# Mombasa

Mombasa is a board game for 2–4 players. It plays in 75–150 minutes and is meant for ages 12 and up. Ludoya players call it best with 4. It is rated 7.7 out of 10 by 72 Ludoya reviewers. The cheapest copy in stock is $44.31 (United States).

- **Players:** 2–4 (best with 4)
- **Playing time:** 75–150 minutes
- **Minimum age:** 12+
- **Complexity:** 3.9 out of 5
- **Year published:** 2015
- **Categories:** Economic, Post-Napoleonic
- **Mechanics:** Worker Placement, Deck, Bag, and Pool Building, Victory Points as a Resource, Action Queue, Turn Order: Claim Action, Area Majority / Influence, Open Drafting, Hand Management, Variable Player Powers, Stock Holding, Simultaneous Action Selection, Investment
- **Ludoya rating:** 7.7 out of 10, from 72 reviews
- **Owned by:** 87 Ludoya players
- **Plays logged on Ludoya:** 270
- **Unique players:** 341

**Designers:** Alexander Pfister

**Artists:** Klemens Franz, Andreas Resch

**Publishers:** eggertspiele

## Expansions

- [Mombasa: Cooked Books Mini Expansion](https://www.ludoya.com/games/mombasa-cooked-books-mini-expansion)
- [Deutscher Spielepreis 2016 Goodie Box](https://www.ludoya.com/games/deutscher-spielepreis-2016-goodie-box)
- [Meeple BR Jogos Promo Pack #1](https://www.ludoya.com/games/meeple-br-jogos-promo-pack-1)
- [Mombasa: Nomeie Sua Companhia](https://www.ludoya.com/games/mombasa-nomeie-sua-companhia)

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## Rules questions

### Do I flip a card after I use it — can I use the same card again later in the same round?

After you use a card for an action you must flip it face down; flipped cards cannot be used any more (page 5).

### When do my used cards come back into my hand?

At the end of your own action phase you pick up exactly one resting deck into your hand; during cleanup you then move each card from its action slot up to its linked resting deck, and only one resting deck is recovered per turn (pages 4 and 9).

### Can I split goods units between buying a card and moving on several company tracks?

Yes — the total unit value of the goods cards you use can be spent to acquire at most one card from the display and/or to advance on one or more company tracks, and any remaining units after buying a card can be divided among tracks as you wish (page 5).

### When I expand a company, do I immediately get the region rewards and place trading posts upright?

No — you take trading posts from the company base and place them on their side to mark entry while spending expansion points; once you have used your expansion value you collect the rewards, oust/return any other trading posts, then tip the new trading posts upright (page 6).

### If I claim a majority bonus space, do I have to flip (use up) the cards in my action area?

No — majority bonus spaces explicitly do not use up the cards in your action area, so you do not flip them when taking that bonus (page 8).

### What happens when I cross a capital call on a company track?

Whenever your track marker would cross a capital call you must immediately pay the shown pounds to the bank or your marker must remain on the space before the capital call; if a reward would move you but you cannot pay or reach the end, move as far as possible and forfeit the rest, and reaching/passing special spaces also grants payouts and unlocks bonuses (page 11).

## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/mombasa)
- [Mombasa in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/mombasa)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/172386)

_Data from Ludoya, updated 2026-09-19. Ratings, ownership and play counts are Ludoya's own._