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(More customer reviews)Z-Man Games' "Traders of Carthage" is a suit collecting game with a twist. Designed by Susumu Kawaski, Traders pits players against one another in the age of Mediterrean trade. The player who collects the most profitable trades will be the winner.
During your turn, you may collect coins, buy merchandise or reserve a card. You use coins to buy the cards in the market; you convert merchandise into points when a ship makes it to Carthage; you reserve a card when don't want that card for coins but cannot (yet) purchase it for merchandise.
Players score points by having merchandise when a ship makes it to Carthage. To have merchadise, players must buy the available cards in the market. Every time a card is bought in the market, the appropriate colored ship moves. When that ship moves to Carthage, all players with that merchandise type score points.
Ships that are caught in one of the pirate zones have their cargo looted. You must discard this merchandise or store it by playing cards from your hand. The game ends when someone has had 7 or more paydays (measured in merchandise tokens).
On first glance, Traders of Carthage appears to be a light filler. Do not be deceived. There is considerable strategy in this game. When to reserve a card is crucial to winning. Making sure you collect when a payday hits is critical. There's a lot going on here.
Having said that, the theme of Traders of Carthage is quite weak. The strategy is quite deep, the replayability is good; the learning curve is entry level. The theme is weak. This is why I can only give it 3***.
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Between the famous Egyptian City of Alexandria and rich and powerful Carthage, you are merchants buying and shipping goods. But your timing must be just right - while your wheat, wine, fabrics and jewels usually find buyers, your ships also risk raids from ruthless pirates. Buy and sell wisely and store your goods properly, and you may become one of the wealthiest merchants to ply the waters of the Mediterranean.
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