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In Tales of the Arabian Nights, you are the hero or heroine in a story of adventure and wonder just like those told by Scheherazade to her spellbound sultan! You will travel the land seeking your own destiny and fortune. You will learn stories and gain wisdom to share with others. Will you be the first to fulfill your destiny? The next Tale is yours to tell! There is, of course, a winner in Tales of the Arabian Nights, but the point of the game is less to see who wins and more to enjoy the unfolding and telling of a great story!
In this new edition of the groundbreaking storytelling game, you enter the lands of the Arabian Nights alongside Sindbad, Ali Baba, and the other legendary heroes of the tales. Travel the world encountering imprisoned princesses, powerful 'efreets, evil viziers, and such marvels as the Magnetic Mountain and the fabled Elephant's Graveyard.
Choose your actions carefully and the skills you possess will reward you: become beloved, wealthy, mighty -- even become sultan of a great land. Choose foolishly, however, and become a beggar, or be cursed with a beast's form or become insane from terror! YOU will bring to life the stories of the inestimable Book of Tales in this vastly replayable board game with over 2002 tales that will challenge, amuse, astound and spellbind you for years to come.
I'm not a board game fanatic, but I can really appreciate a complex and well-designed board game when I come across one, and Tales of the Arabian Nights delivers! I can't believe this game is as difficult to find as it is, but that's probably because everyone who has a copy is holding on to it. I think this may be the best board game I've played. I love how it just allows you to design a character based on a set of skills and then go adventuring around the board; you can do whatever you want, and your achievements are based on your reaction to individual encounters. I definitely recommend playing this with at least four or five people, and set aside several hours, because it definitely takes a lot longer than two!
The in-game repetition rate for tales is low enough, but game to game, after a dozen playings, you notice more tales coming back. My major criticism is the Book of Tales cover is too thin and suffers. The sheer handing it gets tends to wear it down. So if you get a copy of this gem, xerox the book of tales--despite the cost and time, it's worth it. (If you don't think so, sell me your copy instead. Someone ran off with mine when I loaned it to them for a weekend party.) :) Given that, there is a good replay value by following different strategies in characer type and area, and thus avoiding loops.
We picked up this game as a gift for a friend almost 20 years ago and we still tell tales of the adventures we had. The game play is a little slow because of all of the page turning in the story book, but if your friends are the least bit creative, or slightly intoxicated, you will have tales to remember forever.
This game takes several hours to play, and if you have more than 4 or 5 people it can take all night, but it is well worth the effort. It is very easy to choose poorly and find yourself ensorcelled or imprisoned. But that just makes the game more fun.
You have to make choices, a lot of them. Sometime it seems like there are no good choices, but there is (almost) always something good waiting around the next page.
A "Choose Your Own Adventure" for grown ups.
