This week-end we have the pleasure to announce that Madeira, a game from Nuno Bizarro Sentieiro and Paulo Soledade, is now available on Board Game Arena!True to its name, Madeira is all about the warm island southwest of Portugal that would be quite a dream destination for the summer holidays. The game focuses on its rich history as a territorial discovery that was key to the development of the Portuguese Empire, and will allow you to live through the 3 main economic periods of the island, leading from the culture of wheat to sugar and finally to the famous Madeira wine that still makes the renown of the island today.
Madeira is a complex game of workers and ships placement, in which you'll try to juggle constraints and to find the right timing to develop in each of the 3 regions of the island, the 3 main cities, but also colonies and markets, while using the powers of the characters administering the island and courting the favours of the guilds. But of course, true prestige doesn't lie in those simple administrative tasks, and to really show your greatness you'll need to fulfill the requests from the Crown to the best of your ability. Using pirates to get to your goals is a useful possibility since they were not scarce at the time, but beware, getting too far in that direction can severely compromise your reputation!
As you can see from this short description, there is a wealth of possibilities to explore in the game, that makes every move an exciting "allright, what shall I do now?" We advise you to use well the quiet of an August month, be it at home while everyone is away, or away at some leisurely location, to discover the rules at your own pace, and read twice the "rules you may forget" section
We would like to give a lot of thanks to the publisher What's your game? for giving us the authorization to create an online adaptation of Madeira, to the authors Nuno Bizarro Sentieiro and Paulo Soledade for creating this great game, and to Elena Laskavaia (Victoria_La on BGA) who did all the hard developer work: a game of this complexity is always a challenge and she did an amazing work (especially considering that it was her first project on BGA studio). Kudos!
We hope that you'll have a great time and a lot of fun playing Madeira!
