2012 · Transportation

Santa Cruz

Players colonize an island over two independent rounds by exploring face-down tiles and placing buildings in their color. Each turn a player either plays a traveling card to reveal tiles and build homes, churches and lighthouses, or plays a scoring card that scores a particular building type, resource, or board condition for all players. Spaces near the central volcano provide higher-value placements but risk being cleared if an eruption scoring card appears. Between rounds, players keep lessons from the first to adjust their placement and scoring strategy for the second.

groupPlayers

2–4 best 3

schedulePlaying time

45 min

cakeAge

8+

psychologyComplexity

2.2 / 5