Master: Trasporti Transoceanici

A 1967 Italian game about transoceanic naval commerce. Players move their ship around a map to collect cargoes from a shipping port and deliver it to its destination, collecting the transportation fees. Movement of the ships (actually, plastic pawns) is made on a map with squares, and the speed is freely selected by the player (1 to 4 squares per movement). Each move consumes one unit of the ship fuel reserve (up to 10 fuel units maximum), and players can only refill their fuel in a bunkerage ports. The price per unit of fuel varies from port to port. Getting out of fuel implies either paying other ships to be towed or slowly drifting away, until a bunkerage port has been reached. If a ship moves in a bad weather zone, for each move the player draws a card that can inflict damages to the ship; upon reaching a total of six damages the ship is forced to reach the nearest port for repairing. Fuel units and damages are recorded by turning the numbered wheels on the cardboard representing the player ship. Available cargoes to collect and deliver are drawn randomly from a deck at the start of the game and later on during the play each time a player draws a card to check for damage. Each time a cargo has been delivered, it is immediately put back into the deck, and the deck is reshuffled. The first player to collect the agreed amount of cash wins the game and is given the title of "Master". —user summary