Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
by Hiew Chok Sien
The original get-rich-quick scheme... if you don't get caught.
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You are cousins of Ali Baba. After he becomes rich, you keep pestering him until he tells you his secret - the hidden cave of the forty thieves. Now it is your turn to visit the cave and make yourselves rich too! Take as much as you can, but beware - you lose your sense of time in the cave. The thieves return at 12 midnight. If you hear them coming, drop everything and run for your lives!
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves is a game about grabbing as many treasures as you can before time runs out and everybody must scatter. Take risks to earn bigger rewards. Collude to throw someone else to the thieves. In the end there can only be one richest scoundrel.
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About Cili Padi Games
Cili Padi Games is founded by Hiew Chok Sien, a boardgamer since 2003, and blogger and game reviewer since 2007. He has played more than 850 games, and has been featured on The Star, Oriental Daily, Sinchew Daily and Bernama TV. He lives in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He is married, and has two daughters and two cats. Dancing Queen is his debut game. His favourite games are Race for the Galaxy, Through the Ages and Love Letter.
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