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Game Entry

Jambo

(2004)
User Rating: 7.3 / 10 (2146 Ratings)
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GameID: 12002
Rank: 128
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Information

Designed By: Rüdiger Dorn
Published By: Rio Grande Games
Kosmos (Franckh-Kosmos)
Quined White Goblin Games (QWG)
Filosofia Editions
Mfg suggested # of Players: 2 players
User suggested # of Players:
Best with 2 players
Recommended with 2 players
(25 voters) [poll]
Playing Time: 45 Minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages: 12 and up
User Suggested Ages: 10 and up
(2 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence: Extensive use of text - massive conversion needed to be playable
(9 voters) [poll]
Category: Economic
Card Game
Mechanics: Set Collection
Hand Management
Action Point Allowance System
Other Names: N/A

Description

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Players take on the role of merchants offering their wares from market stands. On a player's turn, he has five actions to choose from. Actions can be used to draw cards, play cards and activate buildup cards.

In order to sell wares, the merchants must first lay the wares out, since customers will only buy where all the wares they want are being offered. And since market space is at a premium, players have to think hard about which wares to offer.

By owning important buildup cards and properly using the assets of other village inhabitants, the merchants succeed in attracting especially many customers to their stalls, making bargain buys, and messing with their opponents' plans.

The first player to reach a set cash level through buying and selling of wares is the winner.

The game's attraction lies with the many special cards. Many different combinations are possible during the game, and each game plays out differently as a result.

Original description from Games4You.

Jambo is part of the Kosmos two-player series.

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Num Ratings: 2146
Average Rating: 7.31
Standard Deviation: 1.13
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0 Rules Summary
Jambo Summary (1.1).pdf
A color rules summary formatted to fit in the box.
0 Tuckbos for Jambo
Tuckbox_Jambo.pub
Print this 3 times, throw away the insert, bag the wares and the gold, and voila, everything as it should be.
0 Jambo Summary Table - Card Descriptions With Pictures
JamboReferenceWithPictures.doc
Based on the work of Koby Shachar. Updated format and added pictures, also changed some wording to make it easier to understand.
0 Czech stickers for jambo
jambo_zaklad_final.pdf
stickers for jambo (in czech)
0 Jambo Rulebook Chinese
JamboSCh.pdf
simplified Chinese translation of official English rulebook from Rio Grande Games
0 Jambo_manual_pl
JAMBO_pl.pdf
Instrukcja po polsku / manual in Polish
1 Jambo cards in Polish
Jambo_cards_PL.doc
Translation of the text from Jambo cards in table form. German card names are given for reference.
1 Samenvatting kaarten Jambo
Jambo.xls
Nederlandse vertaling kaarten Jambo
1 Samenvatting regels Jambo
Jambo samenvatting.doc
Nederlandse vertaling samengevat
0 JamboCardsHun_v2.xls
JamboCardsHun_v2.xls
Hungarian translation of card texts (English card names are used)