Five Tribes (board game)
Five Tribes is a board game created by Bruno Cathala in which four players move and manipulate the five tribes in an attempt to gain control of the fictional Sultanate of Naqala. Unlike most worker placement games, Five Tribes begins with the Meeples already on the board. The rules are relatively simple, but the game requires complex strategies to outwit opponents and take control of the most land.
The game is also known as 五大部落, 다섯 부족, Five Tribes: Os Gênios de Naqala, ファイブ・トライブズ, П'ять Каст, Пять племён, Five Tribes: Naquala dzsinnjei, Pięć Klanów: Dżiny Naqali, Five Tribes: I Geni di Naqala.
Gameplay
Players will take a set of Camels and turn markers of a color. Each player also takes 50 gold coins, the number of coins a player has is not open knowledge. 30 tiles are randomly placed into a 5x6 grid. Each tile then gets 3 random meeples placed upon it. Players bid for turn order. The player who wins the highest position goes first and will take their full turn before the next player. Each turn, a player selects a tile that has meeples on it, and will take all the meeples on that tile then place them, one at a time, on an adjacent tile that has at least one other meeple on it, is not diagonal, and that has not had a meeple placed on it this turn. The player will take all the meeples of the same colorPlay continues until a player places their last camel, or there are no legal moves left. Scores are then tallied with gold coins and yellow and white meeples being worth points, and additional points available for palm trees, players with fewer meeples than you, Djinns, palaces, and controlled tiles. Merchandise is also sold off and that gold is added to the final points. The player with the most points wins.