Marrakesh (City Collection #4)

Compete with other influential families in the city to achieve the most honorable titles through the skillful use of assistants and resources at your disposal. The player who succeeds in doing this best becomes the new "Obermufti" of Marrakesh.

Marrakesh is played over three rounds, with each round consisting of four turns. On each turn, players simultaneously and secretly choose three colored cylinders from behind their screen. Then, in turn order, they place matching colored assistants on their player board (these will be the actions they will perform later), then all cylinders are placed in the cube tower. The cube tower randomizes which cylinders are available this round, with some getting stuck and some from previous rounds coming out.

In turn order, players select a color and take 1-2 of the cylinders that have passed through the tower (or those that were stuck from a previous round but have now emerged) and place them on their player boards. These cylinders will enhance future actions taken in the same color in future rounds. Then, in turn order players will activate the regions where they have placed an assistant.

Actions allow players to gain wealth, which can be traded for influence in the city. Performing various actions also earns bonuses and enhances actions even more as the game proceeds. The player who scores the most points by the end of the game wins.

Awards & Honors

• 2024 GEEKS d'OURO Strategy Board Game of the Year Nominee
• 2024 GEEKS d'OURO Board Game of the Year Nominee
• 2023 Nederlandse Spellenprijs Best Expert Game Nominee
• 2023 MinD-Spielepreis Complex Game Nominee
• 2023 Lys Expert Finalist
• 2023 International Gamers Award Multi-player Nominee
• 2023 5 Seasons Best International Expert Game Nominee
• 2022 Meeples Choice Award Nominee2022 Golden Geek Heavy Game of the Year Nominee

Trade, Influence, and Adventure

Haggle for luxury goods in the lively souks, gain influence in key locations, experience adventures in the desert, and care for the well-being of the people – whoever trades most skillfully will shape the destiny of the royal city.

Wander through the souks – the markets of Marrakesh – and haggle with the merchants for valuable luxury goods.

Use your assistants to gain influence in the Koutoubia Mosque and the Bahia Palace.

Consult the scholars, visit the Djemaa el Fna marketplace with its water sellers, snake charmers, and performers, and discover oases in the Sahara.

Experience adventures around trade and influence in the royal city.

But don't forget to pay the population and provide them with dates and water!