Through the Desert Rules Questions
Victor Rodriguez
I just got Through the Desert (can't wait to play it!) and I have a
couple of doubts concerning the rules.
1. The rules say:
* The players seat their riders on each of their six camels. The
rider on the grey camel is placed in front of each player,
indicating which colour they play. In a five-player game, each
player returns a different shaded camel (and the rider) so that
there are only four camels of each shade in play.
I'm a bit confused here. Does this mean that of the 5 different colors
of camels, only 4 are used by all players? Or does this mean that all 5
colors are in play, but each player has only caravans on four of them?
2. Just to make sure, I want to ask this: camels can be added anywhere
on a caravan, so that a caravan that looks like a Y is possible, right?
Thanks in advance for your responses!
Victor R.
ps. Hay por aqui personas cuya lengua madre sea el espannol?
Tammy Coxen
> I'm a bit confused here. Does this mean that of the 5 different colors
> of camels, only 4 are used by all players? Or does this mean that all 5
> colors are in play, but each player has only caravans on four of them?
The second thing you said. When playing with 5 players, each individual
player has caravans of only 4 colors, but all 5 colors will be played.
> 2. Just to make sure, I want to ask this: camels can be added anywhere
> on a caravan, so that a caravan that looks like a Y is possible, right?
Absolutely - you can have caravans that look like a herd too...
Tammy
Christopher Bourassa
can indeed add camels anywhere on a caravan, but they must be of the same
color. In other words, you could form a caravan that took the shape of the
letter "Y" only if the camels were all of one color. Otherwise it would be
two separate caravans. Remember, too, that two caravans (of two different
players) of the same color may never touch. There must always be one space
between them. Otherwise, you wouldn't be able to determine which camels
belonged to which player.
RRI1
>
> I just got Through the Desert (can't wait to play it!) and I have a
>couple of doubts concerning the rules.
>
>1. The rules say:
>
> * The players seat their riders on each of their six camels. The
> rider on the grey camel is placed in front of each player,
> indicating which colour they play. In a five-player game, each
> player returns a different shaded camel (and the rider) so that
> there are only four camels of each shade in play.
>
> I'm a bit confused here. Does this mean that of the 5 different colors
>of camels, only 4 are used by all players? Or does this mean that all 5
>colors are in play, but each player has only caravans on four of them?
Each player starts with 4 riders and therefore cannot use camels of the color
they do not have a rider for. Each player should choose a different color and
I simply make the pastel color closest to the color of your rider is the color
you cannot use. (The Purple player does not get a light purple camel.)
>2. Just to make sure, I want to ask this: camels can be added anywhere
>on a caravan, so that a caravan that looks like a Y is possible, right?
Yes. But you may never place a camel so that is it is adjacent to another
camel of the same color.
>Thanks in advance for your responses!
Richard Irving rr...@aol.com
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The Doctor
>
> Each player starts with 4 riders and therefore cannot use camels of the color
> they do not have a rider for. Each player should choose a different color and
No way man, it's much more fun if some choose the same color.
> I simply make the pastel color closest to the color of your rider is the color
> you cannot use. (The Purple player does not get a light purple camel.)
When do you decide whoch colour you leave out?
We simply place 4 colors, which automatically leaves one.
We've had games in which all but one chose the same color so the one
player was the only one to play in that color (stupid play by the others
of course)
> Yes. But you may never place a camel so that is it is adjacent to another
> camel of the same color.
ONly if it is of another player. the game sort of is all about placing
camels of the same color next to eachother :)
//Doc.