Oasis

Players bid for the right to use a variety of cards to place tiles and camels onto a board showing an area of desert, stony land, oases and sand dunes. The bidding mechanism is unusual, and involves players putting out selections of cards for the other players to choose from. The earlier your cards are picked the better choice you will have next round, though the cards you have to put out are a limited resource. Also players try to claim large areas of land and build large camel trains but also need the corresponding scoring tiles for these to do well, thus the game pulls you in many directions at once. Last copy is German, but components are language independent. Highly recommended. UK postage flat fee £4 for 1st game, £7 for 2 games or more. All games shipped UK Royal Mail tracked 48. Non UK postage by request. No postage cost if picking up at one of my open days. (www.madhatterboardgames.co.uk for more info.)