Amen

What is Amen

User summary:

Amen is an abstract stone-picking game with a theme of a struggle for the king's throne in ancient Egypt.

You begin with a stone on a corner of the square-grid board. Each turn, you roll a die and extend your wall of stones by that number. When you place stones, you place the first one on a square adjacent to any one of your stones, then place each of the remaining stones adjacent to the stone you placed last. If that square, or the line of squares beyond, are occupied by opponents' stones, instead you skip these squares and place your stone on the nearest empty square beyond them. In this case, you pick up all the stones skipped over and gain victory points. But beware. When you pick up opponents' stones, you leave a gap between your walls, which is vulnerable to their counter-attack.

At the center of the board, there are large obstacles you can use as your defense, and bonus stones which can be scored like opponents' stones.

Game details

Players

2–4

Age

+8

Duration

12 min

Difficulty

—

Type

Board game

Year

2011

Mechanics

Dice Rolling · Grid Movement

Categories

Abstract Strategy · Ancient · Dice

Designer

津村修二 (Shuji Tsumura)

Publisher

ツムラクリエイション (Tsumura Creation)