Tigris & Euphrates (1997)

Regarded by many as Reiner Knizia's masterpiece, the game is set in the ancient fertile crescent with players building civilizations through tile placement. Players are given four different leaders: farming, trading, religion, and government. The leaders are used to collect victory points in these same categories. However, your score at the end of the game is the number of points in your weakest category, which encourages players not to get overly specialized. Conflict arises when civilizations connect on the board, i.e., external conflicts, with only one leader of each type surviving such a conflict. Leaders can also be replaced within a civilization through internal conflicts.

NOTE: More recent editions of the game by Mayfair and Pegasus (possibly among other publishers) contain a double sided board and extra components for playing the advanced version of the game.

Part of what is considered Reiner Knizia's tile-laying trilogy.

The Hans im Glück version states it is for 2-4 players; the Mayfair Games version states it is for 3-4 players.

Re-implemented by:

• Euphrates & Tigris Card Game

Awards

• 2004 BoardGameGeek Geek Madness Tournament Champion and Aldie Award Winner
• 1998 Spiel des Jahres Recommendation.
• 1998 Deutscher Spiele Preis Winner.
• 1997 Meeples' Choice Award Winner.

Online Play

• GameTable Online licensed (Real-time)
• http://www.boardgamegeek.com/tigris/ (turn-based)
• Tigris Online (turn-based or real-time)
• Vassal module (PBEM, real-time)
• Feuerteufel. Dutch website with play-by-web. For non-Dutch speakers/readers, using Google Translate (e.g., with Google Chrome or with the Google Toolbar in Firefox, or even through translate.google.com) works pretty well!

Microbadges

Reiner Knizia Microbadges

Contents (Mayfair 2nd Edition):

• 1 Two-Sided Gameboard
• 153 Civilization Tiles:
  • 30 Black Settlements
  • 30 Green Markets
  • 57 Red Temples
  • 36 Blue Farms
• 8 Catastrophic Tiles
• 4 Unification Tiles
• 4 Dynasty Tiles (1 For Each Dynasty)
• 6 Monuments (2 Parts Each)
• 16 Leaders (Wooden Disks):
  • 4 Black Kings (1 For Each Dynasty)
  • 4 Green Traders (1 For Each Dynasty)
  • 4 Red Priests (1 For Each Dynasty)
  • 4 Blue Farmers (1 For Each Dynasty)
• 140 Victory Point Counters:
  • 80 Small Wooden Cubes (20 x 4 Colors)
  • 60 Large Wooden Cubes (15 x 4 Colors)
• 10 Treasure Cubes (Plus 4 For Advanced Game)
• 4 Screens (1 For Each Dynasty)
• 1 Bag (For Civilization Tiles)
• 1 Game Overview
• 1 Rules Book
• 5 Ziggurat Tiles (Advanced Game)
• 1 Tower (Advanced Game)
• 4 Civilization Buildings (Advanced Game)