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2004 Ranked #8,052

Minotaur Lords

A card-driven area-control game has Minotaur Lords deploy minions, buildings, and leaders to dominate six columns. Winning both regions or exhausting an opponent’s cards ends the contest, while column supremacy grants special powers.

Strategy Games Card Game Fantasy Area Majority / Influence Variable Player Powers

Players

2

Play time

Not listed

Age

12+

Complexity

2.08/5

Rating

5.94

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.5/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.6/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.4/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.7/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

In Minotaur Lords, players play as Minotaur Lords fighting for control over the ancient isle of Cresos. Cresos is divided in an upper and lower area.

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In Minotaur Lords, players play as Minotaur Lords fighting for control over the ancient isle of Cresos. Cresos is divided in an upper and lower area. Each of these is further subdivided in economic, religious and military aspects which form the 6 columns over which players fight for control. On their turn, players play Minions, Buildings and Leaders cards in these columns. The player with the highest strength in a given column exercises supremacy over it and may use its special ability. A player wins the game if he starts his turn and his opponent has no cards or if he has majority control over both the upper and lower areas. Majority is won by having more influence in a column than the other player and allows the use of special abilities. From the fantasy flight "rant" page: Minotaur Lords is a sequel game to Scarab Lords. It is a stand-alone game, but if you have a copy of Scarab Lords, you can have your favorite Egyptian faction face off against one of the new factions from Minotaur Lords.

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Play and group

Players
2
Best with
2
Play time
30 min
Age
12+
Complexity
2.1/5
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Credits

Designers

1
Reiner Knizia

Artists

4
Thomas Denmark John Goodenough Roberto Marchesi John Moriarty

Publishers

1
Fantasy Flight Games

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