Through the Desert Board Game

£28.90

Through the Desert Board Game

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Through the Desert Board Game

Name: Through the Desert Board Game
Brand: Made In Camelot
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From the award-winning game designer Reiner Knizia comes a game of strategy, patience, and cool plastic camels! The desert is still treacherous, mysterious, and without mercy. But for those willing to risk the dangers of the shifting, sun-baked sands, the desert holds riches beyond compare. This is Through the Desert Board Game.

In Through the Desert, two to five players each control a tribe of nomads vying for control of the desert. By establishing caravans and taking over oases, the players gain points as their tribes increase in power.

Strategy is essential in deciding how and where to build your tribe's caravans. There are multiple ways to gain points and several ways to win. Should you try to build the longest caravan? Or should you dominate the desert's oases? Don't forget to keep an eye on your opponents' caravans, or you may find your own tribe cut off from valuable water holes.

Through the Desert is part of the so called Knizia tile-laying trilogy.

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Released in 1998
Designed by Reiner Knizia
Artwork by John Gravato, Atha Kanaani, Damien Mammoliti, Scott Nicely, Brian Schomburg, Claus Stephan

Mechanisms

Chaining Connections Enclosure End Game Bonuses Hexagon Grid Hidden Victory Points Network and Route Building Variable Set-up

Genres/themes

Abstract Strategy Animals Arabian

2-5 players
Best: 3

45 min
of play time

Suggested for
ages 10+

Light/Medium
complexity

1 Double-Sided Board
5 Leader Color Markers
25 Leaders (5 Per Player)
175 Camels (35 Of Each Color)
5 Largest Caravan Tokens
5 Oasis Markers
44 Point Tokens
45 Waterhole Tokens

Box Dimensions: 274 × 173 × 70 mm / 10.8 × 6.8 × 2.75 in
Box Weight: 0.85 kg / 1 lb 14 oz

New to Through the Desert Board Game? Watch this how-to-play video for a quick rundown of the rules.

Keep Through the Desert Board Game rulebook PDF on hand for game night

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