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Designed By
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Year Published
2000
# of Players:
3 − 5
User Suggested # of Players
Best with 4 players
Recommended with 3, 4, 5 players
(80 voters) [poll]
Playing Time
90 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages
12 and up
User Suggested Ages
10 and up
(4 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence
No necessary in-game text
(12 voters) [poll]
Category
Mechanic
Primary Name
Taj Mahal
Alternate Names
Tadsch Mahal
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Another game in Alea's bookcase series, this game takes place in India. There are twelve turns with an auction for up to six different prizes each turn. Players use cards to bid for the various prizes. The trick is when you take a turn and you make the highest bid on a prize, you can either spend more cards to try for other things or simply take your winnings and walk away. The prizes are mostly positions on the board, and players get more points for connecting provinces on the map. But as is typical for Dr. Knizia, there are several other ways of scoring points in this game. After the final area on the board is auctioned, the player with the highest point total takes the game.

This game is #3 in the Alea big box series.

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0 Teaching aid for Taj Mahal - in Hebrew
המערך אינו הסבר ממצה של חוקי המשחק אלא אמצעי עזר לשחקן המסביר את חוקי המשחק לשחקנים חדשים
2009-04-29
0 Taj Mahal cards modified with symbols to help the colour blind
This zip file contains 57 jpgs of modified cards. Each of the four coloured suits has had a symbol added to help the colour blind tell them apart. These cards have been used to create two artscow albums. http://www.artscow.com/ShareAlbum.aspx?Key=9et43ilu http://www.artscow.com/ShareAlbum.aspx?Key=wxx66cxg The card distributions are: For each colour suit (Blue (with star); Green (with moon); Red (with planet); Yellow (with sun)). 4 Elephants - 2 cards. 2 Elephants, 2 Vizier - 3 cards. 2 Elephants, 2 Princesses - 3 cards. 2 Elephants, 2 Monks - 3 cards. 2 Elephants, 2 Generals - 3 cards. 2 Elephants, 2 Grand Moguls - 2 cards. Cards with no elephants - 5 (1 of each). Totalling 21 in each suit, or 84 in all. For the White cards (No symbol) Elephants - 7 cards Viziers - 1 card Princesses - 1 card Monks - 1 card Generals - 1 card Grand Moguls - 1 card Totalling 12 cards. Special ability cards - 1 of each (total 4). This totals 84+12+4=100 cards. An artscow deck consists of 54, so two packs would leave 8 cards left over. I therefore craeted two player aids, using the player aid file loaded by Eddy Bee.
2009-04-09
4 Taj Mahal na 2 osoby
2-player rules in Polish, polskie tlumaczenie regul dla 2 osób
2009-01-13
6 Taj Mahal - Reglamento en castellano
Taj Mahal - Reglamento en castellano
2008-08-28
0 Help cards (in french)
Help cards to print (in french) v.1 Posted with permission from Ystari
2008-02-24
7 Teaching Taj Mahal
A comprehensive look at the rules; organized and good for teaching new players.
2007-11-12
14 Taj Mahal.pdf
Condensed complete rules for Taj Mahal
2006-08-16
3 Tadsch Mahal Tuckboxes.pdf
Tadsch Mahal Tuckboxes for cards with artwork. For German Alea edition, but should work for all.
2006-06-23
2 Taj Mahal - Reglas (resumen).jpg
Spanish rules - REGLAS (en resumen)
2006-04-21
1 ConciseRefSheet02 - TajMahal.ppt
Concise Reference Sheet
2006-03-22
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