Player aid
Jaipur
Trade and sell goods to become the most wealthy merchant in this short game for two.
Credits: Jarrod Moore
Contents
- Place 3 camels face-up between the players
- Shuffle the remaining cards and deal 5 cards to each player
- Place the remaining deck face-down as a draw pile
- Take the first two cards from the deck and place them face-up next to the 3 camels to form the market
- Players remove any camels in their hands and place them in a stack in front of them. This forms the player's herd
- Sort the tokens by type and in descending value
- Spread out tokens so that players can see all tile values
- Sort bonus tokens by type. Shuffle each type separately, then form 3 piles
- Set up tokens in the following order:
- Diamonds
- Gold
- Silver
- Bonus token stacks
- Cloth
- Spice
- Leather
- Put the 3 seals of excellence in players' reach
- Select a starting player
The game plays over 3 rounds, where each round consists of a series of turns taken back-and-forth between the two players. On your turn, you will do one of two things:
- Take Cards
- Sell Cards
At the end of your turn, you are not allowed to have more than 7 cards
The end of the round occurs when one of two things happens:
- 3 types of goods token are depleted
- There are not cards left in the draw pile
The round is then scored as follows:
- The player with the most camels in their herd gets the camel token, which is worth 5 rupees
- Both players turn their received tokens over and add up the total value
- Whoever has the most rupees is the winner of the round:
- The winner of a round gets a Seal of Excellence token
- Tiebreakers are:
- Player with the most bonus tokens
- Player with the most goods tokens
The game ends when a player has received two Seals of Excellence!