Review: Through The Desert (iPhone)
Posted by James (admin) on 9th February 2011
Through The Ages is Reiner Knizia’s 1998 classic game of camel placement and area control. I haven’t actually played the original boardgame but have wanted to for some time, so the iPhone game was a great opportunity to do so.
THE GAME
During the game, players place coloured camels (which come in 5 different colours) onto the board in order to score victory points (VPs). First, players place camels with their leaders on them (one of each camel colour), so long as they’re not too close to other leaders, water holes or oasis. Once all leaders have been placed, players take turns adding two camels (of any colours) at a time. Only one camel can be placed on each space and camels must be placed next to camels of the same colour so that coloured herds start to grow (herds of the same colour must not merge).
If a camel is placed on a water hole or next to an oasis, then the leader of that herd gets VPs. Players also get VPs for any areas that a herd cordons off. The game ends as soon as there are no more camels of any one colour. The biggest herd of each colour scores extra VPs for the herd’s owner. Read the rest of this entry »
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