Designer: Rüdiger Dorn
This is Istanbul, the base game originally released in 2014, winner of the Kennerspiel, and the start of the Istanbul experience.
This game is included in the Big Box; you only need to buy this product if you want just the original Istanbul game and none of its expansions.
2-5 players
Ages 10+
40-60 minutes playtime
16 Place tiles
5 Wheelbarrows
15 Wheelbarrow extensions
26 Bonus cards
16 Mosque tiles
10 Demand tiles
12 Gold coins
15 Silver coins
30 Copper coins
1 Starting player marker
5 Merchants
25 Assistants
5 Family members
20 Good indicators
4 Mail indicators
1 Governor
1 Smuggler
2 six-sided dice
32 Rubies
5 Overviews
7 Stickers
1 Rulebook
SKU: AEG 5809
UPC: 7-29220-05809-6
MSRP: $49.99
Case Count: 6
The Istanbul Big Box contains the Base Game, Mocha & Backsheesh, and Letters & Seals, AND the Caravan promo tile!
As the experienced merchant you are, you now enter into the coffee business! There are 4 new, additional places at which you can trade the tasty bean.
You, the merchants of Istanbul, have come up with a new and quite lucrative way of earning extra money: delivering messages to the shopkeepers of the bazaar!
The classic game of Istanbul has been refactored and sped up in this new dice-centric version. Collect rubies and outwit your opponents to win!
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