Source of the Nile 1978
- Players
- 1–6
- Play time
- 180 min
- Complexity
- Medium 2.9 / 5 (64 votes)
Description
Design educational challenging game player compete primarily nature luck tend element game overcome careful play situation forever change single good strategy howeverplayer weigh risk gain decision good judgment pay offthe game play mapboard show africa khartoum capetown lagos mombasa periphery map show territory know filledin center blank hexagonal grid superimpose map regulate movement delimit territory explore course play player move token represent explorer explored hexagon blank hexagon time terrain native tribe discovery hexagon semirandomly determined allowance previous discovery adjacent hexagon player interact discovery eg negotiate new native guide record mapboard wax crayon mapboard surface erasable explorer die return europe publish discovery hexagon explore erase subsequent explorer find discovery rumors ie player explore erase hexagon later generate new discovery therewhen explorer return civilization publish discovery safe erasure player emulate real explorer withhold discovery enjoy advantage move terrain deal native know point score discovery publish score lose explorer die retire player player retire explorer time start new explorer europebefore trip africa explorer raise money support expedition new explorer discovery credit draw chance card turn feel finance adequate experienced explorer accelerate process publish discovery allow draw additional chance cardsoriginally publish discovery game republish avalon hill cardbased dicebased system form original rule preserve ah rule book rubric game ii the rule ah version glitch section die roll modifier guide proceed cautiously reversedthe general index article list general volno source nile ldquonative policy source nilerdquo strategy michael anchor question box source nile general volno source strength variantsource nile vengeance tim williams online play amarrinercom pbemexpande source nile tributary discovery game version.
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- Publishers
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- Year
- 1978
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