Banana Wars: US Intervention in the Caribbean 1897-1933
BGG rank
BGG #18,658
BGG rating
7.1

Banana Wars: US Intervention in the Caribbean 1897-1933

2020

Rules assistance for Banana Wars: US Intervention in the Caribbean 1897-1933

Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.

  • 2 players
  • Complexity 2.3/5

Rules assistant for Banana Wars: US Intervention in the Caribbean 1897-1933

For 2 players

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Banana Wars: US Intervention in the Caribbean 1897-1933 is a board game released in 2020 for 2 players. It was designed by John Poniske and its main mechanics are Dice Rolling, Area Majority / Influence, and Simulation.

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About the game

Description from the publisher: US intervention in Latin-America involved the US Marine Corps, Army and Navy. Caribbean nations were invaded, occupied, and sometimes native politicians deposed. Battles with native rebels were frequent. Protecting and promoting economic concerns lay at the root of US military intervention. Businesses such as the United Fruit Company and the Standard Fruit Company sought to control the Caribbean banana, sugar and tobacco trade. Our doughboys became their enforcers. "Banana Wars" is a delightful, card-driven whack-a-mole game in which the US player stamps out insurrections while the Insurrecto player creates an unending string of crises to exhaust US resources.

Questions and answers

Banana Wars: US Intervention in the Caribbean 1897-1933 supports 2 players according to the catalogue. This is the publisher’s listed player count, so the game is designed for exactly that number of participants. Variants for other group sizes, if any, are described in the rulebook of your edition, so check it before setting up a different configuration.