Award-winningBoard Games
Nominee2005

Jambo

Designed by Rüdiger Dorn

Players2 players
Time45 min
Age12+

Merchants trade goods in Africa. A two-player card game.

Shortlisted. The jury shortlists only three to five games a year from hundreds of new releases, so a nomination marks one of the best games of its year.

Good for
Big kids, Teens & adults
Kind of game
Games for two, Card games
Publisher
Kosmos
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