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2005 Ranked #5,559

Euphrates & Tigris: Contest Of Kings

A streamlined civilization card game has competing kingdoms build influence while facing attacks and coups. Familiar strategic tensions are compressed into faster play, where planning determines who becomes a lasting legend.

Strategy Games Ancient Card Game Hand Management Admin: Better Description Needed!

Players

2-4

Play time

Not listed

Age

12+

Complexity

2.74/5

Rating

6.07

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

At a glance

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.8/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

A fertile land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Led by powerful leaders, kingdoms and dynasties developed here around 3000 BC.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Hand Management

Time and sequence a limited hand of cards to preserve future options.
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A fertile land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Led by powerful leaders, kingdoms and dynasties developed here around 3000 BC. Attacks and coups by neighboring kingdoms are the order of the day. But he who plans well will become the stuff of legend. Haven't we heard this before? Absolutely, but not in this form. Because now, the 'card game conversion' trend among board games has reached Reiner Knizia's classic game Euphrat & Tigris (Tigris and Euphrates). As Euphrates & Tigris: Contest of Kings, it will offer simpler and faster play, but will still be nicely outfitted with about 200 cards and 16 printed wooden discs.

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Type

1
Strategy Games

Category

3
Ancient Card Game Civilization

Mechanism

1
Hand Management

Family

5
Admin: Better Description Needed! Ancient: Mesopotamia Game: Tigris & Euphrates Rivers: Euphrates Rivers: Tigris

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Game and edition data

All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
2–4
Best with
2–4
Play time
45 min
Age
12+
Complexity
2.7/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Reiner Knizia

Artists

1
Doris Matthäus

Publishers

3
999 Games Hans im Glück Rio Grande Games

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