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Emira
In Emira the players are Arabian Sheiks looking to expand their harem with more princesses. They try to make themselves more attractive to convince as many princesses as possible to come to live in their harem. Each round, another princess with different preferences comes into play and chooses the sheik that she is most attracted to.
What is Emira
In Emira the players are Arabian Sheiks looking to expand their harem with more princesses. They try to make themselves more attractive to convince as many princesses as possible to come to live in their harem. Each round, another princess with different preferences comes into play and chooses the sheik that she is most attracted to.
The game is played in several rounds. The 3 to 5 players have auctions where they bid to perform actions: play event cards, buying spice caravans, palace sections, camels, or improve his appearance and status. After all players have performed an action the princess will chose which sheik she prefers (according to her preferences).
Each player has a goal card that defines his goal for the game, for example acquire 4 princesses with three specific skills or 6 princesses.
1st Place 2004 Hippodice Spieleautorenwettbewerb (as Harem).
Game details
- Players
- 3–5
- Age
- +12
- Duration
- 100 min
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Type
- Board game
- Year
- 2006
- Mechanics
- Auction / Bidding · Set Collection · Variable Player Powers
- Categories
- Arabian · Economic
- Designer
- Paul Van Hove · Liesbeth Vanzeir
- Publisher
- Devir · Mayfair Games · Phalanx Games B.V.
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What the community says about Emira
Not my type of game, but one of the best open BIDDING game i ever played, because have many mechanism to prevent player advantage over the others, the camel mechanics really balanced. I feel a little bit overwhelm about the lots of articmetical calculations you need to do to play well.
Everything about Emira
How many players is Emira for?
Emira plays with 3–5 players.
How long does a game take?
A game takes about 100 minutes.
What age is it suitable for?
It is recommended from age 12.
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