Cangaceiros

In Brazil in the late 1800s and early 1900s, large landowners called "coronéis" starved the north-east of the country in an extensive area that included the Sertão desert. In this... (read more)

Reviews
mixed, 61% of all reviews are favorable
Playtime
60 minutes
Published
2023
Age
13+
Publisher
Ares Games
Players
2 to 5 players
Designer
Roberto Pestrin
Playstyle
Involved
Game's Categories
Strategy Game, Variable Player Powers, Hand Management, Fighting, Adventure, Area Movement, and Ares Games
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Description

In Brazil in the late 1800s and early 1900s, large landowners called "coronéis" starved the north-east of the country in an extensive area that included the Sertão desert. In this climate of corruption and abuse, the Cangaceiros - bandits who violently opposed the status quo - were born.

Cangaceiros is a strategic competitive game in which each player plays a gang that tries to survive in hostile desert territories while being hunted by the Volantes, the state police trained to kill them. Each band has a chief chosen from the twenty available, each with its own unique abilities and characteristics.

The management of each seven-card deck is fundamental, with players using cards to collect resources, place bandits to guard a region, attack the Volantes, assault the prison of the city of Recife, convert accumulated resources into fame, train their leader, and recruit new members for the gang.

You win by accumulating fame points, which are obtained by attacking the Volantes, but also by training your boss to solve his life goal and help him retire in glory. You also gain fame points in several other ways, and whoever collects the most fame wins.

• Action/Event• Area Movement• Hand Management• Move Through Deck• Variable Player Powers• Variable Set-up

Contents

  • 1 Double-sided Map Board
  • 96 Cards
  • 5 Player Boards
  • 5 Wooden Gang Meeples
  • 55 Wooden Cangaceiros Meeples
  • 15 Wooden Training Markers
  • 5 Wooden Fame Markers
  • 43 Wooden Volante Meeples
  • 20 Wooden Wound Cubes
  • 129 Tiles & Tokens
  • 1 Rulebook

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$54.95
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$65.00
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Games with Variable Player Powers