Oasis (2004)

You are the head of a Mongolian family, intent on becoming the most powerful in the land. Use your resources wisely to take control of fertile steppe lands to raise horses, build sacred temples, develop caravans of camels, and control the beautiful oases. The player with the most points at the end of the game will be anointed the Noble of the Oasis.

Components:

• 1 game board
• 88 land tiles (34 Oasis tiles, 34 Steppe tiles, 20 Stony Plains tiles)
• 100 wooden camels (20 each in red, blue, green, yellow and black)
• 20 wooden control markers (4 each in red, blue, green, yellow and black)
• 62 scoring markers (14 commodities, 12 water wells, 16 horses and 20 ovoos)
• 5 priority counters (1-noble, 2-aristocrat, 3-merchant, 4-monk, 5-herder)
• 54 playing cards
  • 4 camel cards with "two camels"
  • 4 camel cards with "three camels"
  • 4 horse cards with "1 horse"
  • 1 horse card with "2 horses"
  • 8 oasis cards with "2 oasis"
  • 8 steppe cards with "2 steppes"
  • 8 stony plain cards with "1 stony plain"
  • 5 water well cards with "1 water well"
  • 4 ovoo cards with "2 ovoos"
  • 3 cards with "steal 3 cards"
  • 1 commodities card with "2 commodities"
  • 4 Commodities cards with "1 commodity"
• 1 rule book (8 pages)

Awards

• 2004 Spiel des Jahres Recommendation.