THEBES

 

THEBES

OBJECTIVE OF THEBES: The objective of Thebes is to become the most prestigious archaeologist by conducting excavations.

NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 2 to 6

MATERIALS:

  • 1 rule book and
  • 1 summary sheet
  • 1 game board – with 12 places (7 cities in Europe and 5 excavation sites in the area of the Mediterranean) connected by a transportation network
  • 4 archaeologist pawns, in the 4 player colours
  • 4 time markers, in the 4 player colours
  • 1 year marker
  • 85 researcher cards, including knowledge cards, various support cards, and 9 congress cards
  • 10 exhibition cards, 5 small exhibitions worth 4 victory points and 5 large exhibitions worth 5 victory points.
  • 5 summary cards showing the layout of each excavation site
  • 4 time wheels, in the 4 player colours: each consists of two disks and two plastic rivets.
  • 4 sets of excavation permissions, 1 for each player for each area (1 set = 5 permissions)
  • 155 excavation tokens, each excavation area having
    • 15 items to find: 13 artefacts, 1 specialized knowledge item for another excavation area and 1 general knowledge item.
    • 16 worthless debris tokens.
  • 5 cloth bags with coloured tops, one for each excavation area

TYPE OF GAME: timed actions archaeology game

AUDIENCE: teen, adult

OVERVIEW OF THEBES

Thebes places the players in the shoes of an archaeologist in the beginning of the twentieth century. To become the most prestigious archaeologist, they have to gather knowledge by studying in major European cities before going on excavation missions and – hopefully – discovering valuable artefacts to expose in prestigious exhibitions.

SETUP

Each player takes:

  • The archaeologist’s pawn, the time marker and the time wheel in its own colour.
  • places his/her archaeologist pawn on Warschau. 메이저놀이터추천
  • places his time marker on the start square of the time track (on square 16 if there are 3 players )
  • One excavation permission per area, which he places in front of him on their valid side.

Preparing the game board:

  • The year marker is placed on the 1902 square for 4 players, otherwise on 1901.
  • An artefact token of value 1 is placed on the excavation area of the same colour. The other artefact tokens go into the bag of the same colour, with the other tokens of that colour.
  • The 5 cards describing the values of the artefact tokens are placed near the board.

Preparing the cards:

  • Set aside the 10 Exhibition cards.
  • Place 4 researcher cards face up on the game board in the spaces provided.
  • Separate the remaining researcher cards into 3 piles.
  • With 2 players, mix the 10 exhibitions in pile n°2.

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