Diamant (French)

Designer	Bruno Faidutti, Alan R. Moon
Publisher	IELLO
Players	3-8
Playtime	30 mins
Suggested Age	8 and up
Honors	2006 Golden Geek Best Light / Party Game Winner 2006 Golden Geek Best Light / Party Game Nominee 2006 Golden Geek Best Kids' Board Game Nominee 2006 Golden Geek Best Family Board Game Nominee 2005 Spiel des Jahres Recommended 2005 Spiel der Spiele Hit für Viele Recommended 2005 Kinderspielexperten "8-to-13-year-olds" Third Place 2005 Kinderspielexperten "8-to-13-year-olds" Nominee 2005 Japan Boardgame Prize Best Foreign Game for Beginners Winner 2005 Japan Boardgame Prize Best Foreign Game for Beginners 2005 International Gamers Awards - General Strategy; Multi-player Nominee 2005 Fairplay À la carte Winner
Additional Info	15512/diamant https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/15512/diamant/forums/63

Diamant is a quick, fun game of push-your-luck. Players venture down mine shafts by turning up cards from a deck, sharing the gems they find on the way down. Before the next card is turned up, you have the chance to leave the mine and stash your finds, including any gems you get on the way out.

Why would you leave? Because the deck also contains hazards: scorpions, snakes, poison gases, explosions and rockfalls. When a duplicate hazard turns up (such as a second scorpion), anyone left in the shaft has to flee for safety and loses all the gems they got this turn. The trick is, the more players that leave, the bigger your share in the next card will be.

Re-implemented by:


Incan Gold
Tensão Total (released as an unauthorized game. An agreement has since been made between the authors and the publisher)