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Designed By	Guido Hoffmann
Art By	Guido Hoffmann
Published By	HABA - Habermaaß GmbH
Year Published	2004
# of Players:	2 − 4
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 4 players Recommended with 2, 3, 4 players (1 voter) [poll]
Playing Time	20 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	5 and up
User Suggested Ages	5 (2 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	(no votes yet) (0 voters) [poll]
Category	Action/Dexterity Arabian Children's Game
Mechanic	Pick-up and Deliver
Primary Name	Akaba
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In Akaba, by Guido Hoffman (who also did the artwork), 2-4 players try to blow their flying carpets about the game board and try to be the first to collect all the presents.
A 'stormy' dexterity game for ages 5 and up.

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The bellows mechanism was re-used in a later Guido Hoffman game, Der schwarze Pirat

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New	€32.00	5-Jan-2008

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7	Reviews Kid Games 100 - #17: Akaba	2009-04-16	gamemark	0
9	Reviews So Many Excuses to Make Ribald Jokes	2008-11-02	VixenTorG...	1
13	Sessions Magic Carpet Ride	2006-04-03	johncarlton	0

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Akaba Spanish Rules

Akaba Spanish Rules (http://www.labsk.net)

jcd2001es

2008-08-08

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598	my private geeklist - silly or stupid, you make the call	2007-02-21
238	Geeklists About Games For Kids	2005-03-08
202	Games that are just plain FUN	2008-08-21
177	HABA HABA HABA	2006-03-23
163	The Kid Games 100	2008-06-11
140	Hey, that sounds cool! Or, mechanics that make you want to try a game	2007-04-24
114		2007-01-11
113	Games Explained in The Spiel	2009-04-21
106	The Best Dexterity Games (or 60 dexterity games that are better than Jenga)	2009-02-14
99	Just for the kids? You gotta be kidding!	2006-12-26

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Board Game Rank:	1678
Num Ratings:	145
Average Rating:	6.56
Standard Deviation:	1.22
Num Views:	14978
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Avg. Game Weight:	1.2
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Personal Comments:	92
Users Owning:	167
Users Wanting:	48
Users Trading:	1
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Multi-language rulebook	http://www.haba.de/medias/sys_master/8451492278268...	2009-08-07
Polish review at Kraina Gier	http://www.krainagier.net/content/view/313/40/	2009-07-17
Review on www.GoodGameGuide.de (in German)	http://www.superfred.de/akaba.html	2006-06-30
Review on LudiGaume (French)	http://www.ludigaume.net/Jeux/Akaba/akaba_i.htm	2005-04-08
Bruno Faidutti's ideal game library	http://www.faidutti.com/index.php?Module=ludothequ...	2005-02-08
Le site perso de Ludo le gars (français)	http://lgimet.free.fr/Akaba.htm	2004-11-02

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