The Ark Of The Covenant

Fit

Teach 2.4

Teaching signal

Replay 4.0

High replayability

Interaction 3.7

Highly interactive

Scaling 4.0

Scales well

Strategy 4.5

Deep strategy

Control 2.8

Luck-sensitive

Table feel

Moderate level of interaction with a good balance between direct confrontation and strategic depth. Players need to pay attention to others' actions frequently, but there is not a heavy emphasis on cooperation.

Replay value

The Ark of the Covenant offers a high level of variability, strategic depth, and scalability, making it a highly replayable game. The presence of expansions adds to its replay value. While it may take some time to learn, the depth it offers makes it worth the investment.

Luck profile

The Ark of the Covenant has a moderate influence of luck. Random elements have a notable but not exclusive impact on the game outcome. Players have substantial ability to mitigate randomness through strategic decisions and planning. The game outcome is primarily determined by player strategy and decisions, with luck playing a minor role.

Overview

A 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. Part of the Carcassonne series.

Mechanism

2

Area Majority / Influence Tile Placement

Family

2

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Type

1

Family

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