Traders of Carthage

Let's make large profits around the Mediterranean! Trading board game

Producer: Kawasaki Factory
Designer: Susumu Kawasaki
Illustrator: You Satouchi
Players: 2-4
Ages: 12+
Playing Time: 30-60 minutes
Contents: 2 game boards, 108 cards, 4 ship markers, 4 player markers, 4 reservation markers, 48 result chips, rule book(Japanese, English, German)

You, timely traders at commerce city Carthage, buy goods at the Market, sell them to oversea marchants, and become more wealthier. manipulating market price of goods and controling merchant ships are very inpotant. But if you want to prosper, be careful of pirates at the Mediterranean!

Cards are lined up in the market. At your turn, you must buy all cards as goods in the market, get a card as coins, or reserve a card.
About buying cards, you mast buy all cards in the market. At first, it cost is very high, but it will be cheaper by getting cards as coins.
When someone buy all goods, marchant ship(s) shall advance to Carthage. If a ship arrived at Carthage, all players sell goods corresponding the ship and get victory points. The winner is the player who got most victory points.
If the ship was attacked by pirates, players lose all corresponding goods, so you must dicide your action considering ships' advance.

Link: Boardgame Geek: Traders of Carthage

Traders of Carthage