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2015 Ranked #589

Karuba

Tile-laying race game where explorers carve jungle paths toward temples while collecting treasure along the way. Everyone uses the same revealed tiles, so success comes from spotting the most efficient route before rivals do.

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Players

2-4

Play time

30-40 min

Age

8+

Complexity

1.43/5

Rating

7.17

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.8/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.8/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

This is a tile-laying race game with players starting with boards that are identical, and one player drawing tiles that they all will use. They race to get their explorers to temples first and earn points.

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This is a tile-laying race game with players starting with boards that are identical, and one player drawing tiles that they all will use. They race to get their explorers to temples first and earn points. Along the way they can collect additional points by collecting items off the paths they create. The game ends when one player gets all of their explorers to their corresponding temples or whenever the last tile is drawn and placed. Most points wins. Description from the English Ruleset: Many moons have come and gone since your boats departed on the journey to Karuba. Once you arrive on the island, each player will lead an expedition team of four adventurers. Now you just have to navigate your way through the dense jungle to make it to the temples. „Just“ may be something of an understatement; the ancient jungle trails have to be found and uncovered first! Hurry up and be the first to reach the temples to collect the most valuable treasures. Many paths have dead ends and you need to be patient to find the right/best way (through the jungle). Look! A gold nugget! You can pick it up and collect it, same applies to the shiny crystals along the paths.

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All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
2–4
Best with
2–4
Play time
30–40 min
Age
8+
Complexity
1.4/5
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Credits

Designers

1
Rüdiger Dorn

Artists

1
Claus Stephan

Publishers

4
Conclave Editora HABA Nabita World co., Ltd. Swan Panasia Co., Ltd.