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Tales of the Arabian Nights

In Tales of the Arabian Nights, you are the hero or heroine in a story of adventure and wonder just like those told by Scheherazade to her spellbound sultan! You will travel the land seeking your own destiny and fortune. You will learn stories and gain wisdom to share with others. Will you be the first to fulfill your destiny? The next Tale is yours to tell! There is, of course, a winner in Tales of the Arabian Nights, but the point of the game is less to see who wins and more to enjoy the unfolding and telling of a great story!

2–6 players120 minages 14medium difficulty

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What is Tales of the Arabian Nights

Players choose a character card, a quest, select a set skills, and move across the board to fulfill the quest. A player's movement is based on their wealth and each player draws an encounter card at the end of their move. Dice are thrown and these determine the player's responses to the encounter based on their character card. In a very simplified sense, it's a very big Choose Your Own Adventure game - with the added spice that the players to your right and left control the matrix and the Book of Tales during your encounter - so the game moves along at a good pace. The first player to finish their quest wins.

The Book of Tales is huge and offers a huge amount of the variability and replayability. Solitaire modules can be purchased separately.

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Players: 2–6
Age: +14
Duration: 120 min
Difficulty: Medium
Type: Board game
Year: 2009
Mechanics: Dice Rolling · Narrative Choice / Paragraph · Point to Point Movement
Categories: Adventure · Arabian · Exploration
Designer: Eric Goldberg · Kevin Maroney · Anthony J. Gallela
Publisher: Devir · Z-Man Games · Filosofia Éditions · Giochix.it

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David_Trovador8.5/10

Traducido al castellano, megacurrada de Decanox de Asylum Games! Reglas + MEGALIBRACO! Es un juego único en su especie. Una fusión de juego de mesa con juego de rol. Y se puede jugar casi con cualquiera, que guste del género narrativo y aventura. Recuerda en parte a aquellos libros de "elige tu propia aventura" :) Se recomienda hasta 4 jugadores o menos. Con más, hace el entre-turno demasiado largo. Recomendado usar ciertas variantes que mejoran el juego. Te mueves por el mapa, tienes encuentros en las localizaciones y en función del tipo de acción que elijas & las habilidades que dispongas