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Pyramid of the Sun

Pyramid construction in Teotihuacan

Players build the Pyramid of Teotihuacan in a joint effort. You use cards - 10 Pyramid Base cards, 48 Standard Segment cards and 30 Edge Segment cards, those also include Pyramid Top cards. Each player has a card of his color and the corresponding marker on the scoring track; double-sided score cards are readied, you use them to mark increments of 10 in your scoring total.

Depending on the length of the game you want to play, you place a pyramid base made up from two Edge Base cards and 6, 7 or 8 Standard Base segments, the remaining Standard and Edge segments are stacked separately. You begin the game with four Standard segments in hand.

The active player has one action and can draw two cards - both from one stock or one each from both of the two stacks and must then reduce his hand to five cards, if necessary - or play cards - a card you play is placed across two cards in the lover level; Edge Segments only at the end of level, Pyramid Tops only as the last level, Standard Segments can be placed anywhere. After each card you placed, you score the lower value out of either the value of the card you played or the number of the level where you placed the card. Edge elements score double and pyramid tops triple values. Identical symbols on cards adjacent to the card just placed score the number of symbols, the symbol on the new card does not count. When the pyramid is completed, either with a top or a standard segment, you win with most points, in case of a tie with most cards in hand.

Standard mechanisms, well combined for a nice family game with simple rules, an ideal filler game.

Players: 2-5

Age: 8+

Time: 20+

Designer: Fréderic Moyersoen

Artist: Magdalena Markowska, Agnieszka Kopera

Price: ca. 8 Euro

Publisher: Strawberry Studio 2017

Web: www.strawberry.studio.

Genre: Card placement, pyramid forming

Users: For families

Version: en

Rules: en

In-game text: no

Comments:

Standard mechanisms

Simple rules

Plays quickly

Nice filler game

Compares to:

Pingu Party and other placement games for pyramid formation

Other editions:

Currently none

Chance (pink): 2

Tactic (turquoise): 1

Strategy (blue): 0

Creativity (dark blue): 0

Knowledge (yellow): 0

Memory (orange): 0

Communication (red): 0

Interaction (brown): 3

Dexterity (green): 0

Action (dark green): 0