The Bazaar of Istanbul welcomes you! Hustle and bustle within the bazaar district of Istanbul: merchants and their assistants are hurrying through the narrow alleys trying to be more successful than their competitors. Good organization is necessary: wheelbarrows have to be filled with goods at the warehouses and then quickly transported by the assistants to the various destinations. The goal of the merchants is to be the first to collect a set amount of rubies.

You are guiding a merchant and four assistants through the 16 Places of the bazaar. At each Place, you may carry out a certain action. The challenge is that, to carry out an action at any of those Places, your merchant requires the help of an assistant and has to leave him behind. To use that assistant again later, your merchant has to return to that Place and pick him up. So plan ahead strategically to avoid being left with no assistants and therefore unable to do anything …

Contents:

• 16 Place tiles
• 5 Wheelbarrows
• 15 Wheelbarrow extensions
• 26 Bonus cards
• 16 Mosque tiles
• 10 Demand tiles
• 12 Gold coins
• 15 Silver coins
• 30 Copper coins
• 1 Starting player marker
• 5 Merchants
• 25 Assistants
• 5 Family members
• 20 Good indicators
• 4 Mail indicators
• 1 Governor
• 1 Smuggler
• 2 six-sided dice
• 32 Rubies
• 5 Overviews
• 7 Stickers
• 1 Rulebook