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Political Intrigue in Revolutionary Mexico
Profit from unrest. Manipulate politics. Decide the fate of Mexico.
Looking for a historical board game where you profit from revolution and manipulate regimes? In Pax Porfiriana, you play as a powerful hacendado during the final years of Porfirio Díaz’s dictatorship in Mexico. Build banks, exploit mines, and fund private militias, all while influencing a fragile political landscape teetering on collapse. Support rebels, fund bandits, or engineer reforms with the revolutionaries, to become the new president.
This dense, historically grounded board game uses card-driven engine-building tactics and regime-changing triggers to shape a volatile political landscape. Victory demands perfect timing,and the will to seize power when the old order collapses.
Profit from unrest. Manipulate politics. Decide the fate of Mexico.
Looking for a historical board game where you profit from revolution and manipulate regimes? In Pax Porfiriana, you play as a powerful hacendado during the final years of Porfirio Díaz’s dictatorship in Mexico. Build banks, exploit mines, and fund private militias, all while influencing a fragile political landscape teetering on collapse. Support rebels, fund bandits, or engineer reforms with the revolutionaries, to become the new president.
This dense, historically grounded board game uses card-driven engine-building tactics and regime-changing triggers to shape a volatile political landscape. Victory demands perfect timing,and the will to seize power when the old order collapses.
Game designer: Matt Eklund & Phil Eklund
Artist: Axel Kai-Nilsson
Complexity: 3.60
Artist: Axel Kai-Nilsson
Complexity: 3.60
Master the Revolution: Use card-driven engine building to fund bandits, rebels, or federales.
Topple Regimes: Trigger coups, revolutions, or assassinations to seize power at the perfect moment.
Deep Historical Strategy: Every card and mechanic is grounded in the real events of the Mexican Revolution.
Cutthroat Competition: Navigate a volatile landscape where timing and foresight are the only paths to victory.
Topple Regimes: Trigger coups, revolutions, or assassinations to seize power at the perfect moment.
Deep Historical Strategy: Every card and mechanic is grounded in the real events of the Mexican Revolution.
Cutthroat Competition: Navigate a volatile landscape where timing and foresight are the only paths to victory.
2 Rulebooks incl. solo variant
Mapboard in cloth
Cards
Prestige score board
Metal coins
Jail + Unrest tokens in wood with silkscreen
Player cubes
Mapboard in cloth
Cards
Prestige score board
Metal coins
Jail + Unrest tokens in wood with silkscreen
Player cubes
PRE-ORDER ESTIMATED SHIPPING Q1, 2026 (Changes in dates may occur.)
MSRP: 109 USD
MSRP: 109 USD
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