Worth it
- Our take
- BGG rates it 7.73 from 1,633 ratings. Buy it second: a BGG poster says to get Mocha & Baksheesh first, and several owners call both expansions fun spice rather than necessary.
- What you need first
- Just the base game
Istanbul · Expansion
Istanbul: Letters & Seals
- What it adds
- Mail delivery to shopkeepers for money, secret-society information sold for rubies, and a slower companion who needs no assistants.
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Sources
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