Manila
Bet on which cargo ships reach harbor and which sink as the dice decide, then cash in your shares.
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How to playManila: How to Play
Review · in EnglishMikes Gaming Net: Manila - Video instructions (German)- Designer
- Franz-Benno Delonge
- Published by
- Zoch Verlag
Everyone bets on which cargo ships reach harbor and which sink, then the dice decide their fate. Each round opens with an auction for harbour master, who sets the routes and the risks, before players buy shares and speculate on the outcome. Ride a lucky shipment and your shares soar; guess wrong and they gather dust.
Who it's for
Groups who enjoy speculation, bluffing on risk and lively dice-driven betting, with a full table of four or five feeding the tension.
Not for you if…
You dislike luck or want tight control. Dice can wreck careful bets, and the speculation swings hard against players who need certainty.
Vibe's take
A tense, dice-charged speculation where reading the odds, bluffing on risk and buying shares at the right moment beats any sure plan.
Published 2005 · 21 years ago
older than 87% of games
In 6,945 collections
collected more than 69% of games
3–5 players · ages 10+
Best with 4
about 60 min
longer than 62% of games · typical 30–90 min
Complexity: medium
One warm-up round · 2.0 out of 5 · lighter than 50%
Opinions: broad agreement
Most people rate it similarly
Language: no text
Playable without the language
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