Published card games
Jambo
KOSMOS, 2004
Jambo is a card game published by KOSMOS in 2004. It is played with 2 players, from age 12 and in about 45 minutes.
- players
- 2
- minutes
- 45
- years
- 12+
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The box
- Publishers
- KOSMOS, Filosofia Éditions, MINDOK, Quined White Goblin Games, Rio Grande Games, White Goblin Games
- Designer
- Rüdiger Dorn
- Artwork
- Michael Menzel, 徐昀享 (Xu Yunxiang), 李小娜 (LI Xiaona), 杨静雯 (Yang Jingwen), 郭紫颖 (Guo Ziying), 陈杰 (Chen Jie)
- Year of release
- 2004
About the game
Jambo is a card game designed by Rüdiger Dorn and published in 2004 by Kosmos in German and by Rio Grande Games in English. In the game, players are African traders before colonisation buying and selling market wares. The game was nominated for the 2005 Spiel des Jahres award and also placed 8th for the Deutscher Spiele Preis award.
The title comes from "Jambo!" a greeting in the Swahili language. A comprehensive explanation/review can be found here.More from KOSMOS
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