Review: Targi
Targi is a wonderful two player game about trading among the nomad Tuareg tribes in Sahara. You try to “out trade” the other tribes while at the same time avoid the robbers in the desert.
Targi is a wonderful two player game about trading among the nomad Tuareg tribes in Sahara. You try to “out trade” the other tribes while at the same time avoid the robbers in the desert.
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Richard Breese was probably the person who invented worker placement as a mechanic and has created many fantastic games including the new favourite in my group, Inhabit The Earth. And he co-designed my personal favourite game Keyflower.
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