance.com/pizarro.htm	2009-09-28
Dutch review on AnderSpel.nl	http://www.anderspel.nl/magelaen.html	2008-10-05
Played / Reviewed on The Spiel Episode #23	http://thespiel.net/?q=node/45	2008-02-18
Dutch Review on www.spellenclub13.be	http://www.spellenclub13.be/recensies/Magelaen.htm	2007-05-22
Review in Italian at Giochidatavolo.net	http://www.giochidatavolo.net/gdt/modules.php?name...	2005-02-07
Bruno Faidutti's ideal game library	http://www.faidutti.com/index.php?Module=ludothequ...	2004-10-27
Westpark Gamers review (in German)	http://www.westpark-gamers.de/Reviews/bericht110.h...	2004-09-15
Review - About.com	http://boardgames.about.com/cs/productreviews/gr/p...	2003-03-26
La Guilde - Review (French)	http://xretaux.free.fr/Fiches/magellan.html	2003-02-24
Le site perso de Ludo le gars (français)	http://lgimet.free.fr/Magellan.htm	2002-11-12

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