Tanuki Games

Adamastor

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$16.49 $24.99 In stock

Category: Board Games

As the captain of a fleet during the Age of Discovery, you have been chosen by your king to explore uncharted lands and map the edges of the known world. Each game presents a new challenge where you’ll need to guide your crew with wisdom and resolve, all in service of your kingdom’s glory. Fierce winds and sudden storms will test your leadership, while the cards in your hand will help you maintain morale and steer your crew across the seas.

Though hardships may wear you down, they also teach you valuable skills to overcome the trials ahead. Victory lies in reaching your destination. But beware! Failure awaits if morale crumbles or your crew turns against you.

Adamastor is a hand and tableau management game built around multi-use cards, with an optional story-driven campaign mode. Events trigger based on icon combinations, bringing harsh challenges—and occasional rewards. As you play, trauma cards accumulate, abstracting the crew’s growing despair and escalating the difficulty. Whether in single sessions or the linked campaign, every voyage tests your resilience in this brutal age of sail.

  • LEAD YOUR CREW INTO THE UNKNOWN: As captain of a fleet in the Age of Discovery, guide your sailors through perilous seas, fierce storms, and growing despair to chart new lands and earn your kingdom’s glory.
  • STRATEGIC HAND & TABLEAU MANAGEMENT: Every card in your hand is a vital resource—use them to maintain morale, navigate rough waters, and survive as events and hardships unfold dynamically throughout your voyage.
  • IMMERSIVE CAMPAIGN OR STANDALONE PLAY: Experience Adamastor in single-session voyages or dive into its story-driven campaign mode, where your choices carry forward and the sea’s trials grow more punishing with each leg of the journey.
  • CHALLENGING, REPLAYABLE GAMEPLAY: With multi-use cards, shifting weather conditions, and accumulating trauma mechanics, no two expeditions play alike. Adapt, endure, and lead your crew to their final destination—or fall to despair.
  • PREMIUM COMPONENTS & IMMERSIVE DESIGN: Includes map, sailing, and encounter cards, campaign sheets, multipurpose tokens, and a detailed ship token—all crafted to bring the Age of Discovery to life for strategy and story-driven gamers.

Contents:

15 Regular Map Cards • 3 Final Destination Map Cards • 40 Sailing Cards • 45 Encounter Cards • 1 Game Turn Card • 1 Navigation Costs Card • 1 Weather Card • 1 Events Card • 1 Experience Card • 12 Campaign Cards (A-H) • 4 Cards to save the campaign • 1 Ship • 30 Multipurpose Tokens • 1 Campaign Upgrades Sheet

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Customer Reviews (5.0 / 5 · 5 reviews)

Zoe ★★★★★

The exploration mechanics actually make you feel like a captain charting unknown waters, and each new map setup keeps it from getting stale. My only surprise was how cutthroat the race for the king's favor gets once everyone starts mapping.

Leo ★★★★★

Played this three times in one weekend with my partner and the map tiles never feel the same twice — each game the coastline comes out different and you're genuinely plotting routes instead of following a script. Turns move fast once everyone knows the actions, which kept it from dragging past the h

George D. ★★★★★

The map tiles are thick cardboard and the artwork makes the uncharted coastlines genuinely fun to reveal one hex at a time. Two hours flew by with three players, though setup takes a bit of sorting.