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Store:  Strategy Games
Edition:  Timbuktu
Theme:  Business
Genre:  Logic & Deduction
Format:  Board Games

Tombouctou

international edition of Timbuktu

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Family Game Nominee, 2007
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Recommended, 2006
Ages Play Time Players
10+ 45-60 minutes 3-5
Designer(s): Dirk Henn
Manufacturer(s): Queen, Rio Grande Games
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Product Description

All caravans want to go to Timbuktu to convert salt, coffee, gold, pepper, and especially water to riches and fame! Of course, the way through the desert is perilous and only the best will make it safely. Of course, those too timid will fail as well. Good luck!

Product Information

  • Designer(s): Dirk Henn
  • Manufacturer(s): Queen, Rio Grande Games
  • Year: 2006
  • Players: 3 - 5
  • Time: 45 - 60 minutes
  • Ages: 10 and up
  • Weight: 1,516 grams
  • In order to play Tombouctou, you will have to provide paper and pencil for each player
  • Language Requirements: Game components are language-independent. Manufacturer's rules are printed in multiple languages (including English). This is an international edition or domestic edition of an imported item.

Contents:

  • 1 4-piece gameboard
  • 105 goods
  • 5 caravan boards
  • 40 camel cards
  • 15 thief cards
  • 1 sheet of stickers
  • 40 wooden camels
  • 1 stage counter
  • 1 round counter
  • 1 set of instructions
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Product Reviews

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Average Rating: 5 in 1 review


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Tremendous Brain-Burner
February 15, 2000

Playing this game feels a lot like working a Logic Puzzle. Each turn, your objective is to deduce which spaces on the board are dangerous (thieves lurking). However, you start with very little information (site of two of the 10 bands of thugs) and learn only a little more as the round progresses. Oh, did I mention that each group of thieves steals only two commodities (you're carrying five)? Also, there are exactly 10 thieves and you know all the permutations of where they could be and what they may steal. So, if you've got Deep Blue working in your brain, it should be a snap to figure out where all the bad guys are and which commodity they're looking for. Easier said than done. This game is definitely geared towards thinkers.

Note: this review refers to a different release of this product.

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