The Quest for El Dorado (2017)

Another term I’m not very fond of, because it’s used far too often, is “modern classic”, but if any game actually deserves the title, it’s The Quest for El Dorado.

We adore The Quest for El Dorado and cannot recommend it enough. Plenty on offer for the casual gamer and more strategic players alike.

Mike from The Brothers Murph highly praises The Quest for El Dorado as an excellent, approachable deck-building and racing game, highlighting its durability and excitement as a board game.

The reviewers found 'The Quest for El Dorado' to be a highly enjoyable deck-building race game, appreciating its strategic depth in managing cards for efficient movement, with the game growing on them during play.

The game is excellent–charming, simple but deep, and expandable. I’ve enjoyed it with gamers and family alike and expect it to have a good shot at winning the Spiel.

The reviewer enthusiastically praises The Quest for El Dorado as a superb, simple, and clean deck-building race game, highlighting its accessibility and engaging gameplay as an excellent recommendation for both new and experienced players alike.

Rahdo enthusiastically praises The Quest for El Dorado as a fantastic, elegant, and perfectly streamlined deck-building race game, even suggesting it deserved the Spiel des Jahres award over King Domino despite minor concerns about card variability and two-player dynamics.

The Quest for El Dorado is a quick, accessible, and highly replayable race game that manages to capture the essence of both deck building and streamlined race mechanics in a game that is perfectly suited for the Spiel. This is a fantastic game and with tens of thousands of layout combinations, it’s one you can continue playing for a long time to come.

El Dorado, along with Tigris and Euphrates, is a game that I think everyone should have in their collection. It’s brilliant.

The reviewer highly praises The Quest for El Dorado, noting that it exceeded his expectations due to its streamlined deck-building, engaging player interaction, and the enjoyable dilemmas created by opponents blocking paths. He found it to be a genuinely fun racing game that he thoroughly enjoyed with every play.

The reviewer found The Quest for El Dorado to be a very enjoyable game, highlighting its nice combination of deck-building and race mechanics, particularly praising the dynamic market system and the strategic importance of blocking other players' movement.

The reviewer highly praises The Quest for El Dorado as an excellent and surprisingly enjoyable deck-building race game, particularly highlighting its brilliance as a two-player experience due to its quick pace, clean mechanics, and high replayability through modular map tiles.