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Hafid's Grand Bazaar

Bid, haggle, and trade your way to the top in this raucous trading game of set collection and player negotiation for 2 to 6 players. Acquire spices, textiles, livestock and other exotic goods by bidding on caravans from foreign markets across the ancient world. Manipulate the mar...

Players

2-6

Time

30-90

Age

12+

Weight

2

Rating

6.74

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Hafid's Grand Bazaar has a high level of direct confrontation and strategic depth in confrontation. Players frequently need to be aware of and react to each other's strategies. However, there is less emphasis on cooperation in the game.

Teach 2.7

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Replay 4.0

High replayability

Interaction 3.8

Highly interactive

Scaling 4.0

Scales well

Strategy 4.5

Deep strategy

Control 3.5

More strategic control

Table feel

Hafid's Grand Bazaar has a high level of direct confrontation and strategic depth in confrontation. Players frequently need to be aware of and react to each other's strategies. However, there is less emphasis on cooperation in the game.

Replay value

Hafid's Grand Bazaar has a high replayability score due to its high variability gameboard, the presence of expansions, deep strategic possibilities, and good scalability. The game offers fresh experiences each time it is played and allows players to discover new tactics and strategies. The player interaction score is average, and the game is moderately easy to learn with a balanced depth of gameplay.

Luck profile

Hafid's Grand Bazaar has a moderate level of luck. Random elements have a notable but not exclusive impact on the game outcome. Players have substantial ability to mitigate randomness through strategic decisions and planning. The game outcome is primarily determined by player strategy and decisions, with luck playing a minor role.

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Bid, haggle, and trade your way to the top in this raucous trading game of set collection and player negotiation for 2 to 6 players. Acquire spices, textiles, livestock and other exotic goods by bidding on caravans from foreign markets across the ancient world. Manipulate the market – and each other – using your shrewd bargaining skills to trade with your fellow merchants and collect resource sets to maximize profits. Hafid's Grand Bazaar is played in a series of rounds based on the number of players. Each round consists of four phases during which players will take turns bidding on caravans, influence, and customers; collecting goods from caravans; trading and negotiating with each other to collect sets of goods; and selling their goods for maximum profit. Goods are divided into five categories, with five different items in each category. Players can see which categories of goods their opponents are holding by the symbols on the backs of the cards, but do not know the specific item the cards represent in those categories. This isn't your typical trading game and player interaction can get raucous and intense as players get creative with their haggling! The player with the highest value of talent coins at the end of the game wins. The marketplace is dynamic and ever-changing. You will need to stay sharp and engaged to amass the most wealth and become the greatest merchant in Hafid’s Grand Bazaar!

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