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Tigris & Euphrates

2-4 players 60-120 min 7.7 Board Game Geek Rating

Players build ancient civilizations by placing tiles and positioning four leaders representing farming, trading, religion, and government. Each leader collects victory points in their respective category. Victory goes to whoever has the highest score in their weakest category, preventing overspecialization. Conflicts occur when civilizations merge, with weaker leaders being eliminated through strategic positioning.

Published 1997

Tigris & Euphrates

Get Ready

Setup the game with these step-by-step instructions before diving into your turn.

1
Choose a board side
Standard or Advanced
2
Place a Temple on each space marked with a winged beast, then place a Treasure on each Temple
3
Place all remaining Civilisation Tiles in the bag and shuffle them
4
Each player takes a set of 4 Leaders (King, Trader, Priest, Farmer) of the same symbol (Archer, Bull, Lion, or Pot) and a matching player screen
5
Each player takes 1 Unification Tile and 2 Catastrophe Tiles, placing them in front of their player screen
6
Each player draws 6 Tiles from the bag as their starting hand, hidden behind their player screen
7
Choose a starting player at random

On Your Turn

What you can do during your turn.

1
Take up to **two actions** per turn, choosing from
2
Possible Outcomes to Resolve
3
End of Turn

Winning

How to claim victory.

1
Game ends immediately
when:
2
Scoring

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