We are proud to announce The Dutch East Indies, a trading and stealing game set in XVII century in the Dutch East Indies by Keep Exploring Games, for 2-4 players (expandible to 5-8 with two copies) for a 45-90 minutes per game.
The version sold here is the Kickstarter multilanguage version (English, Dutch, Spanish, French, German, Italian) with all unlocked stretch-goals included.
It's possible to pay the Deluxe option in 6 installments without any interests with Paypal.
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Because The Dutch East Indies is a simple game, that you will play with your family, but with very interesting strategic aspects.
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Because you may choose your fovourite version between Basic or Deluxe. |
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Because here you may save money compared to the normal retail price (79.95 euros for the Deluxe and 39.95 euros for the Basic).
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Because with the Fidelity Program, each purchase made on giochistarter allows you to gain/increase a permanent discount linked to your account.
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Becuse here the shipments costs are 4.27 euros! |
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Because here you can participate in the "Faster Click" contest and win a Bomarzo, board game, if you are the fastest participant to join the campaign.
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Because here you may participate to the Share contest and win a game of Vinhos or Lisboa, if you will be the winner. |
- 2-4 players (or 5-8 players with 2 copies)
- Age 8+
- 45-90 minutes per game
- Very simple rules, yet very strategic
- 100% Language independent - please send us a message if you'd like to translate the rules in your language! We already have translators for: Dutch, German, Italian, Portuguese, Greek, Zuid-Afrikaans and Spanish.
- A basic and a deluxe edition
First, move the pirates according to the wind direction die:
Then move your boats and/or take actions! The three main choices each turn:
Trading with locals (at wild islands):
Upgrading your ship (at Market Island):
Battling - Trying to steal spices from your opponents:
First player to collect (trade or steal) 2 spices of each of the four types and brings them back to his/her home island wins the game!
For a deeper understanding of the game, you can either watch the (p)reviews below or download the rulebook here.
The publisher Exploring Games is from Dordrecht, Netherlands. He already produced the game Scuba, with great success
These the guys who developed the game:
Shipping to Italy costs 4.27 euros. For other countries, the shipping cost will be shown after clicking the "Proceed to checkout” button on the cart. Some examples (there are different options, the cheapest solution is shown):
France, Germany, Belgium, Spain, UK, Netherlands, Sweden, Poland, Norway: 10.95 euro
USA/Canada: 26.92 euro
China, Japan, Korea: 13.20 euro
Retailer shipping cost depends on order size and is shown on the Shipping cost page.
You can also pick-up your copy free of charge at our pickup point in Rome. If the game will be ready, will be also possible to pick-up it at our stand at the Essen Fair (Germany) or at the Lucca Comics and Games Fair (Italy). If the game will not be ready, shipping costs will be due.
Games will be shipped from November 2017 or as soon the publisher Keep Exploring Games will provide us the games.
Note: We strongly suggest that you specify a telephone number in your profile. This helps a lot with the game delivery. We will use the address specified in your GS account profile at the moment of shipping: this means you can change it as you wish until that date, as we will use the last address provided.
Production. A distinction must be made between games that are printed by Giochix directly and those that are printed “indirectly” by another publisher.
In the first case, we have direct control over the entire printing process and we can intervene quickly to adjust for any potential issues where necessary.
In the second case, we may only interact with the publisher that prints the game, without any ability to make immediate changes during the production process.
This means that once the games are printed by us, the shipping date that we have indicated in the project will be a reasonably safe deadline. While we are confident in our abilities to meet the designated timing, unfortunately, delays are always a possibility and this must be taken into account. In the second case, for “indirect” games, the shipping date is purely indicative.
Unfortunately it can happen that the deliveries suffer a delay and this should be considered before making a purchase. Of course we will inform you immediately if something were to happen.
-> The Dutch East Indies is printed by Keep exploring games. It is therefore a “indirect” game.
Components. Game specifications and components are to be considered indicative of the final product and may be changed during final production.
Project pages. Sometime there can be small vartiations between the pages of this project in the different languages. In that case, refer to the project’s English page.
Fairs. It is possible for the game's shipment to be scheduled to occur during a time frame close to a larger game fair, such as; Essen Fair in Germany or Lucca Comics and Games in Italy. It is important to note that we will be showing/selling the game at these fairs independently of campaign participant shipment status. Attending these fair events is vital to the game's chances for success.
Canceling. An order can be canceled/refunded before the end of the campaign by clicking on the specific button in the order page (or by sending us an e-mail with the contact form with the specific request). After the end of the campaign, an order can be canceled only within 15 days from the order date. Besides these options, the order is considered as valid and is not cancelable/refundable.
Shipments. We ship by postal service or by supported courier (UPS, GLS, SDA, etc.)
We reserve the right to separate the contents of an order into different shipments or to merge the contents of different orders in the same shipment to improve the shipment's delivery speed and any required logistics management. If this happens, there will not be any additional costs to you as a customer (nor right to any refund).
Shipments made by courier or by insured postal service can be tracked and are considered insured.
Shipments made by the postal service are not insured and cannot be traced. While rare it is also possible that a package may be lost (0.1-1%). The insurance option for postal services costs an additional 3 euros.
Courier shipments may take about 1-2 days for Italy, 3-6 days for EU/US/Canada and 1-2 weeks for the rest of the world. Postal service shipments require about 1-2 weeks for Italy, 2-7 weeks for EU/US/Canada and 4-8 weeks for the rest of the world. Please note that the postal service in the same case can be slow and may suffer several weeks of additional delay. This happens very rarely but it is still a possibility and is out of our control. If you would like a faster delivery, or wish to avoid any risk of a long delay in the arrival of the package, please use a courier service.
Courier shipment insures against package loss, destruction and package damage. Postal service insurance insures against package loss or destruction. Insurance requires a customer claim to be made when the package is delivered. Ask the postman.
If the game failed to arrive because of your mistake (wrong address, recipient absent, not picking up at courier/postal warehouse, etc.), you will have to pay an additional shipping/warehousing cost for us to re-send/re-deliver your game. This cost will also include the return costs of the game. On the other hand, if the error is ours, we will send it again to you at our expense. If the package is lost or destroyed, we will reship it at our expense only if it was insured.
Please note that we will not reship any game without first having investigated what happened to the first shipment. This can be processeed quickly through the courier service option, but may require an additional 1-5 weeks through the postal service.
If you live outside of the European Community, custom's taxes may be added. This usually doesn't happen for boardgames; however, please check your country's rules and regulations as this aspect will not be our responsibility.
We will no longer accept complaints related to this campaign after 12 months from the date of shipment.
