New World

New World is a simple, multi-player game which re-creates the Age of Discovery in the 15th–18th centuries as the powers of Europe explore, conquer and ultimately colonize all of the Americas. The game is played on a map of the Americas divided into 26 hexagonal areas. Each area has a combination of natural resources, native population, climate, gold and proximity to home which makes it unique. The relative merits and dangers of each must be weighed carefully.
More than just another game of conquest, players must possess diplomatic, economic, and military skills in equal proportions, because the game is won in several contrasting ways—any of which invites incursions by others. The player who remains at peace while his opponents quarrel can overcome deficits in gold, resources, or territory. Each player maintains a fleet with which to transport his soldiers and colonists to the New World and his gold and crops home again. Once ashore, colonists may raise corps, mine gold, or push on to new lands.