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Jambo (2004)

Average Rating: 7.15/10
Board Game Rank: 227
Strategy Game Rank: 152
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Artist
Publisher
Year Published
2004
# of Players
2
User Suggested # of Players
Best with 2 players
Recommended with 2 players
(60 voters) [poll]
Playing Time
45 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages
12 and up
User Suggested Ages
10 and up
(26 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence
Extensive use of text - massive conversion needed to be playable
(44 voters) [poll]
Honors
Subdomain
(61 voters) [vote]
Category
Mechanic
Expansion
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Primary Name
Jambo
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Players take on the role of merchants offering their wares from market stands. On a player's turn, he has five actions to choose from. Actions can be used to draw cards, play cards and activate buildup cards.

In order to sell wares, the merchants must first lay the wares out, since customers will only buy where all the wares they want are being offered. And since market space is at a premium, players have to think hard about which wares to offer.

By owning important buildup cards and properly using the assets of other village inhabitants, the merchants succeed in attracting especially many customers to their stalls, making bargain buys, and messing with their opponents' plans.

The first player to reach a set cash level through buying and selling of wares is the winner.

The game's attraction lies with the many special cards. Many different combinations are possible during the game, and each game plays out differently as a result.

Original description from Games4You.

Contents

  • 112 cards
  • 52 gold pieces
  • 36 wares
  • 5 action markers

Jambo is part of the Kosmos two-player series.

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Online Play

  • Vassal module
  • Feuerteufel. Dutch website supporting live play and asynchronous play-by-web (Now with notification emails!). For non-Dutch speakers/readers, using Google Translate (e.g., with Google Chrome or with the Google Toolbar in Firefox, or even through translate.google.com) works pretty well!

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Jambo
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Dutch tin box edition
Publisher: White Goblin Games
Artist: Michael Menzel
Year: 2011
Size:  
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Jambo
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Dutch Edition
Publisher: Quined White Goblin Games
Artist: Michael Menzel
Year: 2008
Size: Square 2-player (e.g. Lost Cities)
Dutch
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Jambo
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French edition
Publisher: Filosofia Édition
Artist: Michael Menzel
Year: 2007
Product Code: 90412
Size: Square 2-player (e.g. Lost Cities)
French
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Nick: 
German SdJ nominee edition
Publisher: Kosmos
Artist: Michael Menzel
Year: 2004
Product Code: 690038
Size: Square 2-player (e.g. Lost Cities)
0.77 pounds
German
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Rio Grande edition
Publisher: Rio Grande Games
Artist: Michael Menzel
Year: 2004
Product Code: 690038
Size: Square 2-player (e.g. Lost Cities)
0.82 pounds
English
Release Date:   
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1 Jambo Polish rules matched to the size of a box
Instrukcja dopasowana do wielkości pudełka.
2012-04-06
2 Resumen rápido de juego para Jambo
Resumen rápido de juego para Jambo. Para refrescar las reglas si lo juegas de vez en cuando.
2012-01-27
1 Jambo Finnish stickers for cards
Finnish card text sheets either to be used as stickers or in sleeves.
2012-01-07
5 Polish stickers for cards
POlskie wklejki na karty Jambo
2011-01-03
0 Textos das cartas em português
Textos em português* de cada carta do jogo: - Animais - Pessoas - Utilidades * A tradução não foi revisada; sugestões e críticas são bem vindas !
2010-12-23
2 Jambo. Expansiones The Relics y The Three Huts
Traducción de las reglas y cartas de ambas expansiones. Se incluyen rediseños de las cartas para imprimir.
2010-11-08
14 Jambo player mat.
Player mat, print, laminate and trim. Fits into the game box.
2010-08-15
5 Russian rules (правила на русском)
Перевод правил на русский.
2010-02-25
4 Cards in Russian (карты на русском)
Перевод карт на русский.
2010-02-19
10 Millenium Jambo
Millenium Jambo component sheet. For details, go to http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/482128/millennium-jambo-jambo-redesign
2010-01-09
Statistics
Board Game Rank: 227
Strategy Game Rank: 152
Num Ratings: 5134
Average Rating: 7.15
Standard Deviation: 1.19
Num Views: 229692
GeekBuddy Analysis: Analyze
Similarly Rated: View
Avg. Game Weight: 2.1
Fans: 100
Personal Comments: 1813
Users Owning: 6251
Users Wanting: 269
Users Trading: 203 [find trade matches]
Has Parts For Trade: 1
Want Parts In Trade: 0
Price History: View
Total Plays: 17193
Plays This Month: 169
Linked Items Relationship: Expansions for this Game
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Rank N/A
Num Ratings 578
Average Rating 7.28
Average Weight 2.12
Num Owned 1904
Prev. Owned 105
For Trade 33
Want in Trade 73
Wishlist 153
Comments 278
Year Published 2007
Rank N/A
Num Ratings 276
Average Rating 7.76
Average Weight 2.25
Num Owned 1149
Prev. Owned 35
For Trade 12
Want in Trade 67
Wishlist 134
Comments 110
Year Published 2009
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