Bombay

Ride an elephant between trading posts and cities, buy goods low and sell them high, and tax rivals with palaces.

Designer: Cyril Demaegd
Published by: Ystari Games

You are a merchant in India, and the goods you carry travel on the back of an elephant. Bombay is a pick-up-and-deliver game from 2009: you collect goods at trading posts and bring them to the cities that want them, with a limited number of action points each turn to do it. Along the way you can build palaces that earn you rupees when rivals have to pass through them, visit cities to gather city tokens, and collect client tokens. Three or four city tokens pay out, the best three totals earn bonuses, and the player with the most rupees at the end wins. Medium-light and route-driven, for two to five players.

Pick up goods and sell them in four citiesPalaces that earn rupees from rival trafficLimited action points per turn

Who it's for

You like route-planning economic games and want a compact Euro with a clear goal and some interaction through the map.

Not for you if…

You want a lot of direct conflict or a big theme. This is a clean optimization with limited drama.

Vibe's take

Planning-focused but friendly. You are always asking whether one more stop is worth the action points, and your rivals' palaces turn your route choices into small toll decisions.