Jaipur game (new edition)

In the capital of Rajasthan, a search is underway for a new trade minister. As one of the best in your field, you decide to take on the challenge and gather more wealth than your opponent. Over the coming weeks, marked by rounds, you will visit the market to collect and sell various goods. Who will prove to be the cleverer?
Jaipur is a popular two-player game where participants play as traders dynamically exchanging goods at a shared market. By taking cards into hand and exchanging them for others, you try to collect sets of desired resources and then exchange them for currency. Different goods have different values, and selling larger quantities of the same good at once earns bonus points. The winner is the player who wins 2 rounds by earning seals of recognition.
Each resource scores differently! Photo by Mateusz Zajda @BoardgameShot
How does it work?
Each player holds resource cards in hand. On your turn, you can perform one of two actions:
PURCHASE, meaning:
Take a single resource card from the market and replace it with a new one
Exchange cards from your hand for cards from the market at a 1:1 ratio
Take all camels from the market and replace them with new resource cards.
SALE, meaning:
Exchange a set of goods of one kind for tokens of the corresponding color.
This way, you trade dynamically until 3 colors of tokens run out or the resource card deck is depleted.
What’s new in this edition?
This version features refreshed box, cards, and tokens design. The gameplay remains unchanged.
Don’t forget about extra points for camels you own!
Why will you love this game?
Jaipur is the essence of a two-player game: it offers a duel where you constantly compare your strategy with your opponent’s.
On one hand, you care about your goals; on the other, you try not to help the other side too much.
The game lacks direct negative interaction but allows you to thwart your opponent, e.g., by taking a desired good.
There are no downtime moments: it’s a dynamic trading card game that nicely captures the atmosphere of a real marketplace.
It’s small, handy, and lightweight, making it great for travel.
It’s an extremely satisfying title. A single game lasts about 30 minutes, but after the first, you want to play another, and another, and another…