Imhotep Builder of Egypt | Family Board Game by Kosmos | 2-4 Players | Ages 10+ | Toy of The Year Finalist | Parents Choice Gold Award Winner | Toy Insider Top Holiday Toy | Spiel Des Jahres-Nominated

I am not a board game collector, I only buy games when I am fairly sure I am going to like it. After checking out the gameplay on Youtube, I was 80% sure this game was for me. After playing it a few times I am now 100% sure! This game is everything I like in a board game: very pretty look, not to many pieces, easy set up, not too long play time (20-40 minutes), replayable, playable by 2, easy to learn.I don't like to spend 30 minutes just to set up a game or another 30 for understanding the rules. Imhotep takes 1 minutes set up 6 minutes to teach the rules. The variations in the box makes it more fun and deep. It is very much enjoyable to play only by 2 players, most games aren't. The design is simply beautiful, and it doesn't take too much room up, you can travel with it just fine. I would say even smaller kids down to 9-10 years old can understand the game play and enjoy it...

Super fun game! I really like this game. It is quite simple in concept but really deep in gameplay. This game was a Spiel Des Jahres (game of the year) award nominee for 2016 and though it didn't win I really feel that it should have. Such a fun game. The components are stellar, nice chunky cubes, solid cardboard tiles, and solid finish cards. The game itself revolves around simple decisions on ones turn they may, get more blocks, place blocks, or move boats. But those simple decisions can be extremely important. Boats can be shipped to one of several destinations and those locations will then score immediately, end of game, or end of round as specified. Scoring can be a bit fiddly however, the components are extremely well marked and with a minor amount of background knowledge one could probably play this game without even reading the rules. Scoring for tiles is clearly labeled on the tiles. I also feel that the game moves quickly and games are over in a flash making it easy to play another round or another game during game nights.This one is a real home run!

This game is simple to teach and enjoyable to play. Players take turns placing stone resources from their supply onto ships. Ships may hold between one and four resources, and may dock at a port to score points. Players may choose to dock a ship with an opponent's resources in order to manipulate the game. The game can have a 'take that' mechanic, although it doesn't really hurt players since all ports have positive benefits. The benefits just vary. This can be a light game, or a super strategic 'thinky' game. Players can decide.Since all that is required is placing a resource on a ship, children of all ages can play, but I would say children need to be at least 10 years old if you want to integrate some more serious strategic thinking.The game has a great expansion that allows for multiple ports (ways to score) that will change the game up a bit. The base game has double-sided ports for scoring. One side is basic, and the other side is advanced. Mixing and matching the ports provides for many replay-able opportunities.

I like this game because it's simple to learn but difficult to master. Gameplay is really elegant with only one main game mechanic. It makes a great gateway game for this reason.The rest of my remarks are addressed to those who consider themselves experienced euro gamers. This is a worker-placement game with an interest mechanic for doing the placement (sailing the ships, but your opponent if free to sail any ship -- even ones that have your blocks on them). This is almost a pure game theorist's delight; there's a lot of: if I do this, then he'll do that, but if I don't, then he'll do that OTHER thing, and then... The only significant randomness in the game is the bonus cards, but they are dealt face up into a shared pool at the beginning of the round, so from that point on, it's just game theory. There is also randomness arising from changing which ships appear in each round, but I don't believe that affects play significantly.However, I think that replayability is somewhat limited, so that's why I'm giving 4 stars instead of 5. The game intends for the reversible sides of the building sites to add replayability, but they don't really change the overall strategy that much. I've played it with my kids (12 and 15) 3 or 4 times, and I can tell that if it weren't such a quick game -- we can play it in under 30 minutes -- there'd probably be little enthusiasm for playing it much more. But it makes a good "quickie" game when we don't have time for something more involved.Summary: For non-gamers, this is a great gateway to "euro" style games. For hard-core gamers: buy it as a filler game, but don't expect to base a game night around this one.

So you play the game by moving these really nice chunky bits of wood around on thematic little boats to building sites to score points. Just based on that description you probably wouldn't think much of this game, BUT it really is good. The game mechanics allow for a lot of strategic planning. You could move a ship full of your opponent's blocks to a site that is inefficient for them this denying points. You can reorder block delivery timing so you get more bonuses than your opponent on a given shipment. You could even leave you opponent with no play other than to move your block(s) to a site and score points for you. On top of that this game is really pleasant and nice to look at. The theme is beautifully held out in the components and game play.A very good little game that will be getting a good amount of replay in my collection.

Great game, easy to pick up and learn and really quick if you want to play something fast paced and you don't have much time

Estética : los materiales están bien echos, los cubos están echos de un material similar a la madera ( se ve muy bien), la impresión es bonita, el cartón es de buena calidad. En estética le doy un 10/10.Caja y entrega : la entrega fue bastante rápida, a pesar de las fechas ( navidad y segunda ola de covid 19), me llegó 3 días después de pedirlo. Eso sí, la caja venía un poco golpeada de una esquina. Le doy un 8/10 por ese detalle. ( si eres alguien que quiere pulcros sus juegos, lo mejor es que lo pidas como regalo, así son más delicados).Juego : Un juego muy estretegico sin volverse aburrido a la larga.No contiene dados, así que la victoria del jugador depende meramente de su estrategia y de cómo uses las 4 opciones que te dan por turno ( aclaró que sólo se puede hacer 1 de esas opciones). Resumen:Es un juego bastante original ( no he visto un juego que se le asemeje), es de estrategia sin rozar a lo aburrido, invita a que todos lo puedan jugar, es rápido de aprender, y en general le doy un 9/10 ( solo porque : una vez que emsrcas la canoa, ya valió todo :p, solo puedes seguir jugando con las opciones que te quedan)

Gioco che, nella sua semplicità, porta a fare i conti con strategie non banali ed in continuo divenire. Materiali tutto sommato semplici, ma gradevoli come i blocchi di pietra, costituiti da grossi cubetti di legno verniciato che è un piacere da avere in mano. Possibilità, entro certi limiti, di regolare il livello di complessità del gioco.

Correu tudo bem.

Exactly the type of game where an experienced player will enjoy it as well as a beginner player. I was looking for this type of game to bring with me when I know there will be both type of players. I got it on sale and for +-45$ CAD I would say that it was worth it. After couple games I realized that the games were being played faster and faster (around 30min vs 45-50min when we started playing it). Only downside is that it is only for 4 players.