When it comes to euro games, there are no shortage of options that focus on trading in a historic setting. Whether we’re talking about games focused on the Mediterranean during The Age of Antiquity, or later, perhaps during the Renaissance, with a setting in Asia or the far reaches of Europe. With a name like The Voyages of Marco Polo, you can be assured that the subject of today’s review is no different in terms of timeline or setting, but what it does do is create a mechanically sound and very tight experience around the well used theme of trading up goods and resources to fulfill contracts and ultimately, to score victory points.

The kind of trading games that I was referring to above also come in many different weights, with the likes of say Splendor or Century: Spice Road coming in at the lighter end of the spectrum and then more complex,...