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Merchants of Araby

#195231BGG ↗

2017 · 2-5 players · 90min · weight 2.00 · 230 ratings

v2 v3 v4 wide v4 deep

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ID
195231
Name
Merchants of Araby
Year
2017
Rank
11248
Min players
2
Max players
5
Playing time
90
Min playtime
45
Max playtime
90
Avg weight
2
Num weights
2
Bayes avg
5.57038
Average
6.37791
Users rated
230
Num owned
765
Wanting
9
Wishing
69
Num comments
105
Fetched at
Wed Apr 29 2026 05:34:56 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (4)
Hand ManagementTradingVariable Player PowersWorker Placement
Categories (5)
ArabianCard GameEconomicNegotiationPrint & Play
Description (652 chars)

Become the wealthiest merchant prince or princess in all of Araby by establishing an entourage of merchants and allies, teaching virtues, summoning djinni, negotiating frequently, and making successful caravan investments. Objective Be the player with the most coins at the end of the game. During your turn perform actions such as playing cards, tasking merchants, Starting a caravan, and negotiating with your opponents. These Actions may be taken multiple times and in any order you choose. Game End The game ends after the fourth round as each round represents one season of a year. The player with the most total coins is declared the winner!

LLM v2 (wide)

Not yet enriched at v2 (wide pass).

LLM v3 (deep)

Not yet enriched at v3 (deep pass).

LLM v4 wide (controlled-vocab primitives)

Not yet enriched at v4 (wide pass).

LLM v4 deep (archetype fit)

Not in the v4 deep-pass top-20% slice.