Board game · 2005

Diamant

Players: 3 to 8
Duration: 20 min
Age: 8 and up
Complexity: Beginner

Alan R. Moon · Bruno Faidutti · Schmidt Spiele · Eagle-Gryphon Games

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01 Intro 00:00 02 Présentation 00:13 03 Matériel et Mise en Place 00:59 04 But du Jeu 02:56 05 Déroulement 03:27 06 Manche 03:45 07 -Phase d'Exploration 03:58 08 -Phase de Répartition: Exemple Répartition Impossible 04:24 09 -Phase de Choix 04:52 10 Sortie de Grotte 06:38 11 Exemple de Répartition Possible 07:21 12 Cartes Danger 09:15 13 Faire de la Monnaie 10:53 14 Augmentation du Danger 11:26 15 Cartes Reliques (voir Modification Edition ci-dessous) 12:34 16 Récupération de Relique 13:12 17 Un Seul Joueur dans la Grotte 14:50 18 Apparition d'un Deuxième Danger Identique 15:20 19 Fin d'Exploration 15:45 20 Valeurs des Reliques Sorties 16:52 21 5ème Grotte et Fin de Partie 19:15 22 Décompte Final 20:01 23 Conclusion 20:35 24 Variante de Choix 20:52
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Diamant — also published as Incan Gold — is a quick, fun, press-your-luck game. Players venture down mine shafts or explore paths in the jungle by turning up cards from a deck and evenly sharing the gems they find on the way, with any leftover gems being placed on the card. Before the next card is revealed, you have the chance to leave the mine and stash your holdings, including any gems you get on the way out.

Why would you leave? Because the deck also contains hazards: scorpions, snakes, poison gas, explosions and rockfalls. When a particular hazard is revealed for the second time (e.g., a second scorpion), anyone still in the shaft or on the path has to drop all the gems they've collected that round and flee for safety. The trick is that as more players leave each turn, your share of the pie grows larger, which will perhaps inspire you to explore deeper — but at the risk of ending up with nothing.

All editions of Incan Gold and later editions of Diamant include five artifact cards that are shuffled into the deck of gem and hazard cards, either one per round or all at once. When an artifact card is revealed, no one can take this card and it's placed on the path. If exactly one player leaves at the end of a turn, they collect not only all gems that remain on the path, but the artifact as well, which is worth extra points at the end of the game.

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