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Other Games / Istanbul Review
« on: August 17, 2016, 04:58:56 PM »
So I visited the game shop in Prague that I mentioned before in another post, and my Grandmother in law refused to let me leave the shop unless she bought me a game, so I ended up choosing Istanbul, as I have heard good things about it, there are tiles, lots of fiddly wooden and plastic pieces, and good artwork. Anyways, I knew I made a good purchase, or rather my grandmother in law did, as soon as I opened the box and got a look at everything. The quality of all the pieces is really nice, and nothing is skimped out on. The tiles of which there are 16 make up the board, and have 3 predetermined layouts, or you can mix them randomly. All of the art is very nice, and I love the theme of a bazaar, because it ties in with all of the rules of the game, unlike some games I´ve played before. The wooden pieces were standard, and I didn´t get any with defects. It came with 32 red gem counters, the type you can find in many games, but red seemed to be the nicest color for them I´ve seen yet. There are also 5 cart tiles with 3 cutouts each where you can place cart expansions that allow you to carry more goods around, which is really cool in my humble opinion. Then there were a bunch of other smaller tiles used for market demand, and mosque benefits. Also, 2 nice dice, and stickers that don´t rip when you peel them off, unlike those from the game Artificium! I only played one 3 player game so far, and the players were me, myself, and I. Continued below.