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Cobblestone Road is a spice market themed card game for 1-4 players with the premise of moving spice cubes, Mancala Style, around a market (set up in a circular fashion) in order to fulfill customer contracts and gain money (as points) to count toward your victory at the end of the game.
It is a hustle among all the spice merchants to lure just the right customers to pair with their available stock of precious spices.
... continued in the downloadable rules booklet.
*At the end of the day, the richest spice merchant is the clear winner... but there is a catch! Loyalty towards your customers is greatly rewarded! *
White Salt, Red Chilli, Brown Cinnamon, Yellow Ginger and Black Pepper.
The setup varies slightly depending on player count, but below is a picture of a 4-player setup:
Player take turns in a clockwise fashion to perform one of the following two actions:
Players may also perform one or more special action(s) at any time during their turn. The special actions are indicated on the customer cards in their hand. Players Perform the special action and discard the customer card from their hand onto the centre discard pile.
When any player has fulfilled five or more customer cards the game end is triggered. Complete the current round, stopping play before the starting player.
1.) Players count all the money received from fulfilled customer cards. 2.) Players also score points for sets of identical customers served, the total in a set of identical customers, squared. (Note: 1 customer only does not make a set.)
Thanks so much for taking the time to review our game. We'd love to hear from you and looking forward to seeing your game night pics with a copy of Cobblestone Road on the table.
All the best.
Piet
Component | Quantity | Photo |
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Medium Booklet | 1 | ![]() |
VHS Box | 1 | ![]() |
Euro Square Deck | 1 deck of 20 cards | ![]() |
Euro Poker Deck | 1 deck of 54 cards | ![]() |
Cube, 8mm, Black | 6 | ![]() |
Cube, 8mm, Bright Yellow | 8 | ![]() |
Cube, 8mm, Brown | 10 | ![]() |
Cube, 8mm, Red | 12 | ![]() |
Cube, 8mm, White | 12 | ![]() |
D12, Blue | 1 | ![]() |
Average Rating | 2 reviews |
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Publish Date | December 02, 2024 |
Edition | First |
Department | Games |
Tags | Mancala Spice Market Solo Option Contract fulfillment Hand Management |
More Info | Cobblestone Road web site |
I am the designer of this game. Piet did a great job with the art. Cobblestone Road is light and easy to play while also being strategic and interactive.
My wife and I played this game last night, and we were pleasantly surprised at how fun it was. The exponential scoring feature at the end has a huge impact on your decision-making during the game.