Nomads established themselves in the oasis. The nomads desperately need wool and grain, and offer
commodities of the desert in exchange for them. Since the Cataners always have a few sheep and grain
sheaves left over, the nomads send caravans out, in order to trade for the desired raw materials.

Through the course of the game, three caravan routes are formed with the caravan arrows. All settlements
and cities on the caravan route count for one more victory point. Any road running alongside the caravan's
route counts double for the trade route.

• 1 x Great Caravan hex
• 22 x Camels or Camel Tiles

Designed for the base game, but playable with C&K too. The original giveaway came with camel tokens. The scenario was later included in Traders and Barbarians and came with wooden or plastic camels depending on the language.

The Original Rules from the giveaway version

Preparation

Replace desert hex with oasis hex. Place oasis hex in the center of the board. The oasis hex shows arrows pointing to the starting points of caravan routes symbolized by the arrow markers.

Placing arrows

Arrows are placed on the edges of the hexes (like roads). They have to be placed at the end of previously placed arrow markers or at the end of the arrows on the oasis hex. This way there will be exactly three caravan routes during the game, except you join twi routes. Then there will be less, as you may not place more than one arrow on each edge. If all the 22 arrows are used, all routes are finished and you play on as usual.

Important: The first arrow of a route (not counting that on the oasis hex) may not be placed on the edge of the oasis hex. If you turn a route back to the oasis hex, you then are allowed to place an arrow on its edge. Only the first ones may not be placed there.

When place arrows?

Whenever a player has either built settlements or cities during his turn, at the end of it, there will be a bidding starting with this player. Every player plays as many wool and grain cards as he wishes to. Then the players decide together, where to place an arrow. Each player has therefore as many votes as he played wool or grain cards. If there is a tie, the player who has alone the most votes decides, where to place the arrow. If there is no player having alone the majority of votes, the current player decides.

All played resource cards return to the bank.

Important: There is only one bidding turn. You may not add cards to your bid later on.

What are the routes for?

All roads on edges containing an arrow count as two roads for longest trade route. This way you can get the 2 extra vp card for longest road by having only 3 roads instead of 5 if two of them are placed on edges with arrows, for example. Furthermore, settlements and cities placed between two arrows count an additional vp. Game ends with a player having 12

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