Cleopatra's Caboose (2010)

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Designer	Steve Zamborsky
Artist	Peter Szabo Gabor
Publisher	Z-Man Games
Year Published	2010
# of Players	3 − 5
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 4, 5 players Recommended with 3, 4, 5 players (4 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	75 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	10 and up
User Suggested Ages	12 and up (1 voter) [poll]
Language Dependence	Some necessary text - easily memorized or small crib sheet (1 voter) [poll]
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Subdomain	Strategy Games (5 voters) [vote]
Category	Ancient City Building Economic Humor Trains Transportation Show More »
Mechanic	Auction/Bidding Card Drafting Commodity Speculation Pick-up and Deliver Variable Player Powers Show More »
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Family	Country: Egypt
Primary Name	Cleopatra's Caboose
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Cleopatra's Caboose: The train game based...in Ancient Egypt?!?

Cleopatra's Caboose is a train game for 3 to 5 players that's based in Ancient Egypt. Each turn, players bid for the right to utilize a game designer of their choosing which denotes both the turn order and a special ability that can be used that turn.

Players construct tracks, ship fruits to cities that need them, construct buildings for victory points and to improve a city's status, and build pyramids to make a city more prestigious. Be careful, though; you have a limited amount of money and actions in which to accomplish your goals! Manage both wisely and become the Emperor of Ancient Egypt!

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First Edition

Publisher: Z-Man Games

Artist: Peter Szabo Gabor

Year: 2010

Product Code: ZMG 7039

Size: 11.62 x 11.62 x 2.88 inches

4.16 pounds

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Cleopatra's Caboose Cleopatra's Caboose Demo - BoardGameGeek Booth - Essen Spiel 2010

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2	General How Should I Play My First Game?	2012-05-27	Larry Levy	3
0	General Missing City Card. How many of each should there be?	2012-05-21	KissaTaikuri	4
0	Rules The Golden Ra rule	2012-05-17	leonoel48	1
0	General Has anybody rewriten the rules to this game?	2012-04-10	yaverot	0
0	Rules Endgame trigger	2012-02-21	troybowers	2
2	Variants 2 Player variant	2011-12-11	Striker1965	3
42	Reviews Cleopatra's Caboose - impressions from an 18xx-player	2011-09-20	katsulas	2
1	General question about components	2011-08-25	freelunch	5
0	Rules Empty City Clarification	2011-06-09	pmboos	2
22	Reviews Cleopatra's Caboose	2011-05-26	yffip	0

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Summary of play in outline format

Play summary in outline format, including corrections and clarifications from Steve Zamborsky. You'll want the separate Actions Table file to go with this. (Egregious errors and omissions corrected)

zefquaavius

2011-06-16

Cleopatra's Caboose Actions Table

Summary of player actions, their requirements, and their side-effects. (Omissions corrected)

zefquaavius

2011-06-16

Japanese rulebook

A PDF file of the rules in japanese language for Cleopatra's Caboose.

nagamine

2010-06-01

Cleopatra's Caboose Rulebook - "final" final version

This is the final version of the Cleopatra's Caboose rulebook, incorporating feedback and suggestions from BGG users.

Zambo

2009-09-09

Cleopatra's Caboose rulebook - final

This is the final version of the Cleopatra's Caboose rulebook. Any feedback is welcome before it goes to the printer.

Zambo

2009-08-06

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Primordial Group's Essen: The Games	http://www.primordialgroup.com/Blog/default.aspx?a...	2010-10-28
Z-man Games Page	http://www.zmangames.com/boardgames/cleos_caboose....	2010-09-28
English rules from Z-Man	http://www.zmangames.com/boardgames/files/cleo_cab...	2010-09-07
News about upcoming release in The Spiel podcast	http://www.thespiel.net/?q=node/548	2009-12-26
Cleopatra's Caboose preview in The Metagamers podcast News segment	http://media.libsyn.com/media/themetagamers/TheMet...	2007-04-26