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Valley of the Kings
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Valley of the Kings
Poorly hidden from tomb robbers.

Valley of the Kings (2014)

Players
2–4
Best: 2
Playing time
45–45 min
Age
14+
7.00
Average rating
5,083
Ratings
2.18/5
Weight
#1309
BGG rank
Top 5,000
Alternate names:Tal der Könige +2 more
Designer:Tom Cleaver
Artist:Guillermo H. Nuñez, Banu Andaru
Publisher:Pegasus Spiele +3 more
Average rating, ratings count, weight and rank are sourced from BoardGameGeek (BGG).
Game DNA
  • This game: Strategy 5, Luck 5, Interaction 5, Complexity 4.4, Theme 6
Strategy5.0
Luck5.0
Interaction5.0
Complexity4.4
Theme6.0

This game's strategy, luck, interaction, complexity and theme.

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Overview

When you die, you can take it with you!

Take on the role of Egyptian nobles at the time of the pharaohs, preparing for death and burial in the Valley of the Kings. Players want to fill their tombs with food, canopic jars, statues, amulets and other treasures, and to do so they acquire cards that are laid out in the shape of a pyramid; purchase cards at the base of the pyramid, and it "crumbles" to bring cards higher in the pyramid to the base where they can be bought. The pyramid resets each round with new offerings.

You score only for cards that you remove from your deck and stash in your tomb, so if you keep using valuable cards for their effects and don't entomb them before the game ends, you could lose out on big points! Whoever collects the most valuable artifacts in her tomb wins.

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