Marrakech Board Game (Assam and Dice game Pieces)

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Description: In Marrakech each player takes the role of a salesperson who tries to outwit the others. In turn, each player rolls the dice and then moves Assam, the market organizer. If Assam stops on an opponent’s rug, the player must make a payment to its owner before putting one of their own rugs on an adjacent space. When the last rug has been laid, the total number of visible rugs and the number owned by each salesperson are added up. Set Up: Setting up a game of Marrakech is super simple. Each player begins 30 Dirhams (money) and a set of colored rugs. The number of rugs each player will use in a game depends on the number of players (15 rugs each in a 2- 3-player game and 12 rugs each in a 4-player game). Players then place the market organizer, Assam, in the center of the board and they’re ready to play. If Assam lands on another player’s rug, the active player must pay that player for landing on their rug. The cost is equal to the total number of connected rug squares of the color landed on. For example, if Assam lands on a red rug and there are 4 other red rug squares showing that are connected to that space, the player would pay 5 Dirhams to the red rug’s owner. The next step in a player’s turn is to place one of their rugs in the market. The player lays one of their rugs next to the space Assam ended on. Each rug will cover two squares. An edge of the newly placed rug must be next to Assam’s square. The rug may be placed on empty squares or over other rugs. The only restriction when placing a rug is that it may not fully cover an opponent’s single rug. Then it’s the next player’s turn. Game End: Once players have placed all their rugs, the game ends. Each half of a rug (1 square) showing and each Dirham count as 1 point. Players count up the number of their rug squares showing on the board and add that amount to their stash of money. The player with the highest amount wins! Contents: 1 board, 60 cloth rugs (2.5 cm X 5 cm) (4 sets of 15), 20($1) pieces, 20($5) pieces, 1 Assam game piece and 1 dice (sides numbered 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4 ) Game Inventor: Dominque Ehrhard Awards: 2014 Juego del Año Finalist 2010 Hungarian Board Game Award Nominee 2009 Mensa Select Winner 2009 Japan Boardgame Prize U-more Award Nominee 2008 Spiel des Jahres Nominee 2008 Spiel der Spiele Game of the Year Winner 2008 As d'Or - Jeu de l'Année Winner 2008 As d'Or - Jeu de l'Année Nominee This is a fun and fairly easy game to make. all you really need is a 7 x 7 square board and small pieces of colored fabric or paper to represent the carpets. The main game piece Assam and the die are specific to the game at the die only goes from 1 to 4. You can decorate or design your Assam game piece however you want. Included are also some simple tokens (Dirhams) for game play if you want to use them but any coin is usable.