THROUGH THE DESERT
Players: Two to Five
Time: 20 - 45 minutes
What is it all about? Players are trying to dominate a stretch of desert by claiming water, land and oases with varying caravans.
What do you do? Players take turns placing two camels. They receive points for connecting to oases, covering water holes and closing off territory. Other points are earned by using the most camels of a color. There are five colors of camel which each player may use, though two different caravans of the same color cannot occupy adjacent spaces. The game ends when all the camels of one color are gone.
Why is it fun? While the strategies are fairly straightforward (get the most points, rope off the biggest area), balancing defensive and offensive moves is tricky. In addition, the game may end at any time once there are two camels of one color making late game gambits much riskier.
Do you have to be lucky? There are few luck elements in this game.
How easy is it? This game is easy to take one and do well at, but winning is another matter entirely.
Um ... nerd. Giant nerd.
I mean that in a good way.
And what the hell is a URL? What do you think that I'm French or something?
Posted by: Ryan | October 25, 2006 at 07:52 PM
are you being ironic? cause if you are i'm in trouble cause i have totally played this game a million times.
Posted by: LeilaLeila | May 05, 2007 at 10:53 PM