In the capital of Rajasthan, the search for a new trade minister is ongoing. As one of the best in your profession, you decide to take up the challenge and accumulate more wealth than your opponent. In the following weeks, marked by rounds, you will visit the market to collect and sell various goods. Who will prove to be smarter?
Jaipur is a popular two-player game in which participants take on the role of traders dynamically exchanging goods at a common market. By taking cards on your hand and exchanging them for others, you will try to collect sets of desired resources, and then exchange them for currency. Individual goods differ in value, it is also profitable to sell larger quantities of the same good at once to get bonus points. The winner is the player who wins 2 rounds, earning the seals of recognition.
Each of the raw materials scores in a slightly different way! Photo: Matthew Zajda @BoardgameShot
What does it involve?
Each player has a commodity card on his hand. In his turn, he can perform one of two actions:
PURCHASE, that is:
- Taking a single item card from the market and replacing it with a new one
- Exchange of cards from the hand to cards from the market in a ratio of 1:1
- Taking all the camels from the market and replacing them with new goods cards.
SALES, that is:
- Replacing a set of goods of one type with tokens of the appropriate color.
- In this way, we trade in a dynamic way until the 3 colors of chips run out or the stack of commodity cards runs out.
What makes the new edition different?
This version is a refreshed design of the box, cards and chips. The gameplay itself has not changed.
Don't forget the extra points for your camels!
Why will you love this game?
- Jaipur is the quintessence of a two-player game: it offers a duel in which we constantly have to compare our strategy with the opponent's strategy. On the one hand, we care about our goals, on the other hand, we try not to help the other side too much.
- The game is devoid of direct negative interaction, but we have the opportunity to thwart the opponent, e.g. by taking away a given product.
- There is no downtime in this title: it is a dynamic, commercial card game, in which the gameplay pleasantly refers to the atmosphere of a real marketplace.
- It's small, handy and lightweight, making it great for traveling.
- It's an extremely satisfying title. A single game lasts about 30 minutes, but after the first one you want to play another, another and another ...