Designer	Michael Kiesling Wolfgang Kramer
Artist	Franz Vohwinkel
Publisher	Ravensburger Rio Grande Games
Year Published	2010
# of Players	2 − 4
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 4 players Recommended with 2, 3, 4 players (21 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	45 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	9 and up
User Suggested Ages	10 and up (7 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	No necessary in-game text (14 voters) [poll]
Honors	2011 Golden Geek Best Family Board Game Nominee 2011 International Gamers Awards - General Strategy; Multi-player Nominee 2011 Spiel des Jahres Nominee
Subdomain	Family Games Strategy Games (11 voters) [vote]
Category	Fantasy Medieval
Mechanic	Hand Management Pattern Building Worker Placement
Expansion	Asara: Das Haus des Flaschengeistes Asara: Die Gaben des Kalifen
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Compete with your fellow players for the most beautiful towers. Players take on the roles of famous architects and using their chicanery, try to obtain the best construction parts. With these the exuberant towers are erected. Think ahead, use your tactical sense and it will help you to stay ahead of the other players and thereby become the greatest architect of the country. Exciting construction entertainment for the whole family.

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English first edition

Publisher: Ravensburger

Artist: Franz Vohwinkel

Year: 2012

Size: 11.80 x 11.80 x 2.90 inches

3.80 pounds

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Artist: Franz Vohwinkel

Year: 2010

Size: Medium Square (e.g. Ticket to Ride)

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Multilingual first edition

Publisher: Ravensburger

Artist: Franz Vohwinkel

Year: 2010

Product Code: RIOA38

Size: 11.80 x 11.80 x 2.90 inches

3.80 pounds

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3	Asara Asara (spiele-offensive)	German	PollutedMonk...	0
36	Asara [DriveThruReview] #29: "Simulacrum Killer"	English	eekamouse	10
59	Asara Cat & Mouse Presents: Overview of Asara	English	catandmouse	4
4	Asara German Overview from www.spielkult.de.	German	rukiosu	0
3	Asara SpieLama's German video review. pt1/3	German	rukiosu	0
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0	General How many towers???	2012-02-22	Zugli	1
6	Reviews Short and concise review fo Asara - Light weight game for me	2011-12-01	duckizz	1
0	Rules 2 lighted window questions	2011-11-26	hymie	1
0	Rules Who has the second highest tower?	2011-10-20	joe_salamone	3
0	General Can you help me confirm when to restock face up tower pieces?	2011-10-10	wgerken	2
0	Rules what happens if you run out of space to place buyers?	2011-10-02	duckizz	3
8	Reviews Liga review from Gamers Alliance Report	2011-09-02	liga	0
8	Reviews Beautiful, Easy-to-learn, Thematic game.	2011-08-22	CalebSkye	3
4	News Expansion: Die Gaben des Kalifen	2011-08-18	lacxox	1
3	Sessions Once upon a time... Mirar and Faraiel	2011-08-13	sandrian	0

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Asara in Spanish

Reglas en castellano

genismorera

2011-11-15

Asara samenvatting nederlands

Samenvatting van Asara in het Nederlands, in tekstvorm.

zepson

2011-09-11

magyar szabály + az 1. kiegészítőé is

A szabályok magyarul - Hungarian translation of the rules v1.1 (1 nem teljesen egyértelmű mondat pontosítása.)

Dunda

2011-08-29

Asara Korean Rules

Asara rules in Korean.

skeil

2011-06-02

Asara Quick Reference

1-page, 2-sided quick reference in English, a la Liumas. Version 1.0.

Ajax

2011-04-03

ASARA Game Rules / Set-Up and Components Sheet

Translation of the German-language rulebook and setup sheet.

iconocaust

2010-12-26

ASARA Rules

english ver.1.0

lanzaderas

2010-11-22

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220	Essen 2010: Games to keep an eye on	2010-09-08
219	Spiel des Jahres 2011 -The Nominees and Recommendations	2011-05-23
218	My photos from SPIEL 2010 - Essen - October 21-24, 2010	2010-10-27

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Board Game Rank:	463
Strategy Game Rank:	249
Family Game Rank:	72
Num Ratings:	807
Average Rating:	7.17
Standard Deviation:	1.04
Num Views:	72385
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Avg. Game Weight:	2.4
Fans:	24

Personal Comments:	223
Users Owning:	897
Users Wanting:	165
Users Trading:	13 [find trade matches]
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Num Ratings	37
Average Rating	7.27
Average Weight	2.20

Num Owned	229
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For Trade	24
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Wishlist	28
Comments	16
Year Published	2010

Asara: Die Gaben des Kalifen

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Num Ratings	12
Average Rating	7.12
Average Weight	2.00

Num Owned	116
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Year Published	2011

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German rules	http://spelarch.khbo.be/PDFspelregels/9817.pdf	2012-01-30
Reglas en castellano y Maquetadas de Asara en Dos Maracas de Diez.	http://dosmaracas.blogspot.com/2011/11/en-cristian...	2012-01-21
German review - Spielmonster	http://www.surrealist.de/spielmonster/Rezensionen/...	2012-01-02
Spanish Review: Asara	http://dosmaracas.blogspot.com/2011/11/jugando-cos...	2011-11-11
French review - BdmL	http://bdml.free.fr/jeuxsoc.php?page=asara.html	2011-11-01
German review - Reich der Spiele	http://www.reich-der-spiele.com/kritiken/Asara	2011-08-24
Game page (English) - Rio Grande Games	http://www.riograndegames.com/games.html?id=390	2011-08-11
English Review at Meople's Magazine	http://www.meoplesmagazine.com/2011/06/26/asara/	2011-06-26
German review brettspielblog.ch	http://www.brettspielblog.ch/spielkritik/asara-spi...	2011-06-21
Asara Korean Review on Mounted Cloud	http://mountedcloud.tistory.com/52	2011-06-07