Marco Polo Deluxe Master Set has cleared 12,000 followers on Gamefound before its crowdfunding campaign opens. The official page showed 12,266 followers when this story was checked on August 22.
That is meaningful pre-launch attention for a Eurogame package, but the number is only half the signal. Board&Dice and Hans im Glück are not bringing back one old box with a nicer insert. They are building a premium set around The Voyages of Marco Polo, Marco Polo II: In the Service of the Khan, the Agents of Venice expansion, published promos, new material, solo play, and a fifth-player option for both core games.
Why the follower count matters here
Pre-launch followers do not tell you whether a game is good, and they do not guarantee a successful campaign. They do tell you whether a project has earned attention before anyone can pledge. Passing 12,000 puts this one well beyond the usual “wait and see” crowd for an upcoming deluxe reprint.
The Gamefound listing gives the project a 1-to-5-player range and a 60-to-150-minute play-time range. Board&Dice lists 1-to-5 players, ages 14+, and 40-to-120-minute sessions on its own page. The small mismatch is normal for early campaign listings; the useful shared read is that this is an expert-leaning Eurogame package, with solo and expanded-table options built into the pitch.
This is the whole Marco Polo shelf, refreshed
The original Voyages of Marco Polo is a dice-driven route-and-contract game: roll dice, choose actions, trade goods, fulfil contracts, and travel east from Venice. Marco Polo II widens that structure with a new map and missions. Agents of Venice adds its own city movement and locations, along with more contracts, goal cards, and city actions.
Board&Dice says the project comes from its partnership with Hans im Glück and calls the package a refreshed deluxe treatment for the entire series. The publisher has not published a final pledge price or delivery date on the official pages used here, so there is no reason to turn a big follower count into a buyer recommendation yet.
What is confirmed is a much bigger scope than a simple deluxe edition. The Gamefound page explicitly lists both core games, the expansion, promos, new content, solo mode, and five-player support. That is the material question for anyone who owns part of the line already: wait for campaign details before assuming the bundle makes sense for an existing collection.
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This is a watch-list story, not a review. No finished campaign price, delivery window, or final component specification has been locked publicly in the sources checked for this article. But 12,266 followers before launch is a real signal, and it fits the project’s scale.
If you already like the Marco Polo games, the next useful checkpoint is the Gamefound launch: that is when the bundle structure, pricing, and campaign-specific additions stop being a handsome preview and become an actual buying decision.
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