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Silk Roads

Silk Roads

Playford Games · 2018
2–420–45 min10+ yrs3.0/5 complexity9.0 BGGStrategy
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How do you play Silk Roads?

Central Asia circa 160 CE. The Silk Roads were built for trade between Europe and China. The most trade grew where the longest roads crossed each other. The swiftest traders traveled by horse through plains and mountains to dominate the roads and collect the most wealth.

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Silk Roads box art
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Central Asia circa 160 CE.

The Silk Roads were built for trade between Europe and China. The most trade grew where the longest roads crossed each other. The swiftest traders traveled by horse through plains and mountains to dominate the roads and collect the most wealth.

Work together to build roads, but wealth is only collected on a long road by the player who put down the most sections. Silk Roads is an abstract tile placement game on an 8 x 8 game board. Players take turns to place sections of road (tiles) while following the topological restrictions imposed by the tiles already placed. The game is over when there are no more empty squares on the board or all players have passed. Each player then gains the wealth from the roads they dominate. The winner is the player who has gained the greatest wealth.

Dominate the expanding trade network of Silk Roads, while keeping a close eye on other players’ routes.

SILK ROADS IS ONLY AVAILABLE AS PART OF THE ANCIENT WORLD MULTI GAME SYSTEM FROM PLAYFORD GAMES.

-description from designer

🔬 game anatomy
Complexity3.0 / 5
BGG rating9.0 / 10
Vibe
Strategy
Language dependence
No in-game text needed
🌐 plays without English
Play time
20–45 min
Players
2–4
Recommended age
10+ yrs

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Q3How do you play Silk Roads?
Silk Roads is a abstract strategy game, for 2–4 players, taking ~20–45 minutes, featuring tile placement. Check the Rules tab for setup, gameplay, and scoring, or ask Trișache anything about Silk Roads — our AI assistant built by howtoplay.ro and trained specifically on board game rulebooks.
Q4How many players does Silk Roads support?
Silk Roads is played by 2–4 players.
Q5How long does a game of Silk Roads take?
A game of Silk Roads takes about 20–45 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is Silk Roads for?
Silk Roads is recommended from age 10.
Q7How complex is Silk Roads?
Silk Roads has a BoardGameGeek complexity of 3.0 out of 5.
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