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Designed By	Cyril Demaegd
Art By	Arnaud Demaegd
Published By	Quined White Goblin Games (QWG) Rio Grande Games Ystari Games
Year Published	2004
# of Players:	2 − 4
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 4 players Recommended with 3, 4 players (29 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	90 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	12 and up
User Suggested Ages	12 and up (2 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	No necessary in-game text (7 voters) [poll]
Category	Bluffing Medieval
Mechanic	Area Control / Area Influence Commodity Speculation
Primary Name	Ys
Alternate Names
Expanded By	Ys Bag of gems expansion Ys+
Families	Ystari originals

	Description Edit \| History

The players embody merchant-princes of Ys. By skillfully using their network of brokers, they speculate on the purchase of precious stones, thus amassing gold. At each turn, ships filled with gems land in the city's ports. In order to obtain gems, make the market prices rise, and be able to draw cards, the players must get majorities on the board by placing brokers in carefully chosen places. Brokers can be displayed either face up or face down, so you can try to bluff your opponents.

Expanded By:

Ys+ (5 player expansion)
Ys Bag of gems expansion

	More Information Edit \| History

Awards

2005 International Gamers Award Best Strategy Game Nominee.

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0	General Ys VS. Mykerinos	2009-11-09	pacman88k	0
4	Sessions Three Players - No Cards Required	2009-09-23	Osirus	0
17	Reviews Jeremy Avery: Ys, it's true: Finely tuned. Tricky. Tense.	2009-09-14	familygaming	4
0	Rules Official 2 players variant	2009-09-04	Morign	4
38	Reviews Video review - Win GeekGold! [Page 1,2]	2009-09-01	Kerbster76	30
6	Sessions Ys not the game for me	2009-06-15	loofish	10
0	Rules A Few Clarifications...	2009-05-14	EyeInSky	4
0	General Market seems underactive..and white gems?	2009-04-13	Basiliv	3
0	Rules Three Way Tie In Market	2009-03-14	pastor_shoe	1
14	Reviews Ys we can!! (An apolitical review of Ys with pictures)	2009-03-13	Jim K	0

	Recommendations

Standard Recommendations
Amyitis

Weak Recommendations
Mykerinos	Timbuktu	Hermagor	Guatemala Café
Augsburg 1520	Keythedral	Leonardo da Vinci	Hamburgum
Himalaya	Metropolys	Rum & Pirates	Key Harvest
In the Year of the Dragon	El Capitán	Die Händler	Yspahan
San Francisco	Santiago	Taj Mahal	Titanic - Der Mythos
Notre Dame	Canaletto

Very Weak Recommendations
Louis XIV	Ex & Hopp	Hot Dog	Oltre Mare
das Faultier	In the Shadow of the Emperor	Maharaja: Palace Building in India	Amun-Re
Reef Encounter	Goa

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Ys - Polish Rules/Polska Instrukcja

Polskie tlumaczenie regul gry

muka

2009-05-25

Teaching aid for Ys - in Hebrew

המערך אינו הסבר ממצה של חוקי המשחק אלא אמצעי עזר לשחקן המסביר את חוקי המשחק לשחקנים חדשים

koby_shachar

2009-04-26

Ys magyar

Hungarian rules for Ys

nagybal55

2007-12-16

Ys Events.rtf

Event Reference for Ys+

gnomish

2007-07-29

Ys Characters.rtf

Character Reference for Ys and Ys+

gnomish

2007-07-29

Ys 2-player Player Aid.pdf

2-Player Aid

cvlw

2007-05-01

Ys_-_Resumen_de_cartas.pdf

Página de Ayuda con la descripción de las Cartas en Español (Spanish card aid)

ArtEmiSa64

2007-02-07

Ys_-_Reglamento_Espanol.pdf

Reglamento traducido desde el manual al español por ArtEmiSa64

ArtEmiSa64

2007-02-07

Ys 2nd Edition Tuckboxes.pdf

Ys 2nd Edition Card Tuckboxes.

hholzgrafe

2007-01-08

Ys cards full description.doc

Word doc of all character cards and event cards

PaulGrogan

2005-12-15

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1641	The Definitive List of Board Game Videos and Interactive Tutorials	2007-08-12
751	Plays best with 2? 3? 4? 173? You tell me! Ultimate Optimum # of Players List (BGG Top 288)	2007-02-09
616	Top 150 Availability (updated 5th December '07)	2007-01-30
556	2008 Edition of Look what my Secret Santa sent me...	2008-10-29
410	2007 Edition of: My Secret Santa Sent Me... (only received gifts)	2007-11-20
284	The Euro Box Cover	2008-07-19
275	2006 Edition of: Look what my Secret Santa sent me...	2006-12-15
259	Euros and Box Cover Art: The Albrecht Durer Syndrome	2007-11-20
243	Game Designers Who Are BGG'ers	2007-01-26
183	Language levels of the top 250 (or can I buy this cheap foreign edition?!)	2007-09-13

	Statistics

Board Game Rank:	223
Num Ratings:	1420
Average Rating:	7.15
Standard Deviation:	1.25
Num Views:	86115
GeekBuddy Analysis:	Analyze
Similarly Rated:	View
Avg. Game Weight:	3.0
Fans:	5

Personal Comments:	602
Users Owning:	1628
Users Wanting:	172
Users Trading:	65
Has Parts For Trade:	1
Want Parts In Trade:	1
Price History:	View
Total Plays:	1997
Plays This Month:	20

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Ys Bag of gems expansion

Rank	0
Num Ratings	29
Average Rating	6.37
Average Weight	3.67

Owned	86
Prev. Owned	3
For Trade	2
Wanted in Trade	13

Wishlist	21
Comments	22
Year Pub.	2005

Ys+

Rank	0
Num Ratings	121
Average Rating	7.40
Average Weight	2.68

Owned	439
Prev. Owned	8
For Trade	12
Wanted in Trade	35

Wishlist	70
Comments	55
Year Pub.	2005

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English review from Gamers Alliance	http://www.gamersalliance.com/W05/ys.htm	2009-09-21
Crónica en español en Juegos de Mesa Costa Rica.	http://www.juegosdemesacr.com/cms/index.php?option...	2009-08-21
Portuguese Review at SpielPortugal	http://spielportugal.blogspot.com/2006/09/ys-crtic...	2009-05-06
Review In Swedish at Brädspel.iMosse.net	http://bradspel.imosse.net/index.php?s=spel&id=700...	2009-03-22
Official Rules (German) (pdf)	http://www.ystari.com/ys/YsD.pdf	2009-03-18
Official Rules (French) (pdf)	http://www.ystari.com/ys/YsF.pdf	2009-03-18
Dutch Review on www.spellenclub13.be	http://www.spellenclub13.be/recensies/Ys.htm	2008-03-31
Review by BrettSpillGuiden.no - Scandinavian independent boardgame site	http://www.brettspillguiden.no/kritikker/?gid=277	2006-11-01
Dutch rules on the publishers website	http://www.ystari.com/ys/YsN.pdf	2006-02-28
directory of the players of YS	http://www.annuaire-des-joueurs.com/fiche-Ys.html	2005-11-19

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