Istanbul (board game)
| Designers | Rüdiger Dorn |
|---|---|
| Publishers | Pegasus Spiele Albi |
| Players | 2 to 5 |
| Playing time | 50 minutes |
| Age range | 10 and up |
Istanbul is a German-style board game designed by Rüdiger Dorn and illustrated by Andreas Resch and Hans-Georg Schneider, published in 2014 by Pegasus Spiele.
In 2014, Istanbul won the Kennerspiel des Jahres award. In 2015, an expansion Istanbul: Mocha & Baksheesh was released, which includes coffee, guild halls and taverns.
Gameplay
The players move a merchant and his four assistants through the bazaar in Istanbul. At various locations, you can leave assistants to handle specific tasks and you need to pick them up again, once finished. Hence careful planning of the allocation of your assistants is needed. During the game, the merchant pushes a wheelbarrow of increasable size and acquires special abilities, but most importantly buys and sells goods in order to be the first one to acquire five rubies.
Awards
- 2014 Kennerspiel des Jahres winner[1]
References
- ^ "Spiel des Jahres official site: 2014 winner". (in German)
External links
- Istanbul at BoardGameGeek
- Istanbul on Pegasus Spiele's website