Merchant princes - Men of the Sea is a beautifully illustrated game by Reiner Knizia and comes from the Pegasus Publishing. The game material is made of high quality wood quality and stable maps, which are visually very appealing. Moreover, the straightforward rule of the game is very appealing, so that the same can be played.

We are located in the 16 Century, where various goods shipped throughout the world. Now we need to sell the goods as profitably as possible to the end to have the most money.

There are various products in the form of cards and four special cards. This, each player is dealt three product cards to the hemp and two special cards, the merchant ships, which are open to interpretation. All other goods cards are the hidden Zugstapel, while the special cards to sort of open design. In addition, six commodity card face up in the middle of the table.

Having now placed on the ships from the stock cubes are to begin the first round. Each player performs two phases.

In the first phase, one can exchange cubes on their own ships against another stone from the general supply of goods to buy a special card or pass. Read more »