Bernhard von Gunten
Switzerland
Täuffelen
Bern
3B RULEZ
3B RULEZ
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Tobago is a treasure hunt game for 2 to 4 players with a modular board and attractive game components.
What you get: 
1 attractive looking, variable game board with 3 pieces, to build up to 32 starting islands.
3 (very nice) stone statues
3 wooden palm trees
4 wooden huts
4 x 1 wooden player ATVs (All Terrain Vehicles)
4 x 15 player compas roses
4 x 22 site markers (LWBs)
21 cardboard amulets
39 treasure cards
52 clue cards
3 manuals in german, english & french
3 big overview cards in german, english & french
Besides the lovely components, I also like to emphasize the gerat box inlay. Good Work!
Rules:  
I didn’t like the rules as much as I did the game components. The reader has to switch often between the manual and the setup / overview card in the beginning. Nothing complicated there, but could have been solved better from my point of view. Though the rules are very easy and nobody will have to read them twice.
I won’t go into too much detail, as the rules can be downloaded here on BGG, but that much from my side:
- There are up to four treasure hunts simultaneously.
- A player may lay down a clue card to a treasure area to reduce the possible sites where a treasure could be hidden. At the other hand, a player may choose to move his ATV to either gain amulets or raise a treasure.
- Once a treasure has been found, the gold will be distributed between the involved tomb raiders. The longer a search did last, the more gold the players can try to bet on. But be aware of the cursed treasures! Without amulets one might even loose gold in the distribution phase!
- After each time a treasure is raised, three amulets are swept ashore in the viewing line of the three randomly placed stone statues and may be collected by the players.
When the treasure card deck runs out, the player with the most gold wins.
Gameplay:
Since Tikal one has been very suspicious about new treasure hunt games, haven’t we? Tobago though has not this huge downtime per player, as the possible moves a player can make is much more limited. Still it’s a tactical game, and even my first two games have been pretty close, so be prepared to watch people think about their next best move. But, as luck is also involved in the gold distributing phase, AP won’t be that much of a concern.
Conclusion:
Boy I like this game! I’ve played it twice against my wife, and It’s a such refreshing game between all the Dominion, RftG and other good two player stuff going on. I personally also do think this one could be a nice gateway game for all the people sick of teaching Ticket to Ride to new players!
So be aware of the curse, or you might get addicted to ;-)
Greetings from Switzerland and sorry my limited english,
Bernhard
Edit: Inserted my own image
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Tony Allen
United States
Grand Prairie
Texas
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Your limited English didn't limit you at all. Good job!
What is your opinion on number of players, time, age range & game weight that would be good for this game?
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Ryan Witt
United States
Phoenix
USA
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Thanks for the review.
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Bruno D.
United States
New York
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Very interesting game. Thank you for bringing this game to my attention
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Anders Olin
Finland
Vasa
A hardcore Twilight Struggle fan, who would've guessed?
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When can I hunt down an English copy?
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B-ʎǝsnoW-ix
Netherlands
Santpoort-Zuid
a nice small town near the sea
This Mousey caught a Secret Santa Cat
Round 2 of the 6 Nations Cup is on this weekend
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victoryzine wrote: When can I hunt down an English copy?
The game is language independent... so all you would need are the rules in English.
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Anders Olin
Finland
Vasa
A hardcore Twilight Struggle fan, who would've guessed?
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Awesome, thank you!
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Bernhard von Gunten
Switzerland
Täuffelen
Bern
3B RULEZ
3B RULEZ
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tada wrote: What is your opinion on number of players, time, age range & game weight that would be good for this game?
I've only played it against my wife (2P is fine), and so the game is quite short. I guess it's playable in less than 45 minutes.
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Bernhard von Gunten
Switzerland
Täuffelen
Bern
3B RULEZ
3B RULEZ
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Mousey wrote: The game is language independent... so all you would need are the rules in English.
And like the german or french, the english rules are in the box also ;-)
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well, im sold. Like the concept, the rules, look of the pieces and the game play time. This might be ideal for our game evenings. Strikes me as simple enough to be an introductory game to non-gamers...
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Gordon Adams
United Kingdom
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It sure looks like a winner.
Just wondering if one player can play as a "two-player" game , is this possible or are there hidden clues that players distribute on the board ?
Thanks in advance.
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Doug Adams
Australia
Oakleigh
Victoria
Boink
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Gordon, the only hidden information is each player's hand of clue cards, and their secret peek at their "share" of the treasure as it's being raised.
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Posted Sat Oct 3, 2009 6:15 pm
