#124 Land Ho. First scenario in explorers and pirates.

[Micah Bunting]

Land Ho uses three new pieces.

• Port city

  • Costs 2 ore, 2 grain, and a settlement (it is an upgrade like city).
  • Allows building other Land Ho pieces.
  • Has a basin that other pieces can be in.
  • Does not double income.
  • 2 victory points

• Boat

  • Cost 1 wood, 1 sheep.
  • Can only be made on an edge next to a port city.
  • Can move across 4 sea edges each turn.
  • All boats can move every turn.
  • Can be on an edge with another piece.
  • Can carry one of the following
    • settler
    • 1 or 2 sailors (different scenario)
    • fish (different scenario)

• Settlers

  • Costs 1 wood, 1 sheep, 1 grain, and 1 brick.
  • Can only be made in a port city.
  • Can be moved by boat.
  • Can upgrade to settlement.
    • Consumes both boat and settlers
    • No resource cost.

• Sailor

  • Not used in this scenario, but list to be more complete.
  • Costs a ore and a sheep.
  • Can be on a hex, on port city, or boat.
  • Provides some benefit when on certain hexes.

Now for discussion.

• Costs of the pieces are almost exactly the same as other peices used.
  • boats = ships
  • settler = settlement
  • sailor = knight (not implemented yet)
  • port city ~= city

• Boats are more powerful to use then ships.

• Do we need to have the same costs as the board game?

  • I say no. We have the bridge. could be compared to the bridge in the great river scenario in traders and barbarians, but the cost is different.
    • pioneers: 1 wood, 1 sheep, 1 brick
    • The great river: 1 wood, 2 brick.

• I propose the costs should be altered.

  • boat: sheep, 2 wood, grain
  • port city: 2 sheep, 2 ore.
  • settler: 2 brick, grain, sheep.
  • sailor: ore and grain

[Roland Clobus]

Pioneers is a game that has many similarities to the famous Settlers of Catan board game, but it is a product for itself. That means that we (the developers) are free to create/implement features that differ from the board game. Even better, because that makes it clear that Pioneers is not a blind copy but a separate game.