VALPARAISO (Special Order)

🛒 What's a Special Order? We don't keep this one on our shelves — it's a Special Order title we bring in from our distributor just for you. Add it to your cart like any other product; once you order, we place it with our distributor and ship it your way. Because it's ordered on demand, it arrives a little later than an in-stock item — expect at least 2 weeks before it reaches you, and we cannot promise a date.

🛒 C'est quoi une commande spéciale ? On ne garde pas cet article en stock — c'est un titre en commande spéciale qu'on fait venir de notre distributeur juste pour vous. Ajoutez-le au panier comme n'importe quel produit ; dès votre commande, on le commande chez notre distributeur et on vous l'expédie. Comme il est commandé sur demande, il arrive un peu plus tard qu'un article en stock — compte au moins 2 semaines avant de le recevoir, et on ne peut pas promettre de date.

⚠️ Special order — final sale: we order this specifically for you from our distributor, so it cannot be cancelled or refunded and ships a bit later than an in-stock item. If Poké Jeux is unable to fulfill it (e.g. distributor allocation), you are refunded in full — no fee.

⚠️ Commande spéciale — vente finale : nous commandons cet article spécifiquement pour vous chez notre distributeur ; il ne peut être annulé ni remboursé et est expédié un peu plus tard qu'un article en stock. Si Poké Jeux ne peut l'honorer (ex. allocation du distributeur), vous êtes remboursé en totalité — sans frais.

Number of Players: 2-5
Playing Time: 45-90 Minutes
Recommended Ages: 12+

In 1811, free trade is declared for the harbor city of Valparaíso in Chile. A short time later, Chile proclaims its independence. As an influential citizen of Valparaíso, you want to push the development of your city, so you send merchants into the hinterland to get hold of important export goods and send your ships overseas to gain new achievements there.

To do well in Valparaíso, you must plan well ahead, keep an eye on your opponents, and react to their actions at short notice. Almost any action influences the other players by changing costs or trading possibilities. Each building of a house must be given a lot of thought, every trade must be well-timed. Whoever wants to change the order of their initial planning during the course of the game must pay a penalty, but if your plans aren't good enough, time will slip away — in the short run as well as in the long run. You all plan simultaneously, and the end of the game may come sooner than you've hoped!

For advanced players who like planning while pressed for time, the game includes a variant using a sand timer.