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12+ 3-4 spelers 90

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In 1861 Sir Raffles is ordered by the East Indian Company to build an outpost on the island of Singapore. Rich merchants are ordered to develop the area in exchange for free land. The small outpost thus develops into a metropolis. The legal trade flourishes, but the opium trade increases as well. In this game the players assume the role of merchants who intend to develop the land and conduct trade in goods such as stone, textile and tea. And when the opportunity arises to participate in illegal, profitable activities, they will certainly take it. However, the risk of being caught increases as more illegal activities take place.

• beautiful building game: number of possibilities and choices increases over the game as your outpost expands
• strategic choices: make optimal use of your goods and the available buildings
• lot of variation: 42 different buildings which guarantee a different game every time
• experience the intense tension: increased risk of a raid if you have opted for very profitable but also
illegal activities
• beautiful layout: clear icons by Alexandre Roche increase the fun of the game

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"I have played Singapore several times now and each game felt different enough to keep it interesting. I like the Raffles and illegal building mechanisms that set the game enough apart from all the other tile layer worker placement/movement games to make it worth playing. Nice artwork a very nice theme and a little piece of history I know more about now. [...] I think that it is very hard for a worker placement or tile laying game to shine out, with so many in the market, and so I doubt that this will become a classic but I think it could be one that people starting thinking of as a hidden gem." - Mark Rivera, Boardgames in Blighty.

 

"In dit spel draait het om het verzamelen van grondstoffen en het veredelen naar winstpunten. Dit is voor de gemiddelde spelliefhebber op zich bekende kost. Singapore doet er een aantrekkelijk smaakje bij, middels de illegale gebouwen. De snelle weg naar de winst is erg aanlokkelijk, maar als het op een ongelukkig moment fout gaat, ben je vermoedelijk zwaar de sigaar. Gelukshaters zullen dit aspect wellicht vervloeken, ik houd wel van een portie gezonde spanning aan de speeltafel. De plaatsing van de gebouwen leidt vanzelf tot een geografische spreiding van de actievelden. Ook dit lijkt me een leuke speltechnische uitdaging." - Erwin Broens, preview op Bordspel.com.

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