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Fur Traders & Buccaneers

Conquistador Variant (Scripted)

Fur Traders & Buccaneers published 1985 in the General Magazine (Vol 21, No 5)

Conquistador first published by SPI in 1976. Republished by Avalon Hill in 1983.

Hit Keypad 9 for the Quick Start Guide - Full rules under the Notebook tabs.

Fur Traders & Buccaneers is a one, two, three, or four player game based on the exploration and conquest of the New World in the 17th Century. Historically speaking, the colonization effort was almost entirely a two-horse race. Despite their early explorations. the French and English attempts at starting settlements were half-hearted failures. Before either of these nations managed to establish a single permanent colony in the Western Hemisphere, the seventeenth century had dawned. Nonetheless, this second wave of colonial expansion makes fascinating reading. The vitality of Spain and Portugal was played out by that time, but other states had matured enough to take their role in Western Exploration - not only France and England, but Holland, Denmark and Sweden as well. This was the fascinating era of West Indian buccaneering, the opening of the fur trade and the African slave trade. Every colonizing power produced energetic individuals whose worth and fortitude rivaled that of the brave and ruthless conquistadors who had gone before.

This variant will provide additions and changes to the Conquistador game system to make the strategic options of the years 1595-1700 possible.

Fur Traders & Buccaneers Design: Glenn Rahman

Original Game Design: Richard Berg

Development: Greg Costykian