2015Nuno Bizarro Sentieiro, Paulo Soledade
- Videos
- 43
- Creators
- 32
2 - 4 players60 - 120 minHeavy weight

2018Chris Zinsli, Suzanne Zinsli
Mostly reviews and unboxings. Ceylon is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 13 reviews, 5 how-to-play guides, 4 recorded sessions, 8 unboxings, and 2 other videos.
From BoardGameGeek
During the second half of the nineteenth century in what was then Ceylon, today known to all as the nation of Sri Lanka, a deadly fungus killed off all the coffee plantations on the island thus causing a serious economic crisis. The Scot James Taylor, and later many other entrepreneurs, set about substituting tea plantations for coffee plantations and hence creating what many connoisseurs today consider to be the best tea in the world. In Ceylon, players take on the role of the pioneers who developed the Ceylon tea industry. As such, they build plantations in different districts and at different altitudes. They produce tea and try to sell it to the most important export companies. To favor this task, they must win the favor of the counselors of each district and develop the necessary technology that allows them to get ahead of their competitors. At the end of the game, players score points for having plantations in each district, for meeting demands that have been set, for the level of technological development reached, and for the amount of money collected. In the end, the player who has the most points wins. -description from the publisher
Ceylon has 32 videos from 28 creators: 13 reviews, 5 how-to-play guides, 4 playthroughs, 8 unboxings and 2 other videos. They date from 2018 to December 2023.
To learn the rules, start with "Ceylon Setup and Rules" by Ready Steady Play, which runs 29 min. For a quicker teach, "Conociendo Ceylon" by Zacatrus runs 13 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Rhino Says Yes #43 - Ceylon | Cardboard Rhino" by Cardboard Rhino. 12 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "Ceylon Episode 1 (Tea Technology Boom)" by Ready Steady Play, one of 4 playthroughs.
If you like it, try Nippon, Video Game Champion, Astra or Village, which share several of its mechanics. It appears in convention videos from Spiel Essen 2018.
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2015Nuno Bizarro Sentieiro, Paulo Soledade
2 - 4 players60 - 120 minHeavy weight
2023Patrick Matheus, André Luiz Silva Negrão
2 - 5 players50 - 90 minMedium weight
2022Patrik Porkoláb, Frigyes Schőberl, Eszter Krisztina Sas
2 - 5 players40 - 90 minMedium weight
2011Inka Brand, Markus Brand
2 - 4 players60 - 90 minHeavy weight
From BoardGameGeek:
During the second half of the nineteenth century in what was then Ceylon, today known to all as the nation of Sri Lanka, a deadly fungus killed off all the coffee plantations on the island thus causing a serious economic crisis. The Scot James Taylor, and later many other entrepreneurs, set about substituting tea plantations for coffee plantations and hence creating what many connoisseurs today consider to be the best tea in the world. In Ceylon, players take on the role of the pioneers who developed the Ceylon tea industry. As such, they build plantations in different districts and at different altitudes. They produce tea and try to sell it to the most important export companies. To favor this task, they must win the favor of the counselors of each district and develop the necessary technology that allows them to get ahead of their competitors. At the end of the game, players score points for having plantations in each district, for meeting demands that have been set, for the level of technological development reached, and for the amount of money collected. In the end, the player who has the most points wins. -description from the publisher
Designers
Chris Zinsli, Suzanne Zinsli
Artist
Laura Bevon
Publisher
Ludonova
Categories
Mechanics