Voyages

Voyages (2021) is a roll-and-write game where you captain a ship on a high sea searching for treasure. You print the map which acts as both a scoresheet and game board, then use dice to determine where you sail and what you do. It's particularly novel because although each player shares the same dice and map, their voyages soon diverge as different tactics are in play.

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With each turn, you roll three dice for use by all the players. They then use one for direction, another for distance and one for crew duties. In this way, you navigate the map you have printed, scoring points for visiting islands, collecting and trading goods and training sailors.

As you progress, depending on where you use the dice to land, you can gain cargo, grail and other items. You build up your crew to take advantage of special items and take on the big bad enemy. The aim is to do enough of these things to gain three legendary stars and end the game.

There are different maps you can play on:

• Starter Map - With Cargo, Legendary Treasure and the Fearsome Dread.
• Cold Dark Depths - With Journals and Icebergs.
• Lighting Beacon Bay - With Beacons to light and Watchtowers

The genius is that this is all tracked on the printed maps and played with just three dice. This means you can print a whole range of different maps, but also you can play with as many people as you want. You can even play over Zoom if you want. It's fascinating to see how different players take different courses at the end of the game.

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Our examiner, Andy Robertson, first checked Voyages 2 years ago. It was re-examined by Jo Robertson and updated 15 months ago.