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The Quest for El Dorado
Year
2017
Players
2–4
Play time
60min
Min age
10+
Weight
1.94
BGG rating
7.72
BGG rank
#120
Best with
2, 4

Board game

The Quest for El Dorado

La Course vers El Dorado

Designed by Reiner Knizia

MeepleMates notes for The Quest for El Dorado

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  • Best with 2, 4 players according to player poll data.
  • BoardGameGeek average rating 7.72 and BGG rank #120.
  • Groups use this page to connect Adventure, Exploration, Racing metadata with real play history, ratings and game night notes.
  • Recommended player counts include 3.
In The Quest for El Dorado, players take the roles of expedition leaders who have embarked on a search for the legendary land of gold in the dense jungles of South America. Each player assembles and equips their own team, hiring various helpers from the scout to the scientist to the aborigine. All of them have one goal in mind: Reaching the golden border first and winning all of the riches for themselves. Whoever chooses the best tactics will be rewarded! Each player starts with a face-down deck of 8 cards- his or her expedition -to draw from. You start each turn with 4 cards in your hand. Use expedition cards to move through the jungle or hire more people for your expedition. Each card in your hand can only be used once per turn - to move or to buy 1 new card. When a player reaches one of the 3 finishing spaces, he moves to El Dorado and this triggers the final round. The other players will now play their final turn. Once the round is completed, the game is over. If the final round ends up with multiple players reaching El Dorado, the player who has collected the most blockades wins the game.

Categories

AdventureExplorationRacing

Mechanics

Deck, Bag, and Pool BuildingDelayed PurchaseGrid MovementHand ManagementHexagon GridModular BoardMulti-Use CardsOnce-Per-Game AbilitiesOpen DraftingRaceResource to MoveVariable Set-upZone of Control

Best with how many players

1
Not rec.
2
Best
3
Recommended
4
Best
4+
Not rec.

Community votes from BoardGameGeek

Language dependence

Some necessary text - easily memorized(35 of 44 votes)

Sub-rankings

  • Family Game Rank#18

Expansions in collection

Videos

YouTube5

Instructional5

BoardGameGeek10

Review3

Session5

Instructional1

Unboxing1

External data

Wikidata enrichment: 1 links · 2 facts · latest game data 07/26/2026.

Latest Wikidata run: ok · 09/12/2026.

Links

  • Wikidatawikidata.org

    Source: WikidataUpdated 07/26/2026

Facts

Publication date
2017
Publisher
999 Games