Johari
is a world famous jewelry market in Jaipur, so naturally in the game Johari
you and your fellow players will try to buy and sell gems in order to come
out tops on the market.
The game lasts ten days, with players taking three actions each day. At the
start of each day, the market is seeded with new gems, gold and prestige
cards, with the stores holding only items of the same type and bazaar booths
holding whatever comes to them. A new noble visits the market each day,
offering a special power to whoever wants to pay for the privilege, with his
price dropping each day.
Each player chooses one of the seven action cards in hand, then they
resolve them in order of who has the most gold. They then do this twice more,
getting discounts now for the cost of taking certain actions. The action
cards let you earn gold, take all the cards from one store or bazaar booth,
hire a noble, swap gems, protect yourself for inspections in case you have
fake gems, copy your previously played action, or (most important of all)
sell gems.
In addition to points from nobles and prestige cards, most of your score
will come from gems that you sell — but you need to sell the right gems in
the right way. When selling to a jeweler, you need to sell four different
types of gems (or three types and gold), but you score only for one of the
gem cards sold; when selling to a collector, you sell gems of only one type,
but you have to hold the most gems of that type and you score only the
difference between what you hold and what the player with the secondmost gems
of this type holds. Status matters in the collector community!
Whoever has the most prestige points after ten days wins. |