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Designed By	Cyril Demaegd
Art By
Published By	Quined White Goblin Games (QWG) Rio Grande Games Ystari Games
Year Published	2004
# of Players:	2 − 4
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 4 players Recommended with 3, 4 players (27 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	90 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	12 and up
User Suggested Ages	14 and up (1 voter) [poll]
Language Dependence	No necessary in-game text (6 voters) [poll]
Category	Bluffing Medieval
Mechanic	Area Control Commodity Speculation
Primary Name	Ys
Alternate Names
Expanded By	Show Expansions » Ys Bag of gems expansion Ys+
Families	Ystari originals

	Description Edit \| History

The players embody merchant-princes of Ys. By skillfully using their network of brokers, they speculate on the purchase of precious stones, thus amassing gold. At each turn, ships filled with gems land in the city's ports. In order to obtain gems, make the market prices rise, and be able to draw cards, the players must get majorities on the board by placing brokers in carefully chosen places. Brokers can be displayed either face up or face down, so you can try to bluff your opponents.

Expanded By:

Ys+ (5 player expansion)
Ys Bag of gems expansion

	More Information Edit \| History

Awards

2005 International Gamers Award Best Strategy Game Nominee.

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Like New	£26.00	22-Jun-2009
New	€29.90	27-May-2009
Like New	$25.00	26-May-2009
Very Good	$35.00	2-May-2009
Very Good	$30.00	9-Apr-2009
Like New	$26.00	28-Mar-2009
Like New	$24.00	13-Feb-2009
New	$25.95	28-Dec-2008
New	€26.00	4-Oct-2008
Like New	€25.00	9-Jul-2008

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Ys (GAME)	20d 10h 27m	$ 35.96
Rio Grande Ys Exp RGG 353	20d 51m	$ 19.99
RIO285 Ys Board Game, Rio Grande Games	15d 2h 23m	$ 33.99
RIO353 Ys Expansion, Rio Grande Games	15d 7h 28m	$ 18.99
Rio Grande Ys RGG 285	20d 51m	$ 35.99
Ys Expansion a Board Strategy Game by Ystari NEW	10d 19h 11m	$ 17.49
Ys a Board Strategy Game by Ystari NEW	14d 9h 29m	$ 31.49
Ys board game Rio Grande Games Ystari Games NEW	5d 4h 42m	$ 32.99
Ys - Ystari Games Rio Grande Games ~ NEW	17d 12h 9m	$ 45.00
Ys Rio Grande/ Ystari Games	26d 10h 24m	$ 39.99

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5	Sessions Ys not the game for me	2009-06-15	loofish	9
0	Rules A Few Clarifications...	2009-05-14	EyeInSky	4
0	General Market seems underactive..and white gems?	2009-04-13	Basiliv	3
0	Rules Three Way Tie In Market	2009-03-14	pastor_shoe	1
10	Reviews Ys we can!! (An apolitical review of Ys with pictures)	2009-03-13	Jim K	0
0	General Broker colors/6 player?	2009-03-12	Jim K	2
0	Sessions Ys - sessao em Portugues	2008-11-10	jaugusto72	0
0	General New Ys received damaged - no response from Rio Grande!	2008-10-22	rgnet1	6
8	Reviews Why I Like - Ys	2008-09-04	thoia	5
0	General Can the Ys cards be sleeved?	2008-09-03	friedrice...	4

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Ys - Polish Rules/Polska Instrukcja

Polskie tlumaczenie regul gry

muka

2009-05-25

Teaching aid for Ys - in Hebrew

המערך אינו הסבר ממצה של חוקי המשחק אלא אמצעי עזר לשחקן המסביר את חוקי המשחק לשחקנים חדשים

koby_shachar

2009-04-26

Ys magyar

Hungarian rules for Ys

nagybal55

2007-12-16

Ys Events.rtf

Event Reference for Ys+

gnomish

2007-07-29

Ys Characters.rtf

Character Reference for Ys and Ys+

gnomish

2007-07-29

Ys 2-player Player Aid.pdf

2-Player Aid

cvlw

2007-05-01

Ys_-_Resumen_de_cartas.pdf

Página de Ayuda con la descripción de las Cartas en Español (Spanish card aid)

ArtEmiSa64

2007-02-07

Ys_-_Reglamento_Espanol.pdf

Reglamento traducido desde el manual al español por ArtEmiSa64

ArtEmiSa64

2007-02-07

Ys 2nd Edition Tuckboxes.pdf

Ys 2nd Edition Card Tuckboxes.

hholzgrafe

2007-01-08

Ys cards full description.doc

Word doc of all character cards and event cards

PaulGrogan

2005-12-15

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1409	The Definitive List of Board Game Videos and Interactive Tutorials	2007-08-12
735	Plays best with 2? 3? 4? 173? You tell me! Ultimate Optimum # of Players List (BGG Top 288)	2007-02-09
609	Top 150 Availability (updated 5th December '07)	2007-01-30
544	2008 Edition of Look what my Secret Santa sent me...	2008-10-29
408	2007 Edition of: My Secret Santa Sent Me... (only received gifts)	2007-11-20
281	The Euro Box Cover	2008-07-19
264	2006 Edition of: Look what my Secret Santa sent me...	2006-12-15
252	Euros and Box Cover Art: The Albrecht Durer Syndrome	2007-11-20
234	Game Designers Who Are BGG'ers	2007-01-26
181	Language levels of the top 250 (or can I buy this cheap foreign edition?!)	2007-09-13

	Statistics

User Rank:	214
Num Ratings:	1322
Average Rating:	7.16
Standard Deviation:	1.25
Num Views:	78022
GeekBuddy Analysis:	Analyze
Similarly Rated:	View
Avg. Game Weight:	3.0
Fans:	3

Personal Comments:	581
Users Owning:	1505
Users Wanting:	167
Users Trading:	54
Has Parts For Trade:	1
Want Parts In Trade:	1
Price History:	View
Total Plays:	1891
Plays This Month:	7

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Ys Bag of gems expansion

Rank	N/A
Num Ratings	28
Average Rating	6.35
Average Weight	3.67

Owned	85
Prev. Owned	1
For Trade	1
Wanted in Trade	12

Wishlist	16
Comments	22
Year Pub.	2005

Ys+

Rank	N/A
Num Ratings	104
Average Rating	7.38
Average Weight	2.68

Owned	390
Prev. Owned	5
For Trade	10
Wanted in Trade	37

Wishlist	59
Comments	53
Year Pub.	2005

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English rules on the publisher's website	http://www.ystari.com/ys/YsE.pdf	2004-08-31
Review on Tric Trac	http://www.trictrac.net/index.php3?id=jeux&rub=det...	2004-10-24
Bruno Faidutti's ideal game library	http://www.faidutti.com/index.php?Module=ludothequ...	2004-11-01
Player aid (High Res)	http://www.ystari.com/ys/aidint.pdf	2004-11-03
Player aid (Low Res)	http://www.ystari.com/ys/aidintlow.pdf	2004-11-03
Capsule review on Chris Farrell's weblog	http://homepage.mac.com/c_farrell/iblog/C209722158...	2004-12-01
Japanease translation	http://www.thegamegallery.net/games/gameinfo.cgi?i...	2004-12-07
Legend of the city of Ys	http://www.brittany-bretagne.com/pg/ys.htm	2004-12-26
French review on Jeux2Rody.com	http://www.jeux2rody.com/jeux/y/ys.html	2005-01-03
Ys rules for 2 and 5 players (english)	http://www.ystari.com/ys/Ys235E.pdf	2005-01-05

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