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Jaipur

Price: PHP 1,150 (SW - Mint)

Manufacturer: Asmodee, GameWorks
Designer: Sebastien Pauchon
Ages: 12+
Players: 2
Time to Play: 30 Minutes
Game Type: Card

Jaipur, capital of Rajasthan. You are one of the two most powerful traders in the city. But that's not enough for you, because only the merchant with two Seals of Excellence will have the privilege of being invited to the Maharaja's court. You are therefore going to have to do better than your direct competitor by buying, exchanging, and selling at better prices, all the while keeping an eye on both your camel herds. A game full of surprises for seasoned traders!

My kingdom for a camel

Work hard, earn more than your opponent and become the official merchant of the Maharaja.

At the beginning of the game, three camel cards and two merchandise cards are on the table between the players, who already have five cards in hand. On your turn, you can take some cards or sell some. Each time that you take cards, you can take one or more, however if you decide to take more, then you will have to trade in the same amount of cards from your hand that you take. If you decide to take all camel cards, then they can be used later to trade. You can sell all the merchandise that you want, as long as they are all the same type. For each sale, you will receive tokens with various point values. At the end of the game, the player who has the majority of the camels also wins points.

At the end of each round, the richest merchant will receive a Seal of Excellence. The first player who receives two of the seals, wins the game.

Features:

Quick and simple to learn
New game mechanics
Easy and fast to set up

Review:

"And the game play is good, akin to Reiner Knizia’s Lost Cities in the way that luck and skill blur across one another. You roll with the punches of which cards turn up when, while having a larger degree of control over what happens that you initially realize. After five games, I’m getting a better sense of when to cash in goods, when to shoot for large hauls, and when to play for the end of the round and I feel like there’s more hill to climb in the future." ~ W. Eric Martin (boardgamenews.com)

"Pauchon’s prior games have been hit and miss for me. I adored Yspahan, and played it to death, while Metropolys I could take or leave (Yspahan was another game where the well-chosen color scheme was a big part of its visual appeal). Jaipur is definitely one of his games that I like..." ~ Eric B Vogel (rpg.net)

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