Traders of Carthage (2006)

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Designer	Susumu Kawasaki
Artist	Peter Gifford You Satouchi
Publisher	Japon Brand Kawasaki Factory Z-Man Games
Year Published	2006
# of Players	2 − 4
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 2 players Recommended with 2, 3, 4 players (50 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	30 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	12 and up
User Suggested Ages	10 and up (10 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	No necessary in-game text (13 voters) [poll]
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Subdomain	Strategy Games (21 voters) [vote]
Category	Ancient Card Game Economic
Mechanic	Commodity Speculation Hand Management Set Collection
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Primary Name	Traders of Carthage
Alternate Names	カルタゴの貿易商たち
Website	http://www.zmangames.com/cardgames/traders_carthag...

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You, timely traders at commerce city Carthage, buy goods at the Market, sell them to oversea merchants, and become more wealthy. But if you want to prosper, be careful of pirates!

Components

1 Main board
1 Sideboard
108 Cards (27 each for red, blue, yellow and green)
- eleven 2s, nine 3s, and seven 5s in each color
48 cardboard Achievement chips (each 12 for red, blue, yellow and green)
4 wooden Ship pieces (each 1 for red, blue, yellow and green)
4 wooden Trader pieces (each 1 for White, Brown, Pink and Natural)
4 wooden Reservation pieces (each 1 for White, Brown, Pink and Natural)

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2009 Bruno Faidutti's Game of the Year, Special prize for two-three players game.

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Z-Man English First Edition

Publisher: Z-Man Games

Artist: Peter Gifford

Year: 2008

Product Code: ZMG 4048

Size: 8.80 x 5.80 x 1.50 inches

1.18 pounds

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Artist: You Satouchi

Year: 2006

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4	News reprint?	2012-03-21	rad_sci_guy	4
25	Reviews Every 100 Games Series - Traders of Carthage	2012-02-18	ooogene	7
3	General Does Traders really suffer with more than 2 players?	2011-10-20	Deathstroke	7
1	Rules End game problem	2011-10-13	fermmoylle	9
3	Rules Pay out question	2011-09-18	Aiken Drum	3
1	General Damaged Cards	2011-07-28	lstroll	5
6	Sessions Big swing and then a big final delivery	2011-06-04	bnordeng	3
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2	Rules Storage. Definitive answer please.	2011-04-10	Pierre Le...	11
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Traders of Carthage Polish rules

Polskie zasady do Traders of Carthage

atwar

2011-01-15

Kurzübersicht/Short reference in German

Pdf-Version von Germanggeks Spielhilfe, typografisch überarbeitet. Thumbs und GG bitte an Germanggek.

Wolfram

2010-02-20

Teaching aid for Traders of Carthage- in Hebrew

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

koby_shachar

2009-04-27

(Kurz)Spielregel für "Tradres of Carthage"

(Short)Rules of "Traders of Carthage" in german language.

germanggek

2009-01-14

Universal Head TRADERS OF CARTHAGE Rules Summary

The Universal Head TRADERS OF CARTHAGE Rules Summary v1.1 (Jan09). Single-sided rules summary.

UniversalHead

2009-01-03

Italian summary of ToC rules

james_bond

2008-11-27

Resumen en castellano

Resumen de las reglas en castellano en una hoja.

edubvidal

2008-07-28

Traders of Carthage Quick Reference

1-page, 2-sided quick reference in English, a la Liumas. Clarified GAME END Trader use, thanks to TVis.

Ajax

2008-03-23

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Dutch rules	http://spelarch.khbo.be/PDFspelregels/8688.pdf	2012-03-04
Reseña de Traders of Carthage en Dos Maracas de Diez (spanish)	http://dosmaracas.blogspot.com/2011/07/jugando-cos...	2012-01-21
Traders of Carthage Official Website	http://www.zmangames.com/cardgames/traders_carthag...	2011-10-04
German review - Reich der Spiele	http://www.reich-der-spiele.com/kritiken/Traders-O...	2011-09-07
GamerChris: Favorite Card Games	http://gamerchris.com/2011/05/03/my-favorite-card-...	2011-05-04
Artículo sobre el juego en Español	http://boardgamesforwomen.blogspot.com/2010/05/dos...	2010-11-09
English Review on MetaGames	http://blog.metagames.co.uk/2010/07/31/review-trad...	2010-08-02
Reseña/review de EiB	http://eightisbeauty.blogspot.com/2009/12/eleganci...	2010-02-14
Bruno Faidutti's ideal game library	http://www.faidutti.com/index.php?Module=ludothequ...	2008-11-25
Rules from Z-Man Games website	http://www.zmangames.com/cardgames/files/tradersof...	2008-04-06