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- Dinosaurs

Future Game Nights:
- The Roman Empire
- Food
- Pirates

Camelwise:

Want to impress everyone with your knowledge of camel classification?

There are two kinds of camels: bactrian and dromedary.

Bactrian camels all have two humps, just like the letter B.

Dromedaries all have one hump, just like the letter D.

April 2002 - Camel Games!

"A CAMEL game night?" you ask. "But how many games are there about camels?" Well, check out these humped half-dozen examples of camel competitions! (Remember, we've got about six gazillion games in our collection, so about one in every gazillion games has a camel theme)

(for more info on a game, click on the picture)

The Sultan's palace is full of magical artifacts, but getting them is no easy task! Five dragons hoard the treasures needed to buy the artifacts, and the palace guard must be bested or bribed. Each artifact gives its wielder a special ability, but more power can be bought or traded for in the city. Just remember, whenever two players have equal strength, or wish to invoke their Genie's spells at the same time, priority goes to the person who controls the almighty camel. 3-5 players.	The wasteland of the desert is harsh and unforgiving. Lighten it up with your pastel, candylike camels! (they look good enough to eat!) Players extend their caravans through the valley, camel-jockying for position. Will you reach the most oases and waterholes? Enclose the largest area? Create the longest caravan? Or will your opponents block you in the corner? 2-5 players.
You start with 200 Piasters. You win when you have 500 Piasters. Think it's easy to make a 300-Piaster profit? Well, you buy goods at the oases, and sell goods at the cities. But cities only buy certain goods, so you have to trade goods at the nomad camps. But the nomad camps only carry certain goods, and you can only move one space each turn, along certain routes, unless you roll the die. But rolling the die costs Piasters... 2-5 players	(Is that Jack Nicholson?) Tiny caravans race across the tabletop in this miniature game. Each turn, secretly choose how far your camels will move. But if two players choose the same number, they both lose a turn! And watch out when someone plays a joker--if uncontested, they can rearrange the position of the finish line! 2-4 players
In this auction game, players are merchants in the far future, and camels are the only animals that aren't extinct. Better get yours before they're gone! Bid on camels, build your herd, and score points based on species (suit), caravan (straight), or groups of three. Use your spit token to win an unclaimed auction or bid again! 3-9 players	We did not playing this game: mostly because nobody we know has it, and even if somebody did, I personally would be a little afraid to try it. I just wanted to let you all know it's out there. This was made back in 1966, and is a relative of the Don't Break the Ice and Crocodile Dentist family of games. You set up the nice plastic camel, and take turns putting the pick-up-sticks in the buckets on the camel's back. Eventually, the weight becomes too much AND THE CAMEL SNAPS IN TWO! OH, THE HUMANITY!! DOES THE ASPCA KNOW ABOUT THIS?

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