Amun-Re cover
2003BGG rank #601

Amun-Re

by Reiner Knizia · Hans im Glück

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Players3–5
Time90m
ComplexityMedium
Age12+

About the game

What is Amun-Re?

Everyone knows of the pyramids on the Nile — eternal monuments of a powerful and beautiful culture that can still take our breath away. The players (leaders of a royal Egyptian family) choose their sites, build their pyramids, and thank Amun-Re and the other gods for their bounty. In Amun-Re, each pharaoh wants to build the most pyramids. To accomplish this, they must first acquire a province where they can trade and farm. With their profits, they can buy new provinces and building-stones to erect pyramids. For all their actions players must make clever use of their power cards, and always offer appropriate sacrifices to Amun-Re.

How it plays

Mechanics

Area Majority / InfluenceAuction / BiddingAuction: Fixed PlacementConstrained BiddingScore-and-Reset Game

On the shelf

Categories

AncientEconomic

Questions players ask

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