In 1536 Pedro de Mendoza founded the city of Buenos Aires along the Rio de la Plata river. After five years, the settlers were forced to leave the city exhausted by difficulties and the continuous attacks from the Querandies natives. A few days later that city was burnt and destroyed. About 50 years later, Juan Garay leads a new expedition and the city of Buenos Aires is built again. The challenge is tough as the first time: the resources are meagre and the natives not so friendly. Moreover, the Corsairs, paid by the English Crown, menace the Spanish settlement. Will the new settlement manage to survive?

Rio de la Plata is a strategy game where players represent the chiefs of the families of Spanish settlers of Buenos Aires. They must work together to defend and develop the city, but also look to gain sufficient prestige for themselves to take the most important political offices. At the end only one will be the new Governor! Will it be you?

Box Contens: board and rulebook, 50 workers tokens, 17 violet markers+1 blue marker, 5 scoring counters and 1 time marker, 60 pieces walls/roads, 75 resources cubes, 4 tiles: Palace, Cathedral, Fort and Harbor, 65 hut-house tiles, 21 building tiles, 12 characters tiles, 42 coins: 32 silver and 10 gold, 2 dice.