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2006 Ranked #9,986

Silk Road

A pick-up-and-deliver game has merchants guide a shared caravan between China and Europe to make profitable trades. Each player wants the caravan to visit favorable cities, creating competing priorities over a single route.

Family Games Auction/Bidding Pick-up and Deliver Continents: Asia Theme: Silk Road

Players

3-6

Play time

Not listed

Age

12+

Complexity

2.24/5

Rating

5.89

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.9/5

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?

From Bruno Faidutti´s website: The Silk Road is a kind of "pick up and deliver" game where all players are in the same caravan going east to west, from China to Europe.

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From Bruno Faidutti´s website: The Silk Road is a kind of "pick up and deliver" game where all players are in the same caravan going east to west, from China to Europe. Each player tries to have the caravan go through the cities that fit him best, to make the best deals with the local traders, and to be the richest in the end.

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All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
3–6
Best with
2
Play time
60 min
Age
12+
Complexity
2.2/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

2
Ted Cheatham Bruno Faidutti

Artists

3
Mike Jackson Patrick McEvoy Jonny Scull

Publishers

1
Z-Man Games

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