2024Fabio Lopiano, Nestore Mangone
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1 - 4 players60 - 120 minHeavy weight

2024Mandela Fernandez-Grandon, Fabio Lopiano
Mainly reviews. Sankoré: The Pride of Mansa Musa is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 19 reviews, 8 how-to-play guides, 7 recorded sessions, 3 unboxings, and 2 other videos.
From BoardGameGeek
In Sankoré: The Pride of Mansa Musa, a dynamic, interactive, mid-weight Eurogame, 1-4 players manage the prestigious University of Sankoré in 14th-century Timbuktu, tasked by the emperor Mansa Musa with spreading knowledge throughout West Africa, even as the great university is raised around them. By enrolling and graduating your pupils, teaching classes, adding to your curriculum, and filling the great library with books, you will advance knowledge in four main disciplines: theology, law, mathematics, and astronomy. Once construction of the university is complete, the value that the empire places on each discipline will dramatically affect how you score the knowledge you have passed on. In a dedicated solo mode, you compete against the "Distinguished Scholar", a passionate and ambitious academic controlled by an elegant automated system. They may not be as nimble as you, but they are focused and driven and will strive to produce the best possible students. Can you navigate the corridors of academic competition and bring renown to Mansa Musa's prized university? -description from the publisher
Sankoré: The Pride of Mansa Musa has 39 videos from 31 creators: 19 reviews, 8 how-to-play guides, 7 playthroughs, 3 unboxings and 2 other videos. They date from 2023 to May 2026.
To learn the rules, start with "Sankore - Learn While Playing" by Getting Games, which runs 1 h 24 min. For a quicker teach, "Sankore: The Pride of Mansa Musa l An Automa Tutorial" by Castle For One Games runs 27 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Sankoré - Board Game Review" by Board Gaming Ramblings. 17 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "OFPG - Sankoré: The Pride of Mansa Musa Playthrough (Knowledge is Power!)" by Our Family Plays Games, one of 7 playthroughs.
If you like it, try Shackleton Base: A Journey to the Moon, Calimala, 3 Ring Circus and Zapotec, also by Fabio Lopiano.
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2024Fabio Lopiano, Nestore Mangone
1 - 4 players60 - 120 minHeavy weight
2023Remo Conzadori, Fabio Lopiano
1 - 4 players45 - 75 minMedium weight
From BoardGameGeek:
In Sankoré: The Pride of Mansa Musa, a dynamic, interactive, mid-weight Eurogame, 1-4 players manage the prestigious University of Sankoré in 14th-century Timbuktu, tasked by the emperor Mansa Musa with spreading knowledge throughout West Africa, even as the great university is raised around them. By enrolling and graduating your pupils, teaching classes, adding to your curriculum, and filling the great library with books, you will advance knowledge in four main disciplines: theology, law, mathematics, and astronomy. Once construction of the university is complete, the value that the empire places on each discipline will dramatically affect how you score the knowledge you have passed on. In a dedicated solo mode, you compete against the "Distinguished Scholar", a passionate and ambitious academic controlled by an elegant automated system. They may not be as nimble as you, but they are focused and driven and will strive to produce the best possible students. Can you navigate the corridors of academic competition and bring renown to Mansa Musa's prized university? -description from the publisher
Designers
Mandela Fernandez-Grandon, Fabio Lopiano
Artist
Ian O'Toole
Publisher
Osprey Games
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