Pax Hispanica rules, TTS

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Rules of boardgame Pax Hispanica by designer Phil Eklund. It is the year 1600 during the “Pax Hispanica”. Spain is the richest and the most powerful country in the world and her Caribbean ports are already a century old. Each year, a fabulous treasure fleet of galleons known as the flota arrives and returns to Spain laden with treasures from the Far East, Perú, and Mexicó worth 20 million ducats. So far, no pirate has ever been able to touch these riches. But the recent defeat of the Spanish Armada seems a harbinger that other cultures and religions could make landfall in the Spanish Main. As in all Pax games, your victory drives the future of the region, driven by the ambitions and decisions of your character. Starting as a teenager, you decide if you want to become a liberator, a priest, a royal, or a pirate. Soon, English, Dutch, and French buccaneers would arrive in force, burning and looting every significant port of the Spanish Main. More benevolently, boatloads of persecuted Protestant refugees are establishing illegal colonies and pirate havens. Spanish governors are ordered to quash the infidel squatters, as well as the infernal pirates, but funding for these efforts has been bankrupted by the fundamental unsoundness of Spain’s mercantilist policies. More often than not, these governors collaborate with the foreigners to bypass Spanish shipping monopolies. So do Spanish merchants, forbidden by law to trade with not only foreigners, but also with each other. According to the mercantilist Spanish Exclusive, all goods produced must be exported by the flota to Seville, where they can be taxed by the royal fifth. Since the decadent crown could not provide what the Main needed to survive, the black market was part of everyday survival for everyone from missionaries to governors. Recorded on 17. 3. 2025 on Tabletop Simulator. Living rules: https://assets.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:US:b7f8e063-fdb9-42e3-9b2c-89e9a11cabc0?view=published# 0:00 Introduction 3:00 Overview of the components 3:48 Setup 10:05 Overview of the four years cycle 12:55 Goods year 13:10 Goods year - Player Order 17:38 Goods year - Cathedral refresh 19:07 Goods year - Labor acquisition (Slaves and Citizens) 21:23 Goods year - Colony dieoff 22:08 Goods year - Goods placement, Slave attrtion and earnings 25:05 Auction year 26:18 Auction year - Auction 30:50 Auction year - Professional draw 32:48 Auction year - Debauchery 33:30 Omens 34:24 Play year 35:35 Play year – playing Haven cards for Callow actions 37:38 Play year – playing Market cards 38:35 Play year – Mutiny 40:05 Play year – Midlife crisis 41:15 Play year – Action limit (Sway) 42:51 Play year – Anchoring Peerages 46:00 Play year – Anchoring Ship (Flagship) 47:55 Play year – Disk Action 49:37 Play year – Bible and Literacy Action 51:00 Play year – few other Actions 51:45 Play year – Apostacy Action 53:34 Play year – Hand limit and selling cards 56:11 Sail year 57:00 Sail year – from Europe to Pirating 57:22 Sail year – Recoinassance 57:36 Sail year – sailing across map 58:45 Sail year – Legalities of Ships 59:30 Sail year – Friendly port 1:01:30 Sail year – Smuggler Flagship (Cargo limit) 1:02:38 Sail year – Conquistador Flagship 1:03:28 Sail year – Privateer Flagship 1:04:40 Sail year – Plunder Flagship 1:05:00 Sail year – Land battle 1:10:15 Sail year – Citizen or Slave killed in land battle 1:12:00 Sail year – Attacking Rebels 1:12:50 Rebel and Rebellions 1:13:47 Sail year – Enslave 1:15:38 Sail year – loading Citizens 1:16:30 Sail year – sailing to Europe 1:17:40 Sail year – Pirate interdiction 1:18:38 Sail year – Surrender to pirates 1:19:09 Sail year – sea battle 1:21:08 Sail year – pirates sailing with Treasure to Europe 1:22:10 Sail year – burying Treasure on island 1:23:38 Sail year – Treasure fleet winning over pirates 1:24:57 Sail year – Phasing player vs interdiction 1:27:22 Sail year – Unloading Treasure in Europe 1:29:40 Sail year – Unloading Relic 1:31:28 Negotations between players 1:32:10 End of the game – extremist victories 1:34:55 End of the game – token victory 1:36:52 Final comments