As a board game, Istanbul has gained a huge fan base since launch nearly a decade ago. It then went down pretty well on PC through Steam and Nintendo Switch too. Seems about right that it comes to the Xbox world with a ton of hype behind it then.
Available to purchase and download right now on Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S is Istanbul: Digital Edition. Arriving from the Acram Digital team – a group well known for moving standard board games to the virtual world – Istanbul: Digital Edition takes what was found in that 2018 release on Steam and moves it to console, giving Xbox players the chance to play it.
It’s priced at £16.74 and has a ton of awards behind it, and so if you’re looking for a new virtual board game, this is quite possibly the one to stick at the very top of your list.Â
Should you do so, purchasing, downloading and playing on Xbox, you’ll find that Istanbul: Digital Edition will be able to provide the authentic board game experience you are looking for, attempting to hone your merchant skills in order to take home the greatest amount of rubies possible.
It comes with all the original rules, the chance to play against the AI, with friends, or covering both angles, pushed along by a lovely artstyle. Cross platform online play is possible too, as is a colorblind mode, randomly generated boards and more. Your overall goal will be to prove yourself as the finest merchant in the land, running, collecting and trading goods across the bazaar, increasing capabilities and acquiring special abilities in the process.
If you’ve played Istanbul in board game form, you’ll know what to expect with Istanbul: Digital Edition on Xbox.
Get over to the Xbox Store and take home your Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S download right now.
Game Description:
In Istanbul, you lead a group of one merchant and his four assistants through 16 locations in the bazaar. In each such a 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 want 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…
