Five Tribes: The Djinns of Naqala
103 questions players ask about Five Tribes: The Djinns of Naqala. Pick one for the answer. See also the full rulebook.
Updated 2026-11-04.
Setup and bidding
Moving meeples and tile control
- Is a move legal if the last meeple's colour only gets onto the final tile during the move (for example in a loop)?
- Can a move pass through a tile it already visited this turn to make a loop?
- Can you refuse to move meeples or skip the meeple action if the only legal move helps an opponent?
- What happens if you have no Camels left when you empty a tile?
- If your move and your Assassins would each take a tile but you have only one Camel left, which tile do you get?
- Can a tile change owner, or hold a second Camel?
- Does the tile you pick the meeples up from count as a step of the move?
- Is there a limit on how many meeples can be on one tile?
Tribe actions
- Can a Red Assassin kill a meeple on the tile where your move ended?
- How is Assassin range counted, and can it go around corners or diagonally?
- How many meeples does an Assassin action kill, and what happens to the unused range?
- Which meeples can Red Assassins kill outside the board?
- Is the Red Assassins kill mandatory when a legal target exists?
- Can Red Assassins take control of a second tile in the same turn, and do you get its tile action?
- If your Assassins kill the last meeple on the tile you ended on, do you still get that tile's action?
- When you kill a meeple with Assassins, do you get the action of its tile or tribe?
- Can Assassins kill other Assassins?
Tile actions and markets
- Can you use the same tile action more than once in a turn?
- Do you get the tile's action if you end your move on a tile without controlling it?
- Which tile actions are compulsory?
- Must you place a Palm Tree or Palace when you end on an Oasis or Village you do not control, and who scores it?
- Can a tile hold several Palm Trees or Palaces, and what if the supply runs out?
- Can you take cards from further down the line at a Small or Large Market?
- At a Large Market, can your second pick be a card that moves into the first six after your first pick?
- Can you sell two different sets of Merchandise in the same turn?
- Can you buy market cards after picking up Green Merchants?
Djinns
- Must you end your move on a Sacred Place to buy a Djinn, and how many can you get this way?
- Does Echidna double the Slaves/Fakirs you add to a Builders action, or only the Builder meeples?
- When during my turn can I activate a Djinn's power, including right after buying it or before moving?
- How many Djinns can I use in one turn, and can the same Djinn be used twice?
- Can another player activate or use a Djinn that I control, or can I use mine on their turn?
- In a 2-player game, can a Djinn be used once per round or once per turn marker?
- Is the cost printed on a Djinn card paid when I buy it? Can the Elders I spent to buy it also pay for its power?
- If two of my Djinns have the same activation cost, do I pay it twice to use both?
- If I buy a Djinn at a Sacred Place, can it change my meeple actions from the same turn, such as Echidna doubling Builders?
Scoring and end of game
- When the last Camel is placed or no legal move remains, does the game end immediately?
- If the game end has been triggered and a Djinn such as Anun-Nak creates new legal moves, does the game continue?
- If a player believes no legal move exists but one does, must the others tell him?
- When a player places their last Camel, do the other players still get their turn?
- How is unsold Merchandise scored at game end, and is it the same as selling it?
- Do Fakirs/Slaves count as a good in a Merchandise set or score at game end?
- Is each Gold Coin worth 1 VP, or its face value?
- How exactly are Viziers scored, and what happens with ties or zero Viziers?
- Who scores Palm Trees, Palaces and tile values at game end?
Hidden information and components
Solo play (Yazid)
Five Tribes: The Artisans of NaqalaExpansion
- What happens when the Artisans item pile runs out?
- What can the Rebirth Ring take from the item discard pile?
- How does the Enchanting Flute work: adjacency, mountains, and extra turns?
- Does the Enchanting Flute stop you taking control of the tile your move ends on?
- Can a magic item or Djinn that creates a move cancel the game end once no normal legal moves remain?
- Can the Burning Scimitar kill the only meeple on a tile and take control of it, and must it kill two?
- Does the Burning Scimitar trigger Kandicha's ability?
- Does the Burning Scimitar trigger Nekir?
- What happens to meeples removed with the Burning Scimitar?
Five Tribes: Whims of the SultanExpansion
- Can Utug take control of a Fabulous City while a Whim card is on it?
- Can Leta take an empty Fabulous City that has a Whim card on it?
- With Haurvajaj, do Palm Trees by the Great Lake score double?
- Do I get the Whim card for controlling a Fabulous City, or only by ending my move there?
- How many points is a Fabulous City worth at game end?
- Can I play with five players without Whims of the Sultan?
- Does Kali count when I outbid a marker without landing on its spot?