Inkan aarre

Inkan aarre (Finnish for "The treasure of the Inca") is a 2005 Finnish board game, designed by Kari Mannerla as a direct sequel to his 1951 board game Afrikan tähti.

Rules

Inkan aarre is mostly similar to Afrikan tähti. Players take turns to move around a board of interconnected cities, picking up tokens in search for the famous treasure of the Inca, a golden sun god statue.

The board represents the continent of South America, and the currency used is the Mexican peso. At the start of the game, all tokens are shuffled and placed face down in the cities on the board. All players start from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and receive 300 pesos as starting money. On each player's turn, he/she rolls the die and moves his/her counter. If the player reaches a city with a token, he/she can either pay 100 pesos or stay at the city, waiting until he/she rolls a 4, 5 or 6. The tokens in the game are:

• Blank: Nothing happens
• Inca pot: The player gains 300 pesos
• Silver necklace: The player gains 600 pesos
• Golden chalice: The player gains 1000 pesos
• Demon: The player loses all of his/her money
• Native American guide: On the player's next turn, he/she can travel to any place on the board he/she wants
• Treasure of the Inca: This is the famous treasure the players are searching for
• Sun icon: Act as effective substitutes for the treasure of the Inca, once it has been found.

Travelling on the ground is free, but travelling by the sea costs 100 pesos for embarkation and 100 pesos for disembarkation. If a player has no money left, he/she can travel on the sea for free, but only 2 places per turn. Players can also use flight routes to fly immediately from one city to another. Flying costs 300 pesos.

Once the treasure of the Inca has been found, the first player to take either the treasure, or a sun icon, to Machu Picchu, Peru, wins the game.

Differences from Afrikan tähti

• The game now has one starting location (Rio de Janeiro) and one ending location (Machu Picchu), these are not interchangeable.
• The Native American guide is a new token.
• The additional rule that a player can travel on the sea for free if he/she has no money left has now been made official.