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Max Jamelli
United States
Chambersburg
Pennsylvania
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#35 on my list - Archaeology: The Card Game
I was introduce to Archaeology by a friend of mine at a game group meeting. I think we had 4 players and I think 4 is a great number for this game. It can be played with less, but the random events that come out are better with more players. It's an Indiana Jones-like theme of finding buries treasures - it's got a very small element of searching through a pyramid for treasures. At it's core, it's a set collection/push your luck game.
There's a lot to like about this for me. First, it's really a small game so it's very portable. It's also extremely easy to teach and learn. It's also pretty cheap, er affordable. Aside from that, it's really a quick fun game.
Players will have a hand of cards with various values on them which allow playesr to interact with a market. The push-your-luck aspect comes into play as treasures or artifacts are collected.
image credit: Futza
On each card you can see varying points can be scored for scoring different numbers of cards. For example, you can score 2 coin cards for 5 points. If you waited and collected 2 more coinds, you would be able to score 4 coins for 18 points. You don't want to hold too many cards though, because sand storm cards and thief cards are in the deck.
If a sand storm hits, you lose half of your cards! If a thief card is drawn, one of your opponents (whoever drew the thief) may choose to steal a card from you -- especially if you have a lot of cards in your hand or are the presumed leader.
This was a game that was out of print for a while, so I designed my own cards and had Artscow print them. I re-named my card game Treasure Hunters (or something to that effect). I saw Archaelogy was available at last years WBC for $5 or something like that, so I was glad to see it back on the market. For what it costs, it's a great game.
Archaelogy (or treasure hunters in my case) was one of the games I took on vacation with me and my family when we visited Orlando back in 2009. It fit in my carry on bag, so it was a no-brainer. We spent the nights in our apartment playing through it and had a good time. I'm pretty sure it was the last game we played in the year 2009 too (although Scripts and Scribes was also on that trip) and I forget honestly.
It's a small game and it's a short game so I don't have a lot of fun stories to remember about it. If I had to include some of the new games I've learned since putting this list together ... it probably gets bumped down, but it's still a very fun game.
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