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(More customer reviews)i would say this game is like a very advanced version of Monopoly with a bit of Carcassone.
the big box with the basic game & 5 extensions/expansions is a great value. Amazon pricing of all of this separately is about $150. its nice to have these in one big box instead of 6 boxes. each extension has 4 modules (elements).
the 5 extensions are: 1. Viziers Favor, 2. City Gates, 3. Thief's Turn, 4. Calif's Treasures, 5. Power of the Sultan.
now for the game play. think of Monopoly. there are deeds & money. here u have building tiles & money cards. the object is to get money to buy building cards (6 color groups, Monopoly has 8). points are awarded for having a majority of a color group, twice during the game & at the end.
the tiles are laid out as u acquire them in Carcassone fashion, bearing in mind walls the tile. bonus points are given to the player with the longest wall.
IMO, the first 2 extensions add the most to the basic game, keeping mostly the same rules; 3 has 2 good modules & 2 that are not as essential, IMO; while 4 & 5 are more specious in the way they play.
in Ext 1, the Vizier chip lets u buy a deed/tile out of turn, currency exchange card, bonus cards like "chance" cards that add extra points, & Workers Huts, which are extra "deeds" as if Monopoly's Boardwalk & Park Pl. had a extra blue deed that could be added.
Ext 2 has City gates which breakdown walls, Diamonds card are like wild money cards, the Characters act like "chance" cards, the Camps are tiles that increase "deed"/tile values.
Ext. 3 has City Wall cards which let u add extra walls, the Thief cards let u grab money out of turn & the Street Traders (looks like the Meeples from Carcassone) give u bonus points & "Change" coins give u change. i like the City Walls & Thiefs for regular play & the Traders only as an extension. the Change coins is a personal preference option like in Monopoly where lets say $1 to the $10 bills became optional.
Ext. 4 for me has only one essential module for basic play, the Bazaar tiles which add points. the other 3 modules seem to add or subtract points, which i havent tried yet.
Ext. 5 for me is now over my head, but i like the Random scoring card which would be if in Monopoly, the color group values could be randomized ie. Boardwalk randomly gets the value of Baltic & so on.
i left out some rule details but i just wanted to give an overview of the box.
i love this game & i think it has a high replay value.
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n Granada, one of the most impressive building projects of the Middle Ages has begun: the construction of Alhambra. A palace, fortress, and a small city -- all-in-one -- Alhambra is made up of the world's most beautiful gardens, pavilions, chambers and towers.The most prominent builders in all of Europe and Arabia want to demonstrate their skills in building Alhambra. Employ the most talented teams of builders to construct your Alhambra. Hire stonemasons from the north and gardeners from the south, who all want a fair wage and insist on being paid with their native currency. With their help, towers can be constructed, gardens designed, pavilions and mezzanines erected, and manors and royal chambers built. Compete against your opponents to build the greatest and most impressive Alhambra.This BIG BOX contains the basic game and all 5 expansions. The box liner is designed to hold all the expansions separately for easy access and after-game storage.
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