
2023Jorge Zhang
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A wealthy alien has promised you riches beyond your wildest dreams if you can collect five of the items on their shopping list. There's only one issue: the wares of the market are only marked with Orpian symbols! You only know one symbol and must deduce the other players' tidbits of alien symbology to be the first to fulfill your wealthy client's request and profit from the intergalactic bazaar of Orp. Instead of traditional hidden roles, every player knows the translation of one Orpian symbol. Players take turns asking each-other questions about their symbols or their meaning. They may also additionally ask a second question, swap cards with another player, or draw locked container cards from the deck. Once a player believes they have won, they will declare victory and then secretly check the results. If they have not won, they are eliminated from the game and play continues, so one must be fairly certain of victory before declaring it. This game is a must-have for lovers of matrix logic puzzles, alien linguistics, trading, and social deduction. -description from designer
Orp: The Market for Space Merchant Translators has 2 videos from 2 creators: 1 review and 1 how-to-play guide. They date from October to November 2022.
To learn the rules, start with "How to Play Orp: The Market for Space Merchant Translators (with the designer)" by Mojorge, which runs 22 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Orp - Review" by Board Again Games.
If you like it, try Chroma Mix, Stitch: The Fix for 626 and Letterbox, also by Jorge Zhang, or Scales of Fate, which shares several of its mechanics.
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From BoardGameGeek:
A wealthy alien has promised you riches beyond your wildest dreams if you can collect five of the items on their shopping list. There's only one issue: the wares of the market are only marked with Orpian symbols! You only know one symbol and must deduce the other players' tidbits of alien symbology to be the first to fulfill your wealthy client's request and profit from the intergalactic bazaar of Orp. Instead of traditional hidden roles, every player knows the translation of one Orpian symbol. Players take turns asking each-other questions about their symbols or their meaning. They may also additionally ask a second question, swap cards with another player, or draw locked container cards from the deck. Once a player believes they have won, they will declare victory and then secretly check the results. If they have not won, they are eliminated from the game and play continues, so one must be fairly certain of victory before declaring it. This game is a must-have for lovers of matrix logic puzzles, alien linguistics, trading, and social deduction. -description from designer
Designer
Jorge Zhang
Artist
Nikolaj Jesper Cyon
Publisher
Jayzee Games
Categories
Mechanics