Ys (2004)

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Designer	Cyril Demaegd
Artist	Arnaud Demaegd
Publisher	HUCH! & friends Quined White Goblin Games 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 (38 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	90 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	12 and up
User Suggested Ages	12 and up (3 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	No necessary in-game text (10 voters) [poll]
Honors	2005 International Gamers Awards - General Strategy; Multi-player Nominee 2005 Tric Trac Nominee
Subdomain	Strategy Games (11 voters) [vote]
Category	Bluffing Medieval
Mechanic	Area Control / Area Influence Commodity Speculation
Expansion	Ys Bag of gems expansion Ys+
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Family	Ystari originals
Primary Name	Ys
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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.

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

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Awards

2005 International Gamers Award Best Strategy Game Nominee.

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Third Edition

Publisher: Rio Grande Games, Ystari Games

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Year: 2008

Size: Medium Rectangle (e.g. Agricola)

English, French

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German Edition

Publisher: HUCH! & friends

Artist: Arnaud Demaegd

Year: 2005

Size: 12.40 x 8.88 x 2.75 inches

2.50 pounds

German

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First Edition

Publisher: Ystari Games

Artist: Arnaud Demaegd

Year: 2004

Size: 12.40 x 8.88 x 2.75 inches

2.50 pounds

English, French, German

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1	Ys Abriendo la Caja - Ys	Spanish	netes	0
55	Ys Tim's board game review episode 13: Ys	English	Kerbster76	1

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0	General Ys board and cards if anyone needs replacements.	2011-11-11	Goldenturkey	1
0	News UK - now available in The Works	2011-10-18	pjd17mini	2
0	Rules broker placement	2011-08-09	carldirocco	1
0	General 2 Questions : Ys it, or Ys it not ?	2011-07-05	buylower	4
0	General How many tokens of each colors ?	2011-06-22	wormhole ...	1
0	General Horrible Quality Control!!!	2011-03-11	shafi	3
1	General Customer Service +++	2011-03-07	ASLChampion	4
1	General 6th player...???	2010-12-07	pacman88k	4
0	Rules Gem Publicity?	2010-11-10	Raid1280	1
0	Rules White Gem "Turn-In" Timing	2010-01-05	redcometx	5

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2	Ys+ General Visual Comparison of Ystari Ys with Rio Grande Ys+	2008-06-30	Basiliv	9
2	Ys+ General Rio Grande Ys+ edition compatible with Ystari Ys edition?	2008-06-12	tonksey	4
4	Ys+ News Rio Grande plans to publish Ys+ in April or May	2008-02-19	mbuckingham	13
0	Ys+ General Will there ever be a way to buy 5-player Ys?	2007-10-04	jostrand	7
5	Ys Bag of gems expansion General Why does this have an entry?	2007-07-02	Psauberer	6
0	Ys Bag of gems expansion General Size of gems?	2007-07-02	ColtsFan76	4
0	Ys+ General Anyone get a copy of this after ordering from Ystari?	2007-06-24	hvogel	14
14	Ys+ Reviews YS+ add variety to Ys	2007-06-24	jcurtis55	0
0	Ys+ Rules Contraband card	2007-06-24	jcurtis55	6
0	Ys+ General Available again from Ystari website	2007-03-16	galvornman	4

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YS 2 spelers variant nederlands

Variant om Ys met 2 spelers te kunnen spelen, in het Nederlands.

zepson

2011-08-18

Ys_Short Guide_Game Summary

Ys_Short Guide_v1 - Game summary for game explainers. This is basically an index sized cheat sheet to aid in teaching the game and refreshing your memory on subtle hard-to-remember rules. It also includes a components list for quick setup/cleanup. [b]*Go here for [geeklist=56867]more Short_Guides[/geeklist] of other games*[/b]

dshortdesign

2011-04-07

Japanese rulebook

A PDF file of the rules in japanese language for Ys and Ys+.

nagamine

2010-04-07

Ys kort

Samenvatting van de regels in het Nederlands in tekstvorm om dadelijk weer aan de slag te kunnen.

zepson

2010-03-25

Ys kaarten Nederlands

Afbeeldingen van de kaarten (personages) met de tekst in het Nederlands.

zepson

2010-03-16

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

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	Statistics

Board Game Rank:	344
Strategy Game Rank:	203
Num Ratings:	1809
Average Rating:	7.07
Standard Deviation:	1.25
Num Views:	129061
GeekBuddy Analysis:	Analyze
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Avg. Game Weight:	2.9
Fans:	11

Personal Comments:	708
Users Owning:	2218
Users Wanting:	154
Users Trading:	92 [find trade matches]
Has Parts For Trade:	1
Want Parts In Trade:	3
Price History:	View
Total Plays:	2567
Plays This Month:	1

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Ys Bag of gems expansion

Rank	N/A
Num Ratings	35
Average Rating	6.38
Average Weight	3.00

Num Owned	102
Prev. Owned	3
For Trade	2
Want in Trade	19

Wishlist	27
Comments	25
Year Published	2005

Ys+

Rank	N/A
Num Ratings	161
Average Rating	7.34
Average Weight	2.73

Num Owned	595
Prev. Owned	36
For Trade	18
Want in Trade	27

Wishlist	60
Comments	77
Year Published	2005

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German review - LORP.de	http://www.lorp.de/rezensionen/show.asp?id=894	2011-10-18
German review - Spielbox	http://www.spielbox.de/spielarchiv/peep/ys.php4	2011-10-18
German review - Hall9000	http://www.hall9000.de/html/spiel/ys	2011-10-18
German review - Topolino	http://members.chello.at/topolino/vindex.html?/top...	2011-10-18
German review - Spielonaut	http://www.spielonaut.de/site/kritik/start2.htm?/s...	2011-10-18
German review - Spieleteufel	http://www.spieleteufel.de/spiel.php?id=429	2011-10-18
German review - spieletest.at	http://www.spieletest.at/spiel.php?ID=1281	2011-10-18
German review - Spielphase	http://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/keirat/tx...	2011-10-18
YS (Spanish) Comment in Eurojuegos Buenos Aires	http://eurojuegos-buenosaires.blogspot.com/2011/09...	2011-09-27
Nederlandstalige review Ys	http://www.bloggen.be/speleninlille/archief.php?ID...	2010-12-10