Arabella
2023Signe Aasoja
1 - 4 players
45 - 90 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting
From BoardGameGeek
Arabella is an 18XX-themed roll-and-write for 1-4 players, set in Estonia. The goal is to collect most victory points but similar to other 18XX games trains, shares and dividends play here an important part. During their turn players choose dice from the common dice pool - the amount of dice chosen and also the value of these dice are important - to perform one action. As an action you can buy shares and trains, build tracks and also run trains for income and dividends. Game ends when one of the players has either reached the end of one of their income tracks or the last 6-train is bought. After that victory points are collected - most of them from fulfilled objective cards but also from shares and unlocked dice/modifiers.
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Arabella has 2 videos from 1 creator: 1 how-to-play guide and 1 playthrough. They date from September to December 2022.
To learn the rules, start with "Arabella playthrough" by 2d6eesti, which runs 1 h 2 min.
To see it played, watch "Arabella playthrough: 3p + AI bot" by 2d6eesti.
If you like it, try Mini Rails, Mini Express, Next Station: London or Get on Board: New York & London, which share several of its mechanics.
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2d6eesti
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About Arabella
From BoardGameGeek:
Arabella is an 18XX-themed roll-and-write for 1-4 players, set in Estonia. The goal is to collect most victory points but similar to other 18XX games trains, shares and dividends play here an important part. During their turn players choose dice from the common dice pool - the amount of dice chosen and also the value of these dice are important - to perform one action. As an action you can buy shares and trains, build tracks and also run trains for income and dividends. Game ends when one of the players has either reached the end of one of their income tracks or the last 6-train is bought. After that victory points are collected - most of them from fulfilled objective cards but also from shares and unlocked dice/modifiers.
Designer
Signe Aasoja
Publisher
2D6.EE (Side Quest Games)
Categories
TrainsTransportation
Mechanics
Network and Route BuildingRoll & Write / Paper-and-PencilStocks & Investment