Orbis is a tactical game of world development and strategic resource management, in which players take on the roles of gods creating their best universes. Utilizing lands lost in the aether, players accumulate worshippers to spend on even more fruitful lands — some of which grant game-changing bonuses. The key to victory lies in having the most creation points (CPs) at the end of the game!
On your turn, you must take a tile from either the nine region tiles in the center of the table or the available God tiles. (A player may take only one God tile throughout the game.) Every time you take a region tile, worshippers of the same color as the tile taken are placed on adjacent tiles, making the tiles left behind more enticing for the next player. Restrictions apply to region tile placement, making each decision tougher than the last!
After fifteen rounds, the game ends when all players have created their universe, at which point CPs are calculated, bonus tiles awarded, and a winner is crowned. Beautifully simple yet rich in strategy, Orbis is a different game each and every time you play it.
Become the best god and craft your most prosperous universe!
- Excellent artwork
- Purchased on sale
- Mark has no idea what the game is
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- I got this for Christmas I have no idea how to play this
- I remember liking it I I I don't remember not liking it
- if you like dachshunds or if you like which is like the hot dog dogs
- I liked the first two times I played I was like oh that's fun and then the more you play just kind of grates on you
- Brittany said that if you ever play this with me again I will burn down this house
- I will never get over it it's done
- you could play it like one to 100 players
- my brain is exhausted I feel like this is one of those games gets you the gears going your head
- I have no idea what this game is but how cool is that art
- this is just chess but it's like shot glasses