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Board and Dice
They came to this planet, and they chose you. They uplifted your people and promised great prosperity. They provided the wisdom and the resources to build your cities sky high. They taught you the ways of culture, science, and warfare. They promised knowledge for any willing to learn. Come, Archon, guide your citizens to victory, under the watchful eyes of the Builders, our benefactors from beyond the skies above.
In Origins: First Builders, you are an archon, guiding a population of freemen, influencing the construction of buildings and monuments, climbing the three mighty zodiac temples, and taking part in an arms race - all in an effort to leave the greatest mark on mankind's ancient history.
You start the game with a city consisting of just two building tiles: the Agora tile and the Palace tile. As the game develops, your city will grow in both size and strength as you add new building tiles, each of which has a special ability that triggers when it is first added to a city and when closing a district. Your placement on the military track indicates the rewards you receive when you attack and your chances of becoming first player.
Contents:
1 Rulebook
5 Plastic Motherships
4 Archon Miniatures
49 Dice
24 Plastic Dice Bases
20 Marker Disks
60 Tower Disks
83 Building Tiles
100+ Cardboard Tokens
12 Zodiac Tiles
12 Zodiac Cards
45 District Cards
4 Player Aid Cards
1 Game Board
4 Unique Player Boards
Ages: 14+
Players: 2-4
Game Length: 60-120 minutes
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7 reviews
Good mid weight euro with dice placement.
Game provides several avenues to victory with many instances of good choices. Unique dice placement mechanisms and fun game play. Theme is unique but it doesn't carry too heavily into the game
June 15, 2023 8:40 PM
Fun mechanics
This one is a great dice placement resource management game that has a unique mechanism for when/where you can place your dice. TONS of variability and not too complex, this one will hit the table again and again.
July 5, 2022 8:15 PM
Easy to teach & fun to play
Love the dice mechanics and the various paths one can take to win. Very easy to teach and all the various options, subtleties of strategy give it high replay value.
February 2, 2022 1:56 AM
Not crazy heavy but plenty to think about
My gamer friends and I played this and definitely enjoyed it. Not particularly complicated. But like a Asian buffet restaurant you just can't eat everything. Points to be had 8n many ways. But if you try to chase all of them you'll end up at the bottom of the score tracker.
February 1, 2022 8:16 PM
Good, not great
Ok game. Found myself kinda bored halfway through.
January 30, 2022 1:25 AM
Simple to play but lots to think about
Limited to one action per turn but the possibilities and interconnectedness of the game is really nice. Definitely get if you want a brain burning game.
January 12, 2022 3:05 PM
Amazing City builder with some crunch
This game is amazing! The dice placement and tile laying is great, really forces you to maximize each worker. I will say, the box makes it seem like David Turczi’s solo mode is included, but it’s not, you have to print it out online. Seems like, since it’s only 5 pages, Board & Dice could have included it.
January 11, 2022 10:15 PM
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