Istanbul: A Board Game Masterpiece



Istanbul is, without a doubt, one of the best board games to have ever been published. The long list of its awards and honors speaks for itself:




  • 🏆 2015: Nederlandse Spellenprijs Best Expert Game Nominee

  • 🏆 2014: Swiss Gamers Award Winner

  • 🏆 2014: Meeples' Choice Nominee

  • 🏆 2014: Kennerspiel des Jahres Winner

  • 🏆 2014: International Gamers Award - General Strategy: Multi-player Nominee

  • 🏆 2014: Hra roku Nominee

  • 🏆 2014: Gouden Ludo Winner

  • 🏆 2014: Golden Geek Board Game of the Year Nominee

  • 🏆 2014: Golden Geek Best Strategy Board Game Nominee

  • 🏆 2014: Golden Geek Best Family Board Game Nominee

In our 2018 digital version, we have maintained all of the features that made Istanbul the fan favorite that it is, but also expanded upon it with a number of tools and features only available on the digital platform. We preserved the authentic board game feeling with the convenience you can expect from an electronic device.

What is the Game About?

Can you be the first merchant to collect a certain number of rubies?




  • ✔️ Run, collect and trade goods across the bazaar

  • ✔️ Take control over your assistants

  • ✔️ Increase your wheelbarrow capacity

  • ✔️ Acquire special abilities to gain an advantage over your competitors

  • ✔️ Buy rubies or trade goods for them

In Istanbul, you lead a group of one merchant and his four assistants through 16 locations in the bazaar. In each location, you can carry out a specific action. The challenge, however, 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 wish 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…

What Can You Expect?


  • Official Istanbul game - 100% original rules

  • Adaptation of TOP 100 board game of all time by BGG ranking

  • Play with AI, with friends, or both

  • Great artwork by Andreas Resch

  • Languages: English, German, Dutch, Polish, French, Korean, Japanese, Chinese Simplified, Spanish

  • Pass and play mode

  • Cross-platform online multiplayer with synchronous and asynchronous modes

  • Opponents' last moves replay

  • 3 levels of AI difficulty with individual strategies

  • Preset or randomly generated game boards

  • Atmospheric music and sounds

  • Unique, original board game experience

  • Intuitive gameplay

  • Colorblind mode

  • Over 70 achievements

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