Board game · 2014

Istanbul

Players: 2 to 5
Duration: 40 min
Age: 10 and up
Complexity: Family

Rüdiger Dorn · White Goblin Games · Pegasus Press · Pegasus Spiele

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01 Intro 00:00 02 Présentation 00:13 03 Matériel et Mise en place (3 à 5 joueurs) 00:26 04 But du Jeu 05:16 05 Ressources Initiales 06:00 06 Déroulement 06:47 07 Déplacements 07:24 08 Action "Entrepot" 08:35 09 Tours de Jeu Suivants 09:11 10 Rencontrer un Marchand adverse 09:30 11 Le Contrebandier (pion Noir) 10:57 12 Action "Salon de Thé" 12:40 13 Le Gouverneur (pion Violet) 14:23 14 Action "Bureau de Poste" 16:14 15 Actions "Marchés" 17:28 16 Action "Marché Noir" 19:21 17 Action "Fabriquant de Charrettes" 20:34 18 Actions "Mosquées" 21:45 19 Tuiles Bonus des Mosquées 23:40 20 Gestion des Assistants 26:56 21 Action "Fontaine" 27:38 22 Action "Caravansérail" 29:02 23 Action "Marchand de Gemmes" 30:19 24 Action "Palais du Sultan" 31:03 25 Action "Poste de Police" 31:32 26 Rencontre d'un Membre d'une Famille Adverse (pion Haut) 32:32 27 Les Cartes Bonus 33:33 28 Fin de Partie 36:31 29 Le Jeu à 2 Joueurs 38:38 30 Variante Pions Neutres (à moins de 5 joueurs) 39:52 31 Les autres Placements de Plateau Possibles 40:37 32 Conclusion 42:53

In brief

There's hustle and bustle at Istanbul's grand bazaar as merchants and their assistants rush through the narrow alleys in their attempt to be more successful than their competitors. Everything must be well organized: wheelbarrows must be filled with goods at the warehouses, then swiftly transported by the assistants to various destinations. Your goal? Be the first merchant to collect a certain number of rubies.

In Istanbul, you lead a group of one merchant and four assistants through 16 locations in the bazaar. At each such location, you can carry out a specific action. The challenge, though, is that to take an action, you must move your merchant and an assistant there, then leave the assistant behind (to handle all the details while you focus on larger matters). If you want to use that assistant again later, your merchant must return to that location to pick him up. Thus, you must plan ahead carefully to avoid being left with no assistants and thus unable to do anything...

In more detail, on a turn you move your merchant and his retinue of assistants one or two steps through the bazaar, either leave an assistant at that location or collect an assistant left earlier, then perform the action. If you meet other merchants or certain individuals at the location, you might be able to take a small extra action. Possible actions include:

Paying to increase your wheelbarrow capacity, which starts the game with a capacity of only two for each good. Filling your wheelbarrow with a specified good to its limit. Acquiring a special ability, and the earlier you come, the easier they are to collect. Buying rubies or trading goods for rubies. Selling special combinations of goods to make the money you need to do everything else.

When a merchant has collected five rubies in his wheelbarrow, players complete that round, then the game ends. If this player is the only one who's reached this goal, he wins immediately; otherwise ties are broken by money in hand.

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