Yes

In the event of a tie, the player with the longest Caravan wins the game. If there is still a tie, then tied players share the victory!

Each player adds together the points of the Camel cards in their Caravan. The Camel cards that are placed to the left of the Caravan Master are added and score half of the points (rounded down).

It depends

It might happen that some players might take less actions than others.

Once the Market cannot be refilled with a new Camel card (because there are no more cards in the Camel deck) the game ends.

Into your Caravan

After buying a Camel card, the player immediately adds it to their Caravan.

The number on a Camel card determines how many Goods cards a player has to spend to acquire it. Remember to check if the Camel requires additional card (taxes). A player may also use two of the same type of Goods cards to replace any one Goods card when buying Camel cards.

No

A player may only buy one of the face up Camel cards in the Market.

No

A player may only buy one of the face up Camel cards in the Market.

You get Camels by performing the Buy a Camel action.

No

There is no limit to how many cards a player can have in their hands.

If the Resource deck ever runs out, shuffle the discard pile to form a new Resource deck.

Yes

If a face up card is drawn, a replacement card is immediately revealed from the Resource deck. If the Resource deck ever runs out, shuffle the discard pile to form a new Resource deck.

A player may draw a single face up Gold card or take 2 Goods cards choosing between the face up cards or the face down cards from the Resource deck.

Take one action

Each turn a player takes one of two possible actions: gathering Resources or buying a Camel.

If you draw a Gold card from the face down Resource deck, you can still draw your second Resource card as long as it isn't a face up Gold card.

Yes

A player can take a Resource card from the deck or any card from face up ones (even the Gold card). If the player takes a face up Resource card, replace it with a new card from the deck.

Any Goods card

A player can take a Resource card from the deck or any card from face up ones (even the Gold card). If the player takes a face up Resource card, replace it with a new card from the deck.

When a player buys a value 1 Camel card (it does not matter if it is added to the Caravan or in front of it) the player gets to take a free Resource card.

Such Camels will score half of points (rounded down) at the end of the game.

Yes

As soon as the Camel cards to the left of the Caravan Master can be added to the Caravan, the player does so immediately.

If the purchased Camel doesn't match the color or the number of the previous Camel, then it has to be placed to the left of the Caravan Master. This option can only be used if a player can't add the purchased Camel to their Caravan.

Yes

Camels are placed to the right of their Caravan Master or previously purchased Camel cards. Any Camel card can be placed after a Caravan Master, however, all other Camels must be of the same color or the same number as the previous Camel.

A Caravan is a row of Camel cards that a player buys during the game. Camels in a player's Caravan are placed to the right of their Caravan Master and must have the same number or color as the previous Camel in the Caravan.

No

Even though players have to pay more for Camels with an additional tax payment, they won't score additional points from them at the end of the game.

No

After a Camel card is bought, all Camel cards are moved to the right so that the first space right next to the Camel deck is free and a new Camel card is revealed from the Camel deck. This means that after every Camel purchase, the color of the Camel cards which require an additional tax payment, may change.

The color of the Camel card right next to the Camel deck determines which color Camel cards have an increased cost of +1 extra Goods.

5

There are 5 types of Goods in the game: jewelry (blue), silk (purple), spices (red), honey (orange) and paper (green).

A row of Camels

The row of Camels next to the Camel deck is called the Market.

Camel cards form players Caravans & provide points to players at the end of the game. The number on the Camel cards determines how many Goods cards a player has to spend in order to acquire that Camel card & how many victory points that Camel will be worth.

A wild Resource

Besides Goods, there is one type of special Resource card - the Gold, which can be used as any single Goods card.

The youngest player takes the first turn. Later the game proceeds in a clockwise order.

In setup

There are no changes in the rules in a three player game. The only change is during setup. You have to remove 8 random Camel cards before making the Camel deck. That's the only change.

In setup

There are no changes in the rules in a two player game. The only change is during setup. You have to remove 12 random Camel cards before making the Camel deck. That's the only change.

See the following rule(s) to find an answer to this question.

Nothing

The Caravan Master card is a player's starting card. Its only function is to separate a player's Caravan from the other Camel cards that might score less points at the end of the game.

Score the most point