ISTANBUL Boardgame / DIGITAL TUTORIAL Walkthrough & Training Game / Example Of Play

Istanbul is a neat little game. It plays quickly, and has just the right amount of 'brain burn" as you look to turn goods and money into rubies which will win you the game. How do you play this game? Tune in to today's video as I explain the game and supplement the tutorial with an example of play.
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There's hustle and bustle at Istanbul's grand bazaar as merchants and their assistants rush through the narrow alleys in their attempt to be more successful than their competitors. Everything must be well organized: wheelbarrows must be filled with goods at the warehouses, then swiftly transported by the assistants to various destinations. Your goal? Be the first merchant to collect a certain number of rubies.
In Istanbul, you lead a group of one merchant and four assistants through 16 locations in the bazaar. At each such location, you can carry out a specific action. The challenge, though, is that to take an action, you must move your merchant and an assistant there, then leave the assistant behind (to handle all the details while you focus on larger matters). If you want to use that assistant again later, your merchant must return to that location to pick him up. Thus, you must plan ahead carefully to avoid being left with no assistants and thus unable to do anything...
In more detail, on a turn you move your merchant and his retinue of assistants one or two steps through the bazaar, either leave an assistant at that location or collect an assistant left earlier, then perform the action. If you meet other merchants or certain individuals at the location, you might be able to take a small extra action. Possible actions include:
Paying to increase your wheelbarrow capacity, which starts the game with a capacity of only two for each good.
Filling your wheelbarrow with a specified good to its limit.
Acquiring a special ability, and the earlier you come, the easier they are to collect.
Buying rubies or trading goods for rubies.
Selling special combinations of goods to make the money you need to do everything else.
When a merchant has collected five rubies in his wheelbarrow, players complete that round, then the game ends. If this player is the only one who's reached this goal, he wins immediately; otherwise ties are broken by money in hand.

[@nathanielmerchant3286]

This is the clearest explanation of Istanbul that I have come across. It's a complicated game, and as you say, the Tutorial in the digital version is not always helpful. Thanks so much!

[@LegendaryTactics]

Glad it helped! I find the digital tutorials can be really great...with a bit of human interpretation and assistance... :P

[@kirksellman1999]

Wow. You're hitting all my board games. Thanks.

[@LegendaryTactics]

Happy to be of service!

[@JustAllinOneResource]

I enjoy these tutorials. I sometimes will tinker with tabletop simulator, and there is normally a cool chance that I can find the tabletop conversion, and I will watch your tutorials to help me understand how to play the game. I'm not the sharpest stick in the bunch so having you do these does help out a great deal. Liked, and Shared

[@LegendaryTactics]

Thank you so much for saying so! I do my best to explain the game in a straightforward way, and it's very good to have the video so that people can see what I'm up to

[@JustAllinOneResource]

@@LegendaryTactics It's a great help, and you do a fine job. Thanks.