Marrakech (game)

As d' Or - Jeu de l' Année 2008 Game of the Year 2008 Game of the Year 2008: Nominations List Mensa Select 2009 Japan Boardgame Prize 2009: nominated

Suleika is a board game by the French author Dominique Ehrhard games. It first appeared in 2007 in the French game publisher Gigamic with illustrations by Marie Cardouat under the title of Marrakech, in the following year Zoch published the game in German language with illustrations by Victor floor as Suleika. 2008, it was with the game prices " As d' Or - Jeu de l' Année " award and " Game of the Year " and also was on the list of nominations for " Game of the Year ".

Plot and gameplay

Zuleika, the daughter of the sultan wants to get married. The Sultan therefore sends his vizier Omar on the bazaar in order to look under the carpet dealers for a suitable candidate. In the role of dealers, players are now trying to impress the vizier, by spreading their carpets at the bazaar, while also cover the carpets of their competitors as possible. If the vizier stand on a carpet, the corresponding merchant receives money in the form of piastres. The goal is to have collected as many piastres at game end and ausliegen visible carpets.

The game material includes:

The Schedule shows the beginning empty bazaar, divided into 7 × 7 fields. In the bazaar, the players place in the course of the game from their carpets, they are always two fields large. Omar, the only game piece is placed in the middle of the bazaar, and each player receives the same number of piastres.

Pulled will turn. If a player is on the train, he first moved Omar by a direction (left, right or straight ahead) selects and rolls the number of fields. Ends Omar's movement on the carpet of another player, it must be paid for; the amount depends on the number of adjacent squares with carpets of the same color. Recently, a separate rug beside Omar is designed, while also opposing Carpets can be covered.

The game ends when all players have designed their carpets. For each piastres and each visible carpet field a player gets credited one point each; it wins, who could collect as the most points.

Awards and reviews

2008 Zuleika was with the French game prize " As d' Or - Jeu de l' Année " award as well as the Austrian Games Price " game of games ". In the explanatory memorandum to the latter it is said:

"So easy to understand the rules of the game so enjoyable and manageable lovingly selected game material - especially the colorful rugs that come gradually on the board - so fascinating is also the appeal of brisk course of a game. Of course, the luck of the dice plays an important role, but also decisive tactical elements are brought into play by simple means. The theme and the pretty features create warm oriental atmosphere. And finally arises when playing " Suleika " a lot of interaction and therefore communication at the gaming table. All in all, the Games Commission believes that " Suleika " has the potential to become a real classic games for the whole family. "

Suleika also stood on the nomination list for " Game of the Year " in 2008. The following year it received the " Mensa Select," and was for the " Japan Board Game Prize " in the category nominated " games for beginners and families."

The reviews were generally somewhat less positive: For example, the reviewers praised the game, although material, the coherent presentation and the simple rules of the game that would make the game especially children easily accessible. On the other hand, however, Zuleika offers too little depth and tactical options in order to maintain long-term experienced players can.

Enlargement " The rugs 2 "

On the occasion of the Games Festival in Vienna in 2008 distributed the Austrian Games Museum developed by Klemens Franz expansion titled Zuleika - The two carpets. It includes 57 cards with printed patterns of movement for Omar, replace the game cube and the associated random element of the game.

Played with the expansion, each player gets when the game starts an identical set of exercise cards that he mixes and concealed deposits on. Then he takes the top two cards into your hand. Instead of rolling the dice for Omar's movement, a player chooses one of the two maps and guides the movement described there. The card is then discarded and a new pulled from the stack.

The expansion cards can be played in two variants: with the "blue" variant, only the number of fields is given, the direction may be determined as in the normal game itself ( left, right or straight ahead). The " yellow " form of directions and fields are specified exactly, here there are also cards with otherwise allowable backward movements and without movement.

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