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Information

Designed By: Klaus-Jürgen Wrede
Published By: Inspiration Games
Überplay
Diehl Medien
Mfg suggested # of Players: 2 - 5 players
User suggested # of Players:
Best with 3, 4 players
Recommended with 2, 3, 4, 5 players
(17 voters) [poll]
Playing Time: 30 Minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages: 8 and up
User Suggested Ages: 8 and up
(2 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence: No necessary in-game text
(5 voters) [poll]
Category: Religious
Ancient
City Building
Mechanics: Tile Placement
Other Names:
Die Baumeister des Königs
Baumeister des Königs, Die

Description

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A new game based on Carcassonne, Ark of the Covenant has players vie for control of cities, roads, flocks, and temples by using the tiles to create the dynamic play area and by placing followers on the tiles.

New features compared to Carcassonne include oases along roads which award 1 additional point to that road for each oasis, a one-time use "prophet" for each player which doubles the value of a completed city for that player, a simplified field scoring with each sheep in the field adding 2 points and each wolf subtracting 2 points, and a new scoring mechanism for temples. Additionally, players can forgo the placement of a follower on the board to move the Ark around the tiles and award 1 point to the owner of each follower it passes.

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0 3x5 Player Reference Cards
Ark Player Aid.pdf
A Handy Player Aid card (2 per sheet) that folds to a 2-sided 3x5 cards that outlines the turn options on one side and scoring on the other.
0 Ark of the Covenant rules in alphabetical Table format
Ark of the Covenant rules.doc
All the rules in convenient one page, alphabetical summary
1 Ark of the Covenant rules.doc
Ark of the Covenant rules.doc
Ark : One Page Rules summary (in alphabetical Table Format)
0 c-ark_hu.pdf
c-ark_hu.pdf
Hungarian rules - A szabályok magyarul (posted with permission from Inspiration Games)
3 Ark of the Covenant Tile Distribution Sheet.pdf
Ark of the Covenant Tile Distribution Sheet.pdf
Tile Distribution (In similar format to those posted for Carcassonne.)
0 ARKrule1PAGER.doc
ARKrule1PAGER.doc
Quick Rule Summary for Ark
0 Ark Score Sheet.xls
Ark Score Sheet.xls
The Ark of the Covenant Score Sheet in Excel
1 Ark of the Covenant.Rulebook.pdf
Ark of the Covenant.Rulebook.pdf
Ark of the Covenant Rules submitted with permission
0 Regel_Ark_deutsch.pdf
Regel_Ark_deutsch.pdf
German rule-booklet-translation
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