Five Tribes: The Djinns of Naqala

Start each player with 50 coins. Randomly arrange thirty tiles in a 5×6 board with three random meeples each; randomize initial bid order and display nine resources and three Djinns. In bid order, choose an initiative space and immediately pay its coin cost; higher bids act earlier. Nonzero spaces cannot be shared. At most three markers can bid zero, with each later zero bidder placed ahead of earlier zero bidders. When acting, return your marker to the first empty bid-order space.

Pick up all meeples from one tile and drop one on each orthogonally adjacent tile along your route. No diagonal move or immediate backtracking is allowed, although a long enough loop may revisit a tile. The last meeple must join at least one meeple of its color; collect all meeples of that color there.

If collection empties an unclaimed destination, place a camel to control it. A tile already bearing a camel never changes owners. Whether or not you claimed the destination, resolve the collected tribe, then that tile’s action, then optionally sell sets of different merchandise.

Keep yellow Viziers and white Elders; Elders can also pay for Djinns or their powers. Return green Merchants to the bag and take that many resources from the front of the display. Return blue Builders and gain coins equal to their number multiplied by the number of blue-valued tiles in the destination’s surrounding eight spaces and the destination itself; each discarded Fakir adds one to the Builder multiplier.

Return red Assassins and kill one meeple on a tile within their range, or one yellow or white meeple held by an opponent. Orthogonal range equals the number of Assassins, plus one per discarded Fakir. Emptying another unclaimed tile grants control if you still have a camel. Claim the destination first, and do not perform the assassinated tile’s action.

An Oasis must receive a palm tree and a Village a palace; ignore this when the supply runs out. Paid Market and Sacred Place actions are optional. A Sacred Place costs two Elders or one Elder plus one Fakir for a displayed Djinn. A paid Djinn power can be used once during each of its owner’s turns, including immediately after acquisition if affordable. Refill resource and Djinn displays to nine and three only after all turns finish.

The game ends after the round in which someone places their last camel or no legal meeple move remains, allowing all scheduled turns to finish; a player unable to move can still use applicable Djinn powers. Score one per coin and Vizier, plus ten per opponent with strictly fewer Viziers; score two per Elder, printed Djinn and controlled-tile values, three per controlled palm tree and five per controlled palace, modified by applicable Djinns.

At the end of your own turn you may sell sets of different merchandise for coins. Unsold sets also score at game end: one through nine different goods yield 1, 3, 7, 13, 21, 30, 40, 50 or 60 points. Fakirs are not ordinary merchandise; a specific Djinn may give them an additional use. Highest total wins; tied players share victory.