ENGLISH
The Caravan
A
torrid race throu
g
h the desert for 2 - 4 cameleers a
g
es 6 - 99
.
Author
:
Ha
j
o Bücke
n
Ill
ust
r
at
i
o
n
s:
Gab
ri
e
l
a
S
ilv
e
ir
a
Length of the game: a
pp
rox. 15 - 20 m
i
nute
s
S
tep
by
step t
h
e caravan weaves its wa
y
t
h
rou
gh
t
h
e
d
esert san
d
. It is scorc
h
in
g
h
ot an
d
ever
y
bod
y
is lookin
g
f
or an oasis. Is there somethin
g
g
reen
f
lickerin
g
in the distance? Oh
n
o, it is only a mirage! Who will be the first to bring his camels to the oasis and get the
b
est
pl
aces t
h
ere?
Contents
1
g
ame boar
d
12 camels (in four colors)
48 cards
(
four decks of 12 cards each
)
Set o
f
g
ame instruction
s
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3
3
3
3
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Game Idea
Try to reach the oasis as quickly as possible with your camels. On
your way you
h
ave to t
h
in
k
h
ar
d
a
b
out w
h
ic
h
car
d
s to p
l
ay in
o
rder to move
y
our camels ahead o
f
those o
f
the other pla
y
ers.
A sudden sandstorm however could disturb your plans. The
fi
rst
s
ix camels to reach the oasis score points. The aim of the game
i
s to score t
h
e most points.
Preparation of the Game
Place the game board in the center of the table. Each player
t
akes a herd of three camels of an identical color. Place
y
our
h
erd on the desert town shown on the game board
(
= starting
a
rea
)
.
Take the twelve cards o
f
the same color as your camels. Shu
ffl
e
t
hem and place them face-down in a pile in front of you. Draw
t
he three cards from the top of
y
our pile and take them in
y
our
h
and.
I
f there are less than four players the remaining cards and camels
a
re
k
ept in t
h
e
g
ame
b
ox.
How to Play
P
l
ay in a c
l
oc
k
wise
d
irection. W
h
oever
h
as seen a mirage may
s
tart. If
y
ou cannot a
g
ree, the
y
oun
g
est pla
y
er starts and places
o
ne o
f
the cards
f
rom his hand
f
ace-up in
f
ront o
f
him
.
c
o
ll
ect t
h
e most point
s
g
ame board in
ce
n
te
r
o
f
tab
l
e
:
came
l
s on
d
esert town
e
ach player shu
ff
les their
ca
r
ds
a
n
d
ta
k
es
t
hr
ee
ca
r
ds
p
l
ay one car
d
5
Oas
i
s
ca
r
d
=
m
ove on came
l
Mira
g
e card =
m
ove camel o
f
other play
-
e
r
b
ac
k
war
ds
Ca
m
e
l
ee
r
ca
r
d
=
p
lace camel in
f
ron
t
of
leading camel
The cards
T
here are
f
our di
ff
erent types o
f
cards: Oasis, Mirage,
Ca
m
elee
r
&
Sa
n
dsto
rm.
T
h
e
Oas
i
s
ca
r
ds
O
ne to
f
our palm trees are shown. Move one o
f
y
our camels
the same number o
f
squares towards the oasis
.
T
he Mira
g
e cards
T
he mira
g
e cards show one to three palm trees. Move one of
the other pla
y
ers‘ camels back the correspondin
g
number o
f
sq
u
ares
.
The
Ca
m
elee
r
ca
r
d
Y
ou can place an
y
of
y
our camels one square
a
head o
f
the camel which is in the lead in
t
h
e
r
ace
to
t
h
e
oas
i
s
.
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San
d
storm car
d
=
all pla
y
ers shuffle
t
h
e
ir
ca
r
ds
o
nl
y
free squares coun
t
r
each squares o
f
oasis exact
ly
e
n
d
=
six squares o
f
o
asis occu
p
ied
m
ost po
i
nts = w
i
nner
The Sandstorm car
d
If
y
ou show the sandstorm card all the
pla
y
ers have to re-shu
ffl
e their twelve cards
a
nd
p
lace them in a
p
ile face-down in front
of
them. Each pla
y
er once a
g
ain draws three
c
ards
f
rom the top o
f
his pile and takes them
i
n hi
s
h
a
n
d
.
Then it‘s the turn of the next player to play a card
.
Im
p
ortant rules
•
There can only be one camel on a square, so you onl
y
c
ount the free squares when moving a camel forwards
o
r
b
ac
k
war
d
s. Consequent
ly
a came
l
w
h
en
b
ein
g
move
d
b
ackwards could end up back in the desert town
.
•
A came
l
h
avin
g
reac
h
e
d
a square wit
h
in t
h
e oasis ma
y
no
t
be moved back.
•
The squares o
f
the oasis have to be reached with the exact
n
umber. A camel may not be moved past the last square o
f
the
oas
i
s.
•
It is not
p
ermitted to use a cameleer card to move a came
l
in
to
the
oas
i
s
.
•
After playing a card the player draws another one from his
pi
l
e so t
h
at
h
e a
l
wa
y
s
h
as t
h
ree car
d
s in
h
is
h
an
d
.
•
If there are not enough cards left to stock up on three
cards,
y
ou pla
y
with the cards le
f
t in
y
our hand
.
•
Car
d
s t
h
at
h
ave
b
een p
l
a
y
e
d
are co
ll
ecte
d
by
t
h
is p
l
a
y
er an
d
kept in a pile
f
ace-up in
f
ront o
f
him
.
End of the Game
The
g
ame ends when the six squares of the oasis are occupied
by a camel. Each player counts the squares where he has a
ca
m
e
l.
The player with the most points wins the game. In case o
f
a
d
r
a
w
t
h
e
r
e
a
r
e
v
a
ri
ous
winn
e
r
s
.
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The author
Hajo Bücken was
b
orn in 1944 in Sc
h
wie
b
us/Bran
d
en
b
urg an
d
g
rew up in Aix-
l
a C
h
ape
ll
e. Havin
g
comp
l
ete
d
h
is E
d
ucation Stu
d
ies
in Göttingen in 1979, he went on to specialize in the pedagogy o
f
g
ames. He has published many games and books and is one of the
m
ost famous German
g
ame authors
.
H
ABA has published the Ratz Fatz serie
s
and many other of Hajo
s
Bücken‘s games.
„Ich widme das Spiel meinem Enkel Raphael.
”
The Illustrator
Gabriela Silveira was born in 1968 in Lisbon. She spent her childhood
and youth in the sunny town of Porto. She studied communication
d
esi
g
n in Münster an
d
Munic
h
an
d
h
as wor
k
e
d
since 1993 as a
f
reelance illustrator in Munich
.
F
or HABA she has illustrated already the game K
i
tten Gang
.
“
I dedicate the illustrations for this
g
ame to m
y
11
y
ear old son, and most
f
ervent critic, Phillip.
”
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