2023 · Card Game
Istanbul: Choose & Write
Once again, you're on a quest for rubies at Istanbul's bazaar. Players act as merchants, collecting goods and lira before trading them for precious rubies. Each player manages a personal bazaar sheet, marking choices as the game progresses. On a turn, a Location card lets all merchants perform the action shown or an adjacent action, while Guild cards prevent this shared action and provide costly, powerful effects. Familiar locations such as the Large Market and Gemstone Dealer return in this choose-and-write version.
- Players
- 1–5 best 2
- Playing time
- 30–45 min
- Age
- 8+
- Complexity
- 2.1 / 5
About the game
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On Ludoya's tables
Full stats in Ludoya- 6
- Plays logged
- 10
- Players
- 7
- In collections
Free, on web, Android and iOS
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