Inventors of the South Tigris is set during the height of the Abbasid Caliphate, circa 850 AD. Over the past decades, Baghdad has become home to thousands of mathematicians, astronomers, chemists, and physicians. As inspired innovators, players are eager to develop clever contraptions to impress their peers. Will your ingenious devices adorn the House of Wisdom, or are they destined for dust and decay?
The aim of Inventors of the South Tigris is to be the player with the most Victory Points (VP) at the game’s end. Points are primarily gained by Inventing, Building, Testing, and Publishing Devices. Players can also score points by training their Craftspeople, developing their Workshops, Researching, and Influencing the 3 scientific Guilds.
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- Meaty gameplay
- Good artwork
- Rewarding for experienced players
- Multiple layers of strategy
- Combo building with workshops
- Very complicated iconography
- Steep learning curve
- Poor intuitiveness
- Too many interlinking mechanics
- Resource management extremely tight
- May be inaccessible to casual players
- Dry theme
- Ancient Mesopotamia
- Inventions
- Way Farers
- Scholars
- Hadrian's Wall
- Inventions by Vital Lacerda
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- you're listening to the broken meeple show a podcast that speaks passionately about board games
- it's only a game
- I hate pretentiousness in games
- we got to be able to dislike some things you know I'm all about balance you can love something but you got to hate something as well
- I'm worried that they've gone too far
- definitely I think the most complicated game that they have put out ever I'm not joking