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Isaribi

FIshermen in Edo

You are a fisherman in the old imperial town of Edo, take your boat out to fish and sell your catch for money, supported by new technology and collaborators.

As a first phase you prepare the market and the available catch: You draw the given number of market cards, put them on display and reveal the first one. From the fish deck you draw - in given order - one card per type of seafood and put the given number of seafood cubes on them. Then you can - if you hold him - use the speculator - and then all place their boats either in the current region for catching fish or in the harbor. Then you can either take a turn or quit for the round. For a turn you have action points according to the boat card and may fish, move the boat, sell your catch, acquire a technology or turn up a market card. If you pass for the round, you take one of the available collaborators, put him on display and - if applicable - use his instant effect. At the end of the round you need to discard a possible surplus of seafood cubes over the allowance from boat, helpers and special ability, and pay 3 coins penalty.

For the next round all seafood cubes go back to stock and cards are removed from the game. Collaborators change catch amounts or let you check market cards, give you money or a new technology, and so on. After five rounds you win with most money.

Isaribi is a placement and gathering game on the borderline of challenging family game and an expert game; the possible actions are always limited, either by available technology, the market situation or even by available action. Isaribi is definitely a collector’s item for fans of the Hisashi Hayashi.

Players: 3-5

Age: 10+

Time: 45+

Designer: Hisashi Hayashi

Artist: ryo_nyamo

Price: ca. 28 Euro

Publisher: Okazu Brand / Japon Brand 2014

Web: www.japonbrand.com

Genre: Gather, place

Users: With friends

Version: multi

Rules: en jp

In-game text: no

Comments:

Topic and mechanisms go well together

Basically standard mechanisms

Unusual, very beautiful graphics

Of interest for all fans of the designer

Compares to:

All pick up and deliver games

Other editions:

Currently none

Chance (pink): 1

Tactic (turquoise): 2

Strategy (blue): 1

Creativity (dark blue): 0

Knowledge (yellow): 0

Memory (orange): 0

Communication (red): 0

Interaction (brown): 2

Dexterity (green): 0

Action (dark green): 0