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Product Description
GoCaine is a multiplayer Go game
Up to six players compete to build the most lucrative cocaine trafficking network. GoCaine uses area control mechanics from the ancient surrounding stones game known as Go (in Japan), Baduk (in Korea), and Weiqi (in China). GoCaine is a fierce economic competition with lively player interactions.
While the war on dr*** trudges along its futile course, the war for control of the dr** trade continues at full throttle. The stakes are high. Forget about the frivolities of excessive wealth such as pet tigers and gold-plated AK-47s. Dr** lords at the very top of the food chain will eventually grow bored with such trappings. Those with the grandest ambitions have their sights set on something bigger: total domination of the dr** trade, wielding power that can force political leaders to their knees, dictate terms of trade, and even see armies march to enforce one’s will.
In GoCaine, players compete to establish control of cocaine supply centers in Colombia, Peru, and Bolivia, transit zones in the Pacific, Atlantic, Caribbean, Central America, and Mexico, and look to dominate the premium import markets throughout the US and Canada. GoCaine uses area control mechanics from the ancient game of surrounding stones known as Weiqi in China, Baduk in Korea, and Go in Japan.
GoCaine is a game of both area control and of logistical and economic efficiency. Deploy multipurpose security cells to gain control of territory. Use your territories to buy, ship, or sell your product. Build smuggling pipeline infrastructure so you can move more product more quickly to more locations. Buy political influence to help protect your shipments from interdiction operations and to utilize law enforcement to disrupt your opponents’ supply lines.
Whoever can move the most product the most efficiently and the most profitably will be victorious. Alliances can be made and broken throughout the game, making for lively player interactions. In the end there can be only one victor, so watch your back!
Cocaine Industry Rendered Into Multiplayer Go Game
CoCaine Industry Rendered into Multiplayer Go Game
GoCaine is a fun but intense strategy game that has taken the cocaine industry and transformed it into a multiplayer Go game.
2-6 players can play, but the game is best with 4, 5, or 6 players.120-240 minutes. If you get a couple players who suffer from analysis paralysis the game will be closer to the 4 hour mark. Most games will be done between 2 to 3 hours.
Game Contents
Up to 6 players can play this game, each taking one of the following colors: blue, green, black, yellow, red, and white. Each player should have:
50 circular chips/discs. Each chip is a cell in your network, serving dual functions: as a security unit for your area control, and as a node in your trafficking network.75 interlocking cubes. Each cube represents 1 metric ton (mt) of cocaine.
Common game pieces are as follows:
The game board.51 Task Force chips. Each of these chips shows the stylized black/gold star that forms part of the emblem of the Organized Crime Dr** Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) in the US. These task forces consist of personnel from DEA, Coast Guard, CBP, ICE, FBI, ATF, IRS, US Marshals Service, US Attorneys’ Offices, Postal Service, and local police forces. They regularly conduct operations both domestically and in conjunction with law enforcement agencies in other countries. Each of these Task Force chips allows a player to perform 1 Task Force Interdiction Action through which law enforcement agencies attempt to seize cargo in whichever zone you target.6 bank loan chips. These are the black circular chips with the white dollar sign on them. Each represents a bank loan of 50 million USD.Cash in the following bill denominations:40 x 5 million USD50 x 20 million USD50 x 100 million USD2 six-sided dice (2D6)
About Kharitago Games
GoCaine is the flagship game of Kharitago Games Inc. The word Kharitago is a made-up word combining a Romanization of the Arabic word for map with the Japanese word for the strategic game of surrounding stones. Kharitago Games Inc. is based in Toronto, Canada. It is owned and operated by me, Richard Nguyen-Marshall.
For many years I wanted to have a strategy board game based on the cocaine industry. I also have always thought that having a multiplayer Go game would be fun. Finally, I found a way to wed the two ideas and GoCaine is their baby!
In no way whatsoever do I view this as an improvement on the traditional game of Go (as it is known in Japan) or Weiqi (China) or Baduk (Korea). Go is a perfect game as it is, but its traditional form is only for two players. GoCaine is a way for several people to have a fun time together in the span of an evening, enjoying each other’s company while plotting to destroy each other on the game board.
GoCaine is to Go as what a bar brawl would be to a professional boxing match. Knowing how to box will help, but with multiple people fighting, you can get hit over the head by something unanticipated. Sometimes the best strategy is to find a corner to hide in and let other fighters pummel each other senseless before you join in. Okay, so I’m a chicken!
Hope you enjoy playing! Cheers!
Richard Nguyen-Marshall
A fierce economic competition utilizing area control mechanics from the ancient game of surrounding stones known as Go (in Japan), Weiqi (in China), and Baduk (in Korea).
Deploy multipurpose security cells to gain control of territory. Use your territories to buy, ship, or sell your product. Build smuggling pipeline infrastructure so you can move more product more quickly to more locations. Buy political influence to help protect your shipments from interdiction operations and to utilize law enforcement to disrupt your opponents’ supply lines.
Whoever can move the most product the most efficiently and the most profitably will be victorious.
Alliances can be made and broken throughout the game, making for lively player interactions.
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