Board game · 2010

Sobek

Pitch: Ancient Egypt... The temple of Sobek is being built and the market place is thriving. Loads of goods arrive by ship for the construction site and it is a race to pick the best items in order to sell them with the most pr…

Players: 2 to 4
Duration: 40 min
Age: 8 and up
Complexity: Beginner

Bruno Cathala · GameWorks SàRL

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01 Intro 00:00 02 Présentation 00:13 03 Matériel et Mise en Place 00:26 04 But du Jeu 03:40 05 Déroulement 04:36 06 Tour d'un Joueur 05:57 07 Action: Prendre une Ressource 06:23 08 Tuiles Deben 07:48 09 Tuiles Personnage 10:07 10 Scarabées 11:33 11 Action: Jouer un Personnage 13:07 12 Tuiles Sobek 14:30 13 Action: Vendre un Lot 14:52 14 Bonus Pirogue 16:16 15 Compléter le Plateau 17:09 16 Les Effets des Jetons Pirogue 19:17 17 Précisions sur les Ventes 22:16 18 Les Effets des Personnages 23:20 19 Fin de Partie 27:39 20 Conclusion 31:13
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Of course, with so much at stake, not all the moves are legal, corruption is everywhere and cordiality scarce. Because in the end there can be only one winner!

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Famous Bruno Cathala's (Cyclades, Dice Town, Shadows Over Camelot, Mr. Jack, MOW...) latest design is a fast paced card game well suited for the whole family, with tactical choices, luck, and a bit of cunning.

Each turn you have to choose if you want to take a goods card, play a character with a special power or display a set of matching goods cards. While taking a profitable card, you often collect corruption points, which add up in a pile in front of you. During each round five sets of nine cards are put at the players' disposal. When all cards are gone, there is a scoring for all displayed cards, but beware, the player with the most corruption sigils sees his income almost cut down in half.

The game ends after 3 rounds or if a player has reached a hundred points.

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