Mombasa (board game)
Designers | Alexander Pfister |
|---|---|
| Publishers | eggertspiele Pegasus Games R&R Games |
| Players | 2 to 4 |
| Playing time | 75–150 minutes |
| Chance | Low |
| Skills | Resource management, strategy |
Mombasa is a 2015
Game play
The game is played on a board depicting a map of Africa and runs over seven rounds. Each player has a similar hand of cards and two bonus markers. To start a round, players simultaneously select cards to be active this turn. Players then take turns either to use active cards of one type or to place a bonus marker. Turns continue around the table until all pass.[1]
The cards are of several types. Goods cards depict 1 to 4 bananas, coffee or cotton. They are used either to purchase new cards or to advance along a company track to earn shares, cash and other bonuses. Exploration cards, also valued from 1 to 4, add trading posts to the map, increasing a company's share price and giving various rewards to the player. Bookkeeper cards expand a player's library and merchant cards generate diamonds, both of which count towards the final score. Initially, each player has three slots for active cards. Collecting books and diamonds can open two further slots. Share cards appear later in the game; they allow no action but increase the player's score.
Bonus markers are placed on
After each round, players retrieve some of the cards they used in earlier rounds using a unique mechanic.[2] Each active card is moved to one of several resting piles, after picking up just one of the resting piles. After seven rounds, each player values their shares, books, diamonds and cash; the richest player wins.
Release and awards
Mombasa was developed by Austrian game designer
References
- ^ "Mombasa - Rules" (PDF). Pegasus Games. Retrieved 2019-01-02.
- ^ "Mombasa". Board Game Geek. Retrieved 2019-01-02.
- ^ "Winner". Hippodice Spieleclub. Archived from the original on 2017-09-11. Retrieved 2019-01-02.
- ^ "Preisträger" (in German). Spiel Messe. Retrieved 2019-01-02.