Osprey Games Announce Sankoré: The Pride of Mansa Musa for a Q4 2023 release

Mar 22, 2023

Osprey Games has revealed a new title for late 2023. In Sankoré: The Pride of Mansa Musa, players will take on the roles of 14th century facilitators of the famed Timbuktu university. The game is for one to four players, ages 14+, and plays in 150 to 180 minutes. No MSRP info is available yet but look for Sankoré: The Pride of Mansa Musain late 2023.

About the game:

A dynamic, interactive, mid-weight eurogame for one to four players, following the rise in fortunes of the prestigious University of Sankoré in 14th century Timbuktu.

In Sankoré: Pride of Mansa Musa, players manage one of the Sankoré Madrasah’s prestigious schools, tasked by the emperor Mansa Musa with spreading knowledge throughout West Africa, even as the great university is raised around them.

By enrolling and graduating your pupils, teaching classes, adding to your curriculum, and filling the great library with books, you will advance knowledge in four main disciplines: Theology, law, mathematics, and astronomy. Once construction of the university is complete, the value that the empire places on each discipline will dramatically affect how you score the knowledge you have passed on.

In a dedicated solo mode, you will be competing against a Distinguished Scholar, a passionate and ambitious academic controlled by an elegant automated system. They may not be as nimble as you, but they are focused and driven and will strive to produce the best possible students.

Can you navigate the corridors of academic competition and bring renown to Mansa Musa’s prized university?

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