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1990 Ranked #21,934

Sahara

Players guide camels across a desert race, aiming for the best oasis positions while keeping with the caravan. Movement cards and occupied spaces make grouping useful, but mirages and separation can leave animals behind on the route.

Card Game Racing Animals: Camels Theme: Deserts

Players

2-6

Play time

Not listed

Age

10+

Complexity

1/5

Rating

5.29

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.9/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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A hot game for desert foxes... The glowing sun and the burning hot desert sand make the life of the desert inhabitants a constant adventure.

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A hot game for desert foxes... The glowing sun and the burning hot desert sand make the life of the desert inhabitants a constant adventure. If one water hole is dried out, then they go to the next. On the way there, everyone is lost who misses the connection to the caravan. In the end, quite a few desert foxes lose their orientation, since their senses are confused by mirages. Therefore, holding the caravan together is the greatest skill of every tribal leader in order to reach the best position at the oasis while still safeguarding the community (from the back of the box). Player try to lead their camels to the best spots of the oasis. Every player has the same set of cards. Movement is made by choosing one of three visible cards, which range from forward 1-4, backward 1-4 and a few special cards. While moving spaces already occupied by another camel aren't counted, so staying together with the caravan (at least for some time) is quite useful.

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Play and group

Players
2–6
Best with
3–5
Play time
30 min
Age
10+
Complexity
1.0/5
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Designers

1
Hajo Bücken

Publishers

1
Hexagames (I)

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