I brought it for my arkham horror cards, they fit perfectly and it looks amazing.
Got a bag for the tokens, but it's just big enough for all of them. Could be bigger.
Designer | Serge Laget |
Publisher | Days of Wonder |
Players | 2-5 |
Playtime | 60 mins |
Suggested Age | 8 and up |
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Additional Info |
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In Serge Laget's Cargo Noir – his fourth standalone box game from Days of Wonder – players represent "families" that traffic in smuggled goods in a 1950s noir setting. Each turn, you'll set sail to various ports where cargo is known to get "lost" for the right price – Hong Kong, Bombay, Rotterdam, New York and more – and you'll make an offer for the goods on display. If another family then offers more in that port, you'll need to up your bid or take your money and slink away to look for goods elsewhere. Stand alone in a port, though, and you'll be able to discretely move the goods from the dock to your personal warehouse. Says Laget in a press release accompanying the game announcement, "Everything in Cargo Noir grew from a core auction mechanism that is simple and trivial to explain – you can only bid up, and the last bidder standing gets the goods."
Once you collect goods, you can trade them in to add more ships to your fleet – allowing you to scout for wares in more locations – purchase Victory Spoils, or take other actions. The more goods you collect, the more valuable they can be. The player with the most Spoils at game end wins.
Tension arises from your desire for bargains in obtaining particular goods versus needing to fend off other buyers who could outbid you, resulting in a turn in which you obtain no payoff from that port. Plays well at 2-5p. Of course at 2p, you need to avoid running out of coins because your opponent can buy any goods she wants with a single coin bid at a port! I appreciate Serge Laget’s design that cut out every rule that wasn’t indispensable to making the game work well, and the fun illustration style of Miguel Coimbra.
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I brought it for my arkham horror cards, they fit perfectly and it looks amazing.
Got a bag for the tokens, but it's just big enough for all of them. Could be bigger.