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Game Entry

Mesopotamia

(2005)
User Rating: 6.8 / 10 (695 Ratings)
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GameID: 19301
Rank: 500
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Information

Designed By: Klaus-Jürgen Wrede
Published By: Mayfair Games
Phalanx Games
Mfg suggested # of Players: 2 - 4 players
User suggested # of Players:
Best with 4 players
Recommended with 2, 3, 4 players
(7 voters) [poll]
Playing Time: 45 Minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages: 10 and up
User Suggested Ages: 10 and up
(1 voter) [poll]
Language Dependence: Some necessary text - easily memorized or small crib sheet
(3 voters) [poll]
Category: Civilization
Mechanics: N/A
Other Names:
Mesopotamien
Mesopotamië
Mesopotamia: Cradle of Civilization

Description

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At the center is the Ziggurat where you must bring 4 sacrifice tokens to win. But to deliver them you must have sufficient Mana reserved by praying in temples, which players build. You bring your sacrifices from 4 huts which you build, and you can breed at an empty hut to increase your people. To build huts, temples and Mana, you use rocks and timber that you collect from quarries and forests.

Each turn, you can move 5 places, placing new tiles if you go off the map, seeding stones or timber if they are quarries or forests, carrying resource to empty plains if you want to build. Building a hut or temple, breeding, or drawing an action card ends your turn, and you bank Mana if you have people on temples. So gradually, you build up your clan and have them do different things. Some stand at temples to pray, some explore and carry resource, others help build or breed. And when you deliver a sacrifice, you kill the messenger too, thus needing to breed more.

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0 MESOPOTAMIA - Cartas en Castellano
Mesopotamia - Cartas.pdf
Traducción de las Cartas al castellano, incluidas las cartas de la expansión. Sirve como hoja de ayuda.
0 MESOPOTAMIA - Reglamento en Castellano
Mesopotamia - Reglamento.pdf
Reglamento traducido y maquetado en castellano
1 Mesopotamia - Player's Aid with Variants - Color Coded
MesopotamiaPlayerAid.pdf
This player's aid includes the variant rules as these have been proposed and summarized by Alan Kwan: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/146754 http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/112329 The game with these modifications becomes a much better game than with the original rules. The only variant rule that I have not included is the one where a player can steal resources out of turn. This rule complicates things and does not add to the game. All the other variant rules are either necessary to fix things or they add to the excitement that this game brings.
3 Mesopotamia - Turn Phases by Liumas v2
Mesopotamia Turn Phases by Liumas V2.zip
Illustrated Mesopotamia Turn Phases v2.0. Print double sided or single sided. (PDF)
5 Mesopotamia_English_rules.doc
Mesopotamia_English_rules.doc
Translated English rules
3 Mesopotamia Quick Ref.pdf
Mesopotamia Quick Ref.pdf
Color player reference, incorporating graphics from manual
3 Mesopotamia FAQ 1.0.doc
Mesopotamia FAQ 1.0.doc
Answers to some frequently asked questions about Mesopotamia
1 Mesopotamia_Player-aid.pdf
Mesopotamia_Player-aid.pdf
Turn order/action description player aid wtih text and graphic descriptions of actions. Formatted with 2 player aids on one sheet. Final aid size approx 5" x 6".
0 mesopotanien_Deutsch.doc
mesopotanien_Deutsch.doc
Kurzübersicht (Short Rules German)
0 Mesopotamia_German_Reference.pdf
Mesopotamia_German_Reference.pdf
German Reference (the original is in another format!!)