Rajas of the Ganges

What is Rajas of the Ganges

Through tactics and karma to wealth and fame. In 16th century India, the powerful empire of the Great Moguls rises between the Indus and the Ganges rivers. Taking on the role of rajas and ranis – the country's influential nobles – players in Rajas of the Ganges race against each other in support of the empire by developing their estates into wealthy and magnificent provinces. Players must use their dice wisely and carefully plot where to place their workers, while never underestimating the benefits of good karma. Success will bring them great riches and fame in their quest to become legendary rulers.

Your task is to develop your province with the help of your workers, money, and dice. In the end, you must win the race with a combination of wealth and fame. The fame track and the money track run parallel to each other in opposite directions around the gameboard. The fame markers are moved clockwise, the money markers, counter-clockwise. As you build and expand, you attempt to increase both your fame and wealth so that

your fame marker and your money marker intersect.

As soon as one player manages to have his fame marker and his money marker converge or pass each other, the end of the game is triggered. The

Game details

Players

2–4

Age

+12

Duration

75 min

Difficulty

Medium

Type

Board game

Year

2017

Mechanics

Connections · Dice Rolling · Race

Categories

Dice · Economic · Renaissance

Designer

Inka Brand · Markus Brand

Publisher

Devir · HUCH! · 999 Games · Dice Realm