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- ↑ "Nerdly » 'The Voyages of Marco Polo' Board Game Review" . Retrieved 2020-07-30.
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- ↑ Guyblin (2017-09-19). "[REVIEW] Camel Attrition. The Voyages Of Marco Polo". Medium. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
- ↑ derwesten.de, DerWesten- (2015-10-07). "Deutscher Spiele Preis für "Auf den Spuren von Marco Polo"". derwesten.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-07-30.
