Altay: Dawn of Civilization

An extraordinary engaging and competitive area controlling game :) :) Overall, rules are not complex and the mechanics can be easily earned after a couple of games.

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Altay is a fast paced game, blending deckbuilding and area control. Each player has a different starting deck of ten cards, containing resources production, attack, defense, village construction. Attack can be used to conquer empty territories or to attack other players. Among the cards that can be bought there are more powerful versions of the basic cards, but also technologies. The techs remain in play until they’re fulfilled (when they’re filled with each and every resource they need). The design is very slick and elegant, and I’d be eager to try it again and explore its depth.

Excellent, pure and elegant game. Paolo is quite a genius

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