Ancient · Card Game

Valley of the Kings

When you die, you can take it with you!

2–4 players45 minages 14medium difficulty

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What is Valley of the Kings

When you die, you can take it with you!

Take on the role of Egyptian nobles at the time of the pharaohs, preparing for death and burial in the Valley of the Kings. Players want to fill their tombs with food, canopic jars, statues, amulets and other treasures, and to do so they acquire cards that are laid out in the shape of a pyramid; purchase cards at the base of the pyramid, and it "crumbles" to bring cards higher in the pyramid to the base where they can be bought. The pyramid resets each round with new offerings.

You score only for cards that you remove from your deck and stash in your tomb, so if you keep using valuable cards for their effects and don't entomb them before the game ends, you could lose out on big points! Whoever collects the most valuable artifacts in her tomb wins.

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Game details

Players: 2–4
Age: +14
Duration: 45 min
Difficulty: Medium
Type: Board game
Year: 2014
Mechanics: Deck, Bag, and Pool Building · Hand Management · Open Drafting
Categories: Ancient · Card Game · Mythology
Designer: Tom Cleaver
Publisher: Devir · BoardBros · Alderac Entertainment Group · Pegasus Spiele

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Quin7/10

16€

David_Trovador8.4/10

El mejor deckbuilding de caja pequeña que he probado. Incluso diría que tiene más profundidad que el clank a la vez de tener menos despliegue. Tiene más miga de la que aparenta, un 2,2 en BGG me parece poco peso (reglas son muy sencillas pero tiene mucha profundidad)