MOSKITO COAST

INTRODUCTION
Players are Drug Traffickers smuggling cocaine shipments from
Columbia into the US.

VICTORY
The first player to accumulate $50,000,000 wins.

THE BOARD
The Board is a single track 30 spaces long (Central America).
The Start space is Columbia.
The End space is USA.
Every other space is a "Safe Zone". 

PIECES
Each player gets a set of pawns of a unique color.
Each set has 2 of the following 3 types of Pawns:
Trucks (Ground)
Planes (Air)
Boats (Sea)

GOVERNMENT FORCES
There is also 2 sets of Government pawns: 
USA Pawns (Blue): 1 Ground, 1 Air, and 1 Sea. 
Central American (CA) Government Pawns (Red): 1 Ground, 1 Air, and 1 Sea.
CA Pawns start on space #5
USA Pawns start on space #25
Government pawns cannot enter the start or end spaces. 

MONEY
Use change Change. 1 Cent = S1,000,000. 

DICE
Six sided dice are needed.

SETUP
Each player picks 1 of their pieces & puts it on the start space.
Players roll high on 1D6 to see who goes first.
Players start with S10,000,000

TURN SEQUENCE
Players take turns.
Each turn has 5 Phases:
Transport Phase
Smugglers Phase
Activity Phase
Production Phase
Interception Phase

TRANSPORT PHASE
You move each of your pawns in play forward (towards US) 1D6 spaces. 
If a Pawn reaches the end space remove it from the board & get 3D6 x $1,000,000.
Capture: If you move a smuggler pawn onto a Government pawn, the smuggler is 
captured and removed from the board.

SMUGGLERS PHASE
You may discard a Transport card to cause a pawn to move 
forward an additional 1D6 spaces.
The Transport cards type (Land/Air/Sea) must match that of the Pawn.
If you land on an opponent's Pawn, remove it from the board, and 
gain 1,000,000.

ACTIVITY PHASE
Draw 1 card from the deck & put it in your hand.
If the deck runs out, shuffle the discard & draw from it.
Max hand size is 7 cards. Discard excess cards.

PRODUCTION PHASE
You may pay $1,000,000 to put one of your pawns into play on the start space.
You may discard a Narcotics Production card from your hand to play an 
additional pawn. 

INTERCEPTION PHASE
You may play (discard) a Law Enforcement card to 
move a Government pawn of the indicated type. 
The Government pawn moves 1D6 spaces in either direction. 
A Government pawn that lands on a smuggler pawn captures it: the 
smuggler is captured and removed from the board.
Your opponent may play (discard) a Corruption card to 
negate a Law card.


CARD TYPE NOTATION
N = Narcotics Production
T = Transport
L = Law Enforcement
C = Corruption
G = Ground
A = Air
S = Sea
X = Ground, Air, or Sea
Z = Opponent must discard his hand
Y = Draw 3 cards
P = Capture Target pawn at Start Space
U = Capture Target pawn at End Space 
cent = Central American Government only
usa = USA Government only

CARD LIST
Card Name:				Type:
Cocaine Republics			N
Lawless Jungle				TG
Border Tunnels				TG
Fast Boats				LS
Speed Boats				TS
Drug traffickers			TX
Pacific coast				TS
Caribbean coast				TS
Drug Kingpin				Y
Arrests					LX
Guatemalan Navy 			LScent
Coast Guard				LS
Clandestine landing strip		TA
U.S. counter-drug operations		LXusa
Smuggler's paradise			TS
Central American Corridor		TG
Drug Culture				Y
Compliant population			Y
Banana republics			N
Police in Mexico			LGcent
Trucks					TG
Cali Cartel				N
Medellin Cartel				N
Juarez Cartel 				N
Tijuana Cartel 				N
Tamaulipas Cartel			N
Violence				C
Crop-dusting program			P
Coca crop				N
Narcotics crops				N
Threats					C
Look the Other Way			C
Drug money				C
Pay-offs				C
Illegal drug market			C
Bumper Crop				N
INS					LG
Customs Service				LS
Border Patrol				LG
Bribery					C
U.S. Port of Entry			U
Inspector				LG
Columbian Exports			N
Good Growing Season			N
Drug War				Z
Smuggling game				Y
Shark Boats				TS
Contraband				N
Lottery of the Sea			TS
Transportation Fee			TX
Counterdrug Police			LX
Helicopters				LA
Turboprops 				TA
Old jets 				TA
Cocaine express				TA
Crash-land old planes			TA
Nuns					TG
Maritime anti-drug operation		LS
Fishing Boats				TS
Nicaragua's Miskito Coast		TS
Airport Search 				LA
Nicaragua's National Police 		LGcent
Crack down 				LX
Narco-traffickers			TX
Drug Bust				LX
Search & Seizure			LX
DEA Agents discover Airfield		LAusa
Radar					LA


LINKS
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