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Resafa Strategy Board Game
Resafa Strategy Board Game
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Product overview
Trade, build, and bring water to a desert outpost on ancient caravan routes.
A strategic board game of merchants, workshops, canals, gardens, and careful action planning.
Build your business in ancient Resafa as you trade goods, manage water, and grow your merchant network over six tight rounds.
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About this product
Trade, build, and bring water to a desert outpost on ancient caravan routes.
A strategic board game of merchants, workshops, canals, gardens, and careful action planning.
Build your business in ancient Resafa as you trade goods, manage water, and grow your merchant network over six tight rounds.
Product Description
Step into the desert routes of the 3rd century AD, where Resafa stands as a fortified outpost along important caravan paths.
In Resafa, players take on the role of merchants building their businesses across the region. You will travel between cities, buy and sell goods, build workshops, grow gardens, and create canals and water tanks to help distribute precious rainwater.
Each round is tight and focused, with only three actions per player. Every card choice matters, every trade route needs planning, and every canal can become part of a bigger scoring opportunity when the rains arrive.
Why you’ll love it
- Ancient trading theme: Set around Resafa, a desert outpost in the area of today’s Middle East.
- Strategic merchant gameplay: Buy and sell goods across cities using camel caravans.
- Tight action choices: The game is played over six rounds, with only three actions per player each round.
- Workshop building: Build workshops to produce goods, resources, and camels.
- Water network planning: Build canals and water tanks to distribute rainwater where it is needed.
- Garden scoring: Construct gardens between workshops to gain resources and victory points.
- Card-driven decisions: Play action cards carefully to choose your main action and colour action.
- Solo mode included: The rulebook includes solo play against Resafabot.
Quick Details
- Players: 1–4 players
- Play Time: 90–120 minutes
- Game Type: Strategy board game
- Theme: Ancient, desert trade, merchants, caravan routes, water management
- Main Mechanics: Action cards, resource management, trading, tile placement, route movement, canal building
- Designer: Vladimír Suchý
- Artist: Michal Peichl
- Publisher: Rio Grande Games / Delicious Games
Good to Know
- Resafa is best suited for players who enjoy strategic planning and careful resource decisions.
- The game takes place over six rounds.
- Players use action cards to choose their actions during the game.
- Trading, workshop building, garden building, and canal construction all contribute to scoring.
- Rain scoring happens during the game as water flows through the canal network.
- Solo play is included through the Resafabot system.