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Designers |
Phil Eklund Matt Eklund Jim Gutt |
Publisher | Sierra Madre Games |
Players | 1-5 |
Playtime | 120 mins |
Suggested Age | 12 and up |
Additional Info |
128780/pax-porfiriana
http://boardgamegeek.com/forum/1283282/pax-porfiriana/reviews
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Pax Porfiriana – Latin for "The Porfirian Peace" – refers to the 33-year reign of dictator Porfirio Díaz, who ruled Mexico with an iron hand until toppled by the 1910 Revolution.
As a rich businessman (Hacendado) in the turbulent pre-revolutionary borderlands of the U.S. and Mexico, players compete to build business empires of ranches, mines, rails, troops, and banks while subverting opponents with bandidos, Indians, and lawsuits. Each turn goes as follows:
1. Action Phase: Perform three actions, such as play new cards, get new cards from the market, speculate on cards in the market, buy land, or redeploy troops.
2. Discard Headlines: Remove any Headlines (i.e. cards with the Bull-Bear icon) that have reached the leftmost position in the Market.
3. Restore Market: Restore the Market to twelve cards.
4. Income Phase: Collect one gold per Income, Extortion, and Connection Cube in play. If Depression, pay one gold for each card in play (includes Partners and Enterprises in your Row, and all of your Troops).
Four "scoring" cards (Toppling) are in the game and their effect depends on the current form of government. The government can change if troops are played and as a result of other cards. The form of government also influences different production values of the game, such as how much mines produce. Players win by toppling Díaz, either by coup, succession, revolution, or annexation of Mexico by the U.S. If Díaz remains firmly seated at the end of the game, then the player with the most gold wins.
Pax Porfiriana includes 220 cards, but only fifty cards (along with ten for each player) are used in a game, so no two games will be the same!
Eklund's Pax series aren't for the faint of heart. These are mean, interactive, and fast paced. Things change so suddenly, you'll find your foundations are but sand quite often. I love this game, wish I could play it more.
Once you have the rules in your head, it's a pretty straightforward, simple game to play, but a lot to explain up front. At its core, it's a tableau builder with a ton of ways to interact. Couldn't recommend more, it's a shame how little attention this pax game has gotten
Even after the release of a few other games based on the same principal, I come back to pax porfiriana the most. Also a great implementation on yucata.de
This game has a great deal of tension and it's a bit complex to learn because the cards do not have a uniform approach to symbols and art. However it's so tense once you learn to play and becomes a real mexican stand-off to the end. Allegiances will fall and rise - makes for a really great time
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