{{Short description|2014 board game}} {{Italic title}} {{Infobox game | title = ''Camel up'' | designer = Steffen Bogen | publisher = Pegasus Spiele | image_link = Camel Up box cover.jpg | image_caption = Box cover of ''Camel Up'' | players = 2 to 8 | ages = 8 and up | setup_time = 5 minutes | playing_time = 30 minutes | random_chance = Medium | skills = Strategy | related = Wits and Wagers | footnotes = <ref>{{cite book |last1=Goodridge |first1=Michelle |last2=Rohweder |first2=Matthew J. |author-link= |date= November 15, 2021|title=Librarian's Guide to Games and Gamers: From Collection Development to Advisory Services |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=243CEAAAQBAJ|location= |publisher= Bloomsbury Publishing|page= |isbn=9798216110958}}</ref> }}
thumb|right|A game of ''Camel Up'' during play. '''''Camel Up''''' is a board game for two to eight players.<ref name=spiel/> It was designed by Steffen Bogen and illustrated by Dennis Lohausen, and published in 2014 by Pegasus Spiele.<ref name=spiel/> Players place bets on a camel race in the desert; the player who wins the most money is the winner of the game. ''Camel Up'' won the Spiel des Jahres in 2014.<ref name=spiel/>
Note: Sandstorm cards are 1 space not 2) In 2015, an expansion called ''Camel Up: Supercup'' was released, allowing the game to be played with up to 10 players.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/172380/camel-supercup |title=Camel Up: Supercup |website=Board Game Geek |date=2015 |access-date=2016-09-15 |archive-date=2016-09-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916104014/http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/172380/camel-supercup |url-status=live }}</ref> A mobile app was also released in 2015 for Android and iOS devices.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2015/11/camel-up-boardgame-mobile-app-review.html |title=''Camel Up'' Boardgame Mobile App Review |publisher=Paste |first=Keith |last=Law |date=November 2, 2015 |access-date=September 14, 2016 |archive-date=December 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220072816/https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2015/11/camel-up-boardgame-mobile-app-review.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
At Essen 2018, a German board game convention, Eggertspiele released a second edition<ref>{{cite web |title=CAMEL UP ANNOUNCED! |url=https://www.eggertspiele.com/en/blog/camel-up-announced-b74.html |access-date=2023-08-07 |archive-date=2020-11-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109030139/https://www.eggertspiele.com/en/blog/camel-up-announced-b74.html |url-status=live }}</ref> of the game with new artwork by Dennis Lohausen and Chris Quilliams, and revised game rules.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.boardgamesandcats.com/2019/09/28/camel-up/ |title=Camel Up |date=September 28, 2019 |author=Danny & MB |publisher=Boardgames and Cats |accessdate=August 6, 2020 |archive-date=August 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806165618/https://www.boardgamesandcats.com/2019/09/28/camel-up/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
In 2021, a spinoff called ''Camel Up: Off Season'' was released.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/camel-up-off-season/news/camel-up-off-season-announced |title=Camel Up: Off Season swaps the board game's racing for bidding on bazaars |author=Alex Meehan |date=March 31, 2021 |website=Dicebreaker |accessdate=October 11, 2023}}</ref> thumb|right|Second Edition game of ''Camel Up'' showing all competing camels stacked. Note ''oasis pop-up'' in right foreground.
== Awards == * 2014 Spiel des Jahres winner<ref name=spiel>{{cite web|url=http://www.spieldesjahres.de/cms/front_content.php?idcatart=1228&id=885|title=Spiel des Jahres official site: 2014 winner |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140720025753/http://www.spieldesjahres.de/cms/front_content.php?idcatart=1228&id=885 |archive-date=2014-07-20}} (in German)</ref>
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== External links == * {{bgg|153938|''Camel Up''}} * [https://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/260605/camel-second-edition ''Camel Up (Second Edition)''] at BoardGameGeek * [http://www.tomsepicgaming.com/camel-up-review/ ''Camel Up'' Review – Tom'S Epic Gaming]
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Category:Spiel des Jahres winners Category:Board games introduced in 2014