Civilizations form and are sentenced to war or migration by the placement or replacement of tiles. Each civilization has a color and once a civilization is “born� you can gain worshippers in that civilization.

Tiles also have symbols: wheat, cups, shields, temples and pyramids, and each has a function. Pyramids, temples and cups are for scoring points in various ways. Wheat is used for migration and shields for war.

There are Epoch tiles that herald a scoring round, based on where pyramids have been built. Players can also invoke a scoring round themselves, but only three times per game. Deciding when to score is one of the toughest decisions in the game.

It’s relatively simple - I believe in a Carcassonne way - and that simplicity drew me in to the game.