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AETHER

ELEMENTALS on the search for Aether

The ancient Greeks believed that all things are made up from the elements Earth, Air, Water and Fire and that the fifth element of the gods, Aether, was hovering above all. Players use element tiles and elementals to gain control over the 5^th element.

You start with a number of elementals of your own color and four element tiles. The Aether tiles are placed on the pre-set spots on the board. Then certain spots on the board are covered with randomly chosen element tiles. In your turn you must chose one of your element tiles and place it on an empty spot of the board. You can swap elemental tiles beforehand – this is paid for with an elemental – and after placing a tile you can place one of your own elementals on the tile just placed. Then you finish your turn by drawing an element tile. The elemental on the tile is changing into the elemental of this element and has a power equal to the number of tiles its kind in adjacent spaces minus the number of counter-elements in adjacent spaces. Counter elements are Water for Fire, Fire for Earth, Earth for Air and Air for Water. If you control the most power around an Aether tile you control this tile and score its points. In case of a tie the points are split. When the board is completely filled or when the control over all Aether tiles is decided you score for all aether tiles that you control and all your remaining elementals, even those that you used to pay for swapping tiles.

Aether is a very well-made placement game for all the family and an unusual way to use the stone-paper-scissors mechanism, the version offers a rather more tactical game.

Spieler         : 2-4

Alter            : ages 10 and up

Dauer           : ca. 60 min

Autor           : Touko Tahkokallio

Grafik          : Jussi Kurki

Titel            : ident

Preis            : ca. 28 Euro

Verlag          : Onni Games 2010

                     www.onnigames.com

Genre                    : Placement game

Zielgruppe             : For families

Language                        : uk de fi

Rules                              : uk de fi

In-game use of language   : no

Kommentar:

Attractive topic

Nice and simple implementation of the topic

Unusual use of stone-paper-scissors

Vergleichbar:

Other placement games for majorities and controlled areas, e.g. Carcassonne

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