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Merchant of Venus: The Variant Mini Expansion
Requires:Merchant of Venus
Designed by Richard Hamblen
Published by The Avalon Hill Game Co
Expansion
Table Status Unknown
Players: Games with Solitaire Rules
Space: Venus
Players
1-6
Play Time
180 min
Complexity
N/A
Rating
7.6
Year
1990
Community Snapshot
~180 min
7.6 on BGG (7)
Categories
Designed for 1–6 players and playable in ~180 min, Merchant of Venus: The Variant Mini Expansion delivers a experience that earned a 7.6 on BGG.
How It Plays
Dice Rolling
You roll dice to determine outcomes — there's always that thrilling moment of suspense before they land!
Pick-up and Deliver
You pick up goods from one location and deliver them to another for rewards — efficient routes mean big payoffs.
Point to Point Movement
You move between connected locations on the board — the map's layout decides your travel options.
Roll / Spin and Move
Roll the dice (or spin a wheel) and move that many spaces — a classic way to race around a board.
About This Game
Merchant of Venus provides a nice, solid base upon which to build variants. In addition to providing a simple movement system for combining speed, navigation and carrying capacity, it provides a balanced economic model with which to play. These two aspects combine to be very handy when you're modelling such expensive pastimes as war, politics or civilization.…
Source: BoardGameGeek