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Publisher
Year Published
2008
# of Players
2 − 5
User Suggested # of Players
Best with 3, 4 players
Recommended with 2, 3, 4, 5 players
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Playing Time
90 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages
 
User Suggested Ages
12
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Language Dependence
Some necessary text - easily memorized or small crib sheet
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Honors
Subdomain
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Primary Name
Playing Gods: The Board Game of Divine Domination
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From the publisher:

Playing Gods is a satirical board game of divine domination. Two to five players each play a different god, and compete with each other to take over the world. This is done by spreading your believers, converting the followers of other gods, or killing them off with Acts of God.

Playing Gods also has an open-ended structure that encourages player creativity. For example, players may choose to be a figurehead of one of the five main religions, or they may choose to create their own gods – or even be their own god! In the Expansion Pack (sold separately), artistic and creative players may even write and design their own cards.

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Lightning. Tornadoes. Tsunamis. Plagues.

Natural disasters?

Or signs of gods' wrath?

The earthly and divine realms meet in Playing Gods. Whether wreaking disasters of biblical proportions on innocent populations or bestowing providence and goodwill, the gods have ever made sport of humans. Though imbued with amazing powers, the gods are jealous. Other gods, with their silly miracles and ridiculous beliefs, diminish the glory and importance of the one true god--or so each of them believes!

Enact the religious struggles ripped from today's headlines with Moses, Jesus, and others, or step back in time to don the mantle of the Norse ruler Odin, the Roman god Mars, the Celtic warrior Morrigan, or Kali the Hindu god. Wiccans can battle Scientologists and ancient Mayan gods for control over mankind. Players can be Cthulu, the Cult of Oprah, the Flying Spaghetti Monster, or create their own gods; the only limit is your imagination.

Using Wrath cards, Gods can command the four elements (Fire, Air, Earth, and Water) to unleash natural disasters on each other's followers, or use special attacks like Darkness, Plague, Locusts, and Famine (against which there is no defense).

But players can also choose to convert, rather than kill, other gods' followers. This is done with Conversion cards, and gods may offer things such as Prosperity, Communion, Afterlife, Miracles, and Scripture to groups of believers. The god with the best strategy, skill, and luck shall rule the world....

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Statistics
Board Game Rank: 7329
War Game Rank: 1759
Num Ratings: 42
Average Rating: 4.45
Standard Deviation: 2.54
Num Views: 16718
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Avg. Game Weight: 1.5
Fans: 1
Personal Comments: 27
Users Owning: 73
Users Wanting: 8
Users Trading: 10 [find trade matches]
Has Parts For Trade: 0
Want Parts In Trade: 0
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Total Plays: 47
Plays This Month: 0
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Num Ratings 6
Average Rating 5.13
Average Weight 0.00
Num Owned 25
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For Trade 4
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Wishlist 2
Comments 4
Year Published 2008
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