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2017 Ranked #3,257

Pyramids

Ancient Egyptian card game where dynasties honor gods by building a glorious necropolis of monuments. Different edifices create lasting scoring paths, so every offering and construction must make your dynasty's name endure beyond the others.

Family Games Ancient Card Game Open Drafting Pattern Building

Players

2-5

Play time

Not listed

Age

10+

Complexity

1.91/5

Rating

6.72

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 3.9/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.1/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

Which Egyptian dynasty will be the most glorious? Pray to the Gods to construct edifices in their honor and ensure your dynasty has a millennia-long posterity.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Open Drafting

Select cards or items from a shared face-up display.
Pattern Building

Place elements to create arrangements that satisfy scoring or action patterns.
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Which Egyptian dynasty will be the most glorious? Pray to the Gods to construct edifices in their honor and ensure your dynasty has a millennia-long posterity. Pyramids is a game for 2 to 5 players that sends you back in time to Ancient Egypt. Your necropolis — a place of eternal sleep, luxury, and glory — will be made up of pyramids, obelisks, and tombs. Select the best combination of stones in the quarry, optimize their layout, and make your necropolis the most famous in all of Egypt!

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Type

1
Family Games

Category

2
Ancient Card Game

Mechanism

2
Open Drafting Pattern Building

Family

2
Constructions: Pyramids Country: Egypt

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Game and edition data

All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
2–5
Best with
2–5
Play time
30 min
Age
10+
Complexity
1.9/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

2
Matthew Dunstan Brett J. Gilbert

Artists

2
Camille Chaussy Michael Menzel

Publishers

3
Hobby Japan Hutter Trade GmbH + Co KG IELLO

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