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Camel Up
Year
2014
Players
2–8
Play time
30min
Min age
8+
Weight
1.50
BGG rating
7.03
BGG rank
#646
Best with
4, 5

Owned by

Michael Redlich

Local copies

Rating: ★ 6.0

Board game

Camel Up

Camel Up: Μια Τρελή Κούρσα στην Έρημο

Designed by Steffen Bogen

In Camel Up, up to eight players bet on five racing camels, trying to suss out which will place first and second in a quick race around a pyramid. The earlier you place your bet, the more you can win - should you guess correctly, of course. Camels don't run neatly, however, sometimes landing on top of another one and being carried toward the finish line. Who's going to run when? That all depends on how the dice come out of the pyramid dice shaker, which releases one die at a time when players pause from their bets long enough to see who's actually moving! Players roll all 5 dice to setup the start positions of the camels. On each leg, players pick one betting card for each color camel, showing how many coins they will win/lose, depending on the camel's position after the leg. The dice are then rolled in the pyramid dice roller, which allows one die to come out at a time and moves the matching color camel. Players can also place oasis cards to earn extra coins. After all 5 camels are moved, bets are resolved and a new leg start. Play continues until a camel passes the finish line. Once a camel crossess the finish line, all end of race bets are resolved and the player with the most coins wins.

Categories

AnimalsArabianDiceRacing

Mechanics

End Game BonusesVariable Set-upTrack MovementBetting and BluffingRoll / Spin and Move

Best with how many players

1
Not rec.
2
Not rec.
3
Recommended
4
Best
5
Best
6
Recommended
7
Recommended
8
Not rec.
8+
Not rec.

Community votes from BoardGameGeek

Language dependence

No necessary in-game text(60 of 60 votes)

Sub-rankings

  • Family Game Rank#184

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External data

Wikidata enrichment: 4 links · 12 facts · latest game data 06/20/2026.

Latest Wikidata run: ok · 06/20/2026.

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Facts

Publication date
2014
Publisher
999 Games
Publisher
Albi
Publisher
Ediciones MasQueOca
Publisher
Eggertspiele
Publisher
Hobby Japan
Publisher
Hobby World
Publisher
Korea Boardgames
Publisher
Lautapelit.fi
Publisher
Pegasus Spiele
Publisher
Piatnik & Söhne
Publisher
Z-Man Games