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The game is set during the Age of Exploration. The player's goal is to mount an expedition from Spain to Hispaniola and Mexico, amassing gold and influence while building and sustaining a strong expedition force. During the course of said expedition, the player has the opportunity to influence the fate of the explored lands, be it the natives or the colonists. The player character does not participate in combat, however, with a squad fighting in your - and Spain's - stead through turn-based hex combat. The game also includes text and dialogue driven quests with branching storylines.
The game is set during the Age of Exploration. The player's goal is to mount an expedition from Spain to Hispaniola and Mexico, amassing gold and influence while building and sustaining a strong expedition force. During the course of said expedition, the player has the opportunity to influence the fate of the explored lands, be it the natives or the colonists. The player character does not participate in combat, however, with a squad fighting in your - and Spain's - stead through turn-based hex combat. The game also includes text and dialogue driven quests with branching storylines.


It can [http://store.steampowered.com/app/237430/ can be found on] [[Steam]].
It can [http://store.steampowered.com/app/237430/ can be found on] [[Steam]]. A sequel, ''Expeditions: Vikings'' has also been announced.


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* [[Dawn of an Era]]/[[End of an Age]]: Depending on which perspective you take at least.
* [[Dawn of an Era]]/[[End of an Age]]: Depending on which perspective you take at least.
* [[Deliberate Values Dissonance]]: The main character ''may'' avert this, but NPCs and party members have all manner of views that wouldn't remotely fly today.
* [[Deliberate Values Dissonance]]: The main character ''may'' avert this, but NPCs and party members have all manner of views that wouldn't remotely fly today.
* [[Early Game Hell]]: Coming into the New World unprepared or ill-equipped is a guaranteed way of making the start of the game even more difficult than it already is.
* [[Early Game Hell]]: Coming into the New World unprepared or ill-equipped is a guaranteed way of making the start of the game even more difficult than it already is.
* [[Gender Is No Object]]: There are quite a few female characters who can be recruited into the expedition (from medics to soldiers) and otherwise join your squad. It is lampshaded however in-game how this is rather unusual and contrary to the usual expectations of women in Spanish society at the time.
* [[Gender Is No Object]]: There are quite a few female characters who can be recruited into the expedition (from medics to soldiers) and otherwise join your squad. It is lampshaded however in-game how this is rather unusual and contrary to the usual expectations of women in Spanish society at the time.
* [[Morale Event Horizon]]: Lose too much morale and your party will start deserting if not a mutiny.
* [[Morale Event Horizon]]: Lose too much morale and your party will start deserting if not a mutiny.
* [[Multiple Endings]]: The game has various branching paths and endings, depending on your choices.
* [[Multiple Endings]]: The game has various branching paths and endings, depending on your choices.
* [[Noble Bigot]]: The conquistador may or may not be this. Other NPCs and party members can ''definitely'' be this, however, depending on their traits and personalities.
* [[Noble Bigot]]: The conquistador may or may not be this. Other NPCs and party members can ''definitely'' be this, however, depending on their traits and personalities.
* [[Noble Savage]]: Subverted. Some native tribes give this impression. While other factions like the Aztecs thoroughly avert it altogether.
* [[Relationship Upgrade]]: It's possible to romance various NPCs.
* [[Relationship Upgrade]]: It's possible to romance various NPCs.
* [[Rule of Cool]]: [[Word of God]] is that this is partially the reason why the developers chose Spanish exploration and colonialism as a major theme, at least compared to other European colonial attempts in the New World.
* [[Rule of Cool]]: [[Word of God]] is that this is partially the reason why the developers chose Spanish exploration and colonialism as a major theme, at least compared to other European colonial attempts in the New World.
* [[Screw This, I'm Outta Here]]: It's perfectly doable for you to simply high-tail it back to Spain, which also ends the game.
* [[Screwed by the Network]]: The publisher delayed the Spanish release for a ''long'' time. The inability of Spaniards to play a game based on Spanish history was a noted irony by the developers.
* [[Screwed by the Network]]: The publisher delayed the Spanish release for a ''long'' time. The inability of Spaniards to play a game based on Spanish history was a noted irony by the developers.
* [[Self-Imposed Challenge]]: It is very much possible to play the game as closely to the historical exploits of Cortes and other Spanish conquistadors as possible.
* [[Self-Imposed Challenge]]: It is very much possible to play the game as closely to the historical exploits of Cortes and other Spanish conquistadors as possible.
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