Designer Michael KieslingWolfgang Kramer Publisher Ravensburger Players 2-4 Playtime 45 mins Suggested Age 9 and up Honors 2011 Golden Geek Best Family Board Game Nominee 2011 Gouden Ludo Nominee 2011 International Gamers Awards - General Strategy; Multi-player Nominee 2011 Spiel der Spiele Game of the Year Winner 2011 Spiel des Jahres Nominee 2012/Fall Parents' Choice Silver Honor Winner Additional Info 72991/asara http://boardgamegeek.com/forum/780898/asara/reviews In Asara, you take on the role of a wealthy builder competing to bring the most prestige to your name through constructing the largest and most ornate towers in the city. The game is played over 4 rounds (years), during which you will be acquiring the pieces for your towers and assembling them.Players are given a hand of cards with different colors. On their turn, players play a card from their hand to an action space on the board. These spaces allow players to acquire tower pieces, get money, build a portion of their towers, etc. Once a card has been played in one of the action spaces on the board, all subsequent cards played in that area have to follow the original card’s color. Turns continue around the table until all players are out of cards for that round.Scoring happens at the end of each round based on the number of towers a player has and the ornamentation present on those towers. After the scoring at the end of round 4, a final scoring occurs and bonus prestige points are given to the players with the largest towers of each color, the most towers, and the largest tower overall. The player with the most prestige points is the winner.
