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Faiyum
The oasis-like basin Faiyum was artificially built 3,900 years ago by enlarging the Bahr Yussef channel that connected to the Nile to create a regulated flood plain. During the Middle Kingdom of Egypt, this swampland was slowly changed into farmland under the aegis of pharaohs such as Amenemhet III and Sesostris II. They ordered their advisors to build a system of canals and dikes to reclaim the land surrounded by desert and inhabited by crocodiles to turn it into a granary for Egypt.
What is Faiyum
The oasis-like basin Faiyum was artificially built 3,900 years ago by enlarging the Bahr Yussef channel that connected to the Nile to create a regulated flood plain. During the Middle Kingdom of Egypt, this swampland was slowly changed into farmland under the aegis of pharaohs such as Amenemhet III and Sesostris II. They ordered their advisors to build a system of canals and dikes to reclaim the land surrounded by desert and inhabited by crocodiles to turn it into a granary for Egypt.
Now, during the reign of Amenemhet III, you are the pharaoh's advisors, commanded to harvest goods, build roads, found settlements, and do much more for the good of Faiyum! You are being supplied with the necessary manpower, resources, and money, which means that if another advisor needs to use "your" roads, farms, and other buildings, they may do so since everything you build is owned by the pharaoh. The only thing you will own is the only thing that matters: the respect of the pharaoh.
Faiyum is a strategic game for enthusiasts of planning games. The basic rules are simple: Play your cards one by one on your personal discard stack. After playing some or all of your cards, you take them back into your hand in "reverse" playing order, so playing cards in the best order is important. Newly purchased cards go directly into your hand, so the timing of getting and playing them is important, too. Each of the individual cards has easy-to-understand actions, but only by creating the best combined "engine" will you be a master advisor of Faiyum.
This game features a card mechanism reminiscent of deck builders and the market mechanism successfully used in Power Grid. Gain more and more valuable cards, and use the structures built on the game board to your advantage — in other words, for your reputation. In the end, the most cunning advisor who creates the best card combinations will win Faiyum.
Game details
- Players
- 1–5
- Age
- +12
- Duration
- 140 min
- Difficulty
- Heavy
- Type
- Board game
- Year
- 2020
- Mechanics
- Action Retrieval · Deck, Bag, and Pool Building · Hand Management
- Categories
- Ancient · City Building · Economic
- Designer
- Friedemann Friese
- Publisher
- 2F-Spiele · Arclight Games · Rio Grande Games
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- Cartas enfundadas
Juego de desarrollo en egipto. Los jugadores tienen una serie de cartas y en su turno tienen tres opciones. Jugar una carta, comprar una carta del mercado, o administrar, que sirve para renovar el mercado, recibir algún ingreso y demás. El juego está interesante. La gracia está en las cartas. La mecánica es sencilla. No hay rondas.. es una sucesión de turnos continua. El final de la partida se dispara cuando en el mercado se muestra la cuarta carta de catástrofe. Rápido de explicar y entretenido de jugar. Recomendable.
$150.000 esp - organizador
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How many players is Faiyum for?
Faiyum plays with 1–5 players.
How long does a game take?
A game takes about 140 minutes.
What age is it suitable for?
It is recommended from age 12.
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