In the half-century after Columbus small bands of daring Spanish adventurers conquered Central and South America destroying the huge armies of long-established native empires in the process. Some won great fortunes in gold while many others only died an early death. These men were The Conquistadors. In this partly card-driven partly procedural game —a brand-new design from Jon Southard — one to five players each control a group of conquistadors trying to discover and loot the civilizations of the Americas and end up with the most gold and power.