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Johari

Jewelry trade in Jaipur

On the jewel market of Johari you trade in gems, beware of paste copies and will win with most prestige. The game is prepared as stated in the rules - noblemen are laid out, shops on the board and bazaar stalls are filled with jewel cards and each player takes his own board and action cards in his color as well as four jewel markers. Each of ten market days comprises the phases of replenishing the market, three market rounds and end of the market day, which must be resolved in turn. At the start of each day a new nobleman enters the market; noblemen already in the market change positions and new jewel cards come into play and are placed into shops and stalls. In the three market rounds you play one face-down action card onto your own board; then all reveal their card, implement the action in order of their gold reserves and pay the price for buying, Baksheesh, sale to jewelers or collectors, trading in a shop or hiring a noblemen, bribes, swapping or doppelgänger. This cost is modified by noblemen and card placement area and can drop to zero. At the end of the market day you take your action cards back in hand and sort jewel card that you acquired with the trade action into your display. When the last nobleman is in the market, you score noblemen, prestige cards and types of jewels on your player board.

At first glance a game like many others, but only nearly so, because there are the paste jewels that you need to get rid of again, but for this in turn you need gold, jewels and majorities. The challenge in the game comes from the clever use of action cards at the best possible price.

Players: 2-4

Age: 12+

Time: 60+

Designer: Carlo Lavezzi

Artist: Klemens Franz

Price: ca. 20 Euro

Publisher: Lookout Spiele 2014

Web: www.lookout-spiele.de

Genre: Set collecting

Users: With friends

Version: de

Rules: de en

In-game text: yes

Comments:

Good mix of mechanisms

Clever timing of actions is necessary

Set collecting as basic mechanism

Compares to:

Trade games with action options

Other editions:

Mayfair Games

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