Assyria (2009)

About Assyria

In Assyria, players represent tribes living in Mesopotamia, trying to develop on the desert and a limted fertile area located between two rivers that divide the board. In their quest for power (points), players build Ziggurats (permanent outposts), wells, make sacrifices to gods and try to get along with nobles of Assur - the capital of Assyria. The game is a light-weight eurogame, built around the short-term rapid point gains vs long-term investments dilemma. General flow of…

Mechanics: Auction/Bidding, Card Drafting, Hand Management, Hexagon Grid, Worker Placement · Designer: Emanuele Ornella

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