Camel cup, or as I lovingly dubbed it ‘T.A.B. Junior’ is a desert based board game with a suggested age of 8 and up. Due to my lack of board game expertise the aural description of the rules did not explain the mechanics of the game clearly enough for me to understand. It was not until we started playing the game when the simplicity of the rules and mechanics were explained.

Cover art for Camel Cup (or is it Camel Up?)

The game itself is not overly complicated; the winner is a combination of mostly good luck and some picking the right point to bet.

The physical components are both visually and tactically pleasing, with child friendly images and mechanics (such as the constructed pyramid as the dice roller), and the layout of the racetrack and “tents”, this adds a child friendly aspect to a game which at first glance…