Navegador FAQ
59 questions players ask · Updated Nov 11, 2026 · Full rulebook
Setup
Action Selection
Sailing and Exploring
- Must a ship stay in a newly explored sea region after exploring it?
- How many ships are needed to explore an unexplored sea region?
- Can one sailing action explore more than one new sea region?
- Can you split your ships in one sailing action to explore two new regions at once?
- Can the two ships that enter an unexplored sea region start from different sea zones?
- Must all ships move as one group during a sailing action?
- Can ships sail backwards during a sailing action?
- Can you move your other ships after exploring a region in the same sailing action?
- How much is the explorer bonus when a new sea region is explored?
- Can ships sail through an unexplored region to reach a farther one?
- How far can each ship sail in one sailing action?
Colonies
Market
- Can you sell a good from your colonies and process the same good with your factories in one Market action?
- Do factories need matching colonies, or goods in hand, before they can process a good?
- Can a factory process a good that no one has sold yet, such as spice early in the game?
- Can the starting orange factory process a different good each time you use it?
- Does processing with a factory raise or lower your income?
- Does a market price at the top or bottom line stay blocked for the rest of the game?
Workers, Ships and Buildings
- Must you buy as many workers or ships as your churches or shipyards allow?
- Can you hold more than 9 workers or 7 ships, and what happens to the surplus?
- What do you get for selling a virtual worker or ship beyond your maximum?
- Do you lose workers when you buy a building, found a colony or take a privilege?
Privileges and Money
- When you take a privilege token, do you get cash, and where does the token go on your player sheet?
- Can you take more than one privilege token in a single turn?
- What happens if you take the privilege action when no privilege token is left in the gallery?
- Can the bank run out of money, and what happens if it does?
- Is each player's money secret in Navegador?
The Navegador Card
- When can the Navegador card be used?
- Can the Navegador card be used in the first round of the game?
- Where is the orange ship placed when the Navegador card starts with a player?
- When does the Navegador card expire, and what does the orange ship mark?
- Can you use the Navegador card to sail when you have no ships?
- Does using the Navegador card move your marker on the rondel?
Game Phases
End of the Game
- If you explore Nagasaki with the Navegador card, do you get an extra turn at the end of the game?
- Can the Navegador card be used during the final turns at the end of the game?
- After someone triggers the game end, do the remaining players finish their regular turns before each player gets a final turn?
- Does the game end when all buildings run out, or when one building type is gone?
Scoring
Navegador: Privilege CardsExpansion
- Do you get a Privilege Card, or lose your current one, when you only pass over the Privilege space?
- Does the Privilege Card 'Found one new colony' let you found a colony without a ship in the region?
- Do you lose a worker when you take a Privilege Card while using the Privilege space?
- Is the Privilege Card building discount applied once, or for each building you buy?
- Does the Move Backwards on the Rondel card give you an extra action on the turn?
- When in your turn can you play a Privilege Card, before or after your regular move?
- Must you take the matching rondel action to use a Privilege Card?
- If you move backwards with a Privilege Card onto or past the orange ship, do you lose the Navegador card?