Thanks for the overview! Looking forward to getting this one. Shem always seems to take the spotlight because everyone knows his name, but SJ Macdonald is half the brains behind most games Shem is involved with!

Thanks for the video. My copy just arrived along with Legacy of Yu, Hadrian’s Wall, and Raiders of Scythia. Your videos are extremely helpful as I am playing more games solo. I truly thank you for the honest reviews as well.

Thanks for the video! I've been waiting to see something since fulfillment before I set mine up.

I love this game! I don't find the solo opponent that difficult. It's important to save action cards with similar banners and play them together, executing the same action multiple times in a row. A good order: First the Scroll Tiles, then either build the Temple or walls/gates. The most important thing: The earlier you have all your workers, the easier it is to perform strong actions, as you then start swimming in money or resources. These are my experiences after 10 games.

I punched my copy of this one the same day you did :) Not sure when I will get it to the table, solo or otherwise, but I am really looking forward to playing it. Glad to hear that you enjoyed it so much!

I have a copy reserved at my flgs! Now to hit my Daytimer to see when I can schedule it in. .. hmm...Second Thursday of next week.... \

I like this one more than Scholars because the game is more generous with resources, more open, less tight and punshing, and every action feels rewarding (unlike some of the actions you do in Scholars).

Excellent video, as always. You must be better at learning games than me. I have the game set up on the table and am going to try it tonight. Watched Paul Grogran's how to play video over the weekend.

I have the game on the table top now. Read the rules to sleep for a week. Now your vid gets a re-watch and then I will win. I will win because I am playing all four players in a 4 player game. :D One I will try building, another I will try praying, a third entertaining, and a fourth I will try as a fighter. This would be of course an emphasis on using cards in those areas over the remaining. Can I win? :)

Great video as usual! I got my first two plays in yesterday. I really like it. The AI is so smooth to operate once you have it down. My games ran long just because of my own AP with all the possibilities and trying to find the right sequencing of actions given what actions were available to me. It's a really great puzzle. As of right now, I like it a lot but I don't yet love it. I think that will happen with repeated plays, though, as I become more familiar with it (that's how it happened for me with Scholars). Another hit from Garphill Games and the Shem/SJ team! Art is awesome, too. This is my first game from the Ancient Anthology line. I agree with your thoughts on the theme/setting.

nice video, i have a choice between this game, nova roma, and skymines, which do you think is the better game? i really don’t have the time to get all three and play them to the point they deserve. Theme is really important, dry euros are really hard to get into

Doing a red action I thought you could either deliver good to the temple OR stoke the fire. But not both. Please correct me if I am wrong.