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Discoveries Review: Hep Write The Jornals of Lewis and Clark

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President Thomas Jefferson gave you his orders: you'll spend the next 3 years in an expedition exploring the North-American continent, from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Discover new species of plants, animals, new native communities, and draw the maps that will guide all Americans!

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The Expedition

In 1803, after the Louisiana Purchase, President Thomas Jefferson emphasized that the North-American government was interested in expanding its territory to the Pacific Ocean Coast. Thereafter, he got the support and funds he needed to order an expedition and cross the continent, coast to coast.

On June 20th, 1803, the President recruited Captain Meriwether Lewis to lead this expedition, who, in turn, recruited his second lieutenant, William Clark, to go with him. Overall, over 30 explorers were recruited and trained for this task.

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Teaching Moments

If you want to teach someone, or yourself, how to best manage their resources, Discoveries is definitely the best choice! Without a question!

With this game, you'll have to manage your explorers, a limited number of them, acquire new temporary explorers (gray/neutral), and use other players' explorers, for an indefinite amount of time. You'll have to learn how to do all of this as efficiently as you can, as everything may change in just a second.

Actually, the only ones you can rely on are your own faithful explorers. The other ones, the gray ones, you can "somewhat" control, as they only set out when you use them. However, sometimes, if you're not that lucky, you'll have so many of them you can even lend them to other players, but that's rare.

So please keep in mind that managing your faithful explorers is hard work. The others are less difficult, but you'll have to manage your resources even more when you use your opponents' explorers. If your opponents decide to call them back, they will leave.

This is a lesson on how to manage our resources efficiently, as strategically as we can. Otherwise, we'll be "drifting away" throughout the entire game and get nowhere.

I highly recommend you take some breaks during the game to explore these concepts a bit better if other players are struggling with it, or if you just want to take some time to teach them to someone else. Using other players' explorers, for instance, is a decent strategy, but you must know how to use them - namely, in fast actions that don't take too long, as these explorers can abandon you at any point.

"Discoveries" will teach you how to manage the resources you have, what the "market" can offer you, and how to spot an opportunity. It is a great lesson in business, so use it wisely!

I highly recommend Discoveries: The Journals of Lewis & Clark to your collection!!