Tales & Games: Aladdin & the Magic Lamp

About this board game

Tales & Games: Aladdin & the Magic Lamp is a 2–5-player game that plays in about 20 minutes, casting players as street urchins searching a cave for a magic lamp and fabulous treasures.

The sorcerer has sent you into the cave, where three chests hold riches waiting to be discovered. The magic lamp can call upon a genie’s favors, but greed may make your search more dangerous. Choose carefully how much treasure to pursue before you begin drawing cards.

Each turn has three phases, and everyone plays simultaneously. The turn structure keeps every decision connected to the others as players select a chest, compete to call out to the genie, and test their luck among the treasures.

• Choose: Decide how many chest cards to draw and which chest to use.
• Call: Be the fastest to call out to the genie.
• Draw: If you have not been too greedy, draw chest cards while avoiding the scorpions.

Treasure hunting comes with a clear risk: reaching for more can threaten your chance to safely collect cards. The balance between restraint and greed gives each turn a simple but meaningful choice as you explore the cave.

In Tales & Games: Aladdin & the Magic Lamp, the cave does not remain open forever. The game ends when a player draws one of the three sorcerer cards, closing the cave and bringing the search to an end.