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(More customer reviews)My husband and I have just begun playing "euro-style" games and this is our newest acquisition. We have also played and enjoyed "Lost Cities", "Ingenious", and "Carcassonne: Hunters and Gatherers".
This game involves each player taking turns placing small plastic camels on the board, which is outlined in hexagons. You can't just place the camels willy-nilly -- they have to be placed adjacent to your previously-placed camels so that you wind up forming "caravans" of your camels.
Points are scored when camels are placed on or near special spots on the board. After the camel-placement phase of the game is over, then there is a final round of scoring based on what the board looks like at the end.
I am not going to go into the various types of scoring because it'll come out sounding way more complicated than it is. It's quite easy and we were able to have a fun, strategic game our first time out.
The components are very fun -- over 100 small plastic camels in various hues, nicely rendered board, and sturdy artistic point chits made of cardboard. We found that for the scoring that occurs at the end of the game, it was actually easier just to use pen and paper than to use the scoring "coins".
We both found this game highly manageable for folks like us, beginners in this world, and we were able to finish a game in about 40 minutes. Perfect.
If you're familiar with any of the games above, I would say that this game is easier to pick up than Carcassonne, but slightly meatier than Ingenious or Lost Cities.
A note for people who play with larger groups: we both agreed that with any more than 3 players, this game would lose a lot of its appeal and a lot of the strategy. It seems best suited, in our opinion, for two players.
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From the award-winning game designer Reiner Knizia Comes a game of strategy, patience, and cool plastic camels! The desert is still treacherous, mysterious, and without mercy. But for those willing to risk the dangers of the shifting, sun-baked sands, the desert holds riches beyond compare. In Through the Desert, 2 to 5 players each control a tribe of nomads vying for control of the desert. By establishing caravans and taking over oases, the players gain points as their tribes increase in power. Strategy is essential in deciding how and where to build your tribe's caravans. There is more than one way to gain points, and several ways to win. Should you try to build the longest caravan' Or should you dominate the desert's oases' Don't forget to keep an eye on your opponents or you may find your own tribe cut off from valuable water holes. Through the Desert is playable for the whole family. You can play an entire game in under an hour. Contents of the game include one game board, 175 plastic camel playing pieces, 30 plastic camel-rider playing pieces, 45 water hole counters, five plastic oasis trees, and 40 point-counting chips.
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