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Dynasties in ancient egypt!
Dynasties rise and fall in ancient Egypt; players are heads of those dynasties and want to gain influence over citizens and secure a place in Afterlife. Citizen cards from Pharao to Farmer give victory points at the end of the game.
Five Afterlife cards are stacked face-down, each player receives three Debens and four citizen cards, five citizen cards are displayed in the Forum.
At the start of a round you roll three dice for favor of the gods, determining the flow of the Nile and the wealth it carries.
Then the active player has one tern of two phases: In the Dynasty Phase you must play one card free of cost and can play a second card of the same type at the cost of one Deben. Then you can use the special ability of the card type; at this point the dice come into play; their value is reduced by 1 for each use and not re-rolled during the round. Then, in the Rejuvenation Phase, you put two cards from your hand into the Forum and take three of the cards previously present there in hand, if necessary, you refill your hand to four cards.
If the stack of Citizen cards is empty, you win at the end of the round with most victory points from citizens, Bread bonuses from cards carrying a Bread token and majorities in Citizens of a type. You also score victory points from completing an Afterlife card and one VP per three Debens.
The combination of card abilities with the exchange of at least half of your hand in each turn creates a fantastic and very tactical game that offers several strategies to win, from bakers and lots of bread to artisans for card rotation or soldiers to steal farmers. A must for fans of tactical card games offering lots of variants.
Players: 1-4
Age: 12+
Time: 20+
Designer: Todd Sanders
Artist: Todd Sanders, Alvin Chen
Price: ca. 20 Euro
Publisher: LudiCreations 2017
Genre: Set collecting, cards
Users: With friends
Special: 1 player
Version: en
Rules: en
In-game text: no
Comments:
New edition, first edition 2013
Interesting interaction of cards
Several strategies
Absolutely recommended
Compares to:
Set collecting with use of card abilities
Other editions:
Currently none
Chance (pink): 1
Tactic (turquoise): 3
Strategy (blue): 1
Creativity (dark blue): 0
Knowledge (yellow): 0
Memory (orange): 0
Communication (red): 0
Interaction (brown): 2
Dexterity (green): 0
Action (dark green): 0