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In Caral all players take on the role of master builders, creating pyramids in a rhythmic cycle of years while influencing the duration of each cycle. The unique progress rhythm allows players to put pressure on each other. Will you master the well-interlocked mechanics in order to win?
During the game we find ourselves over 4500 years in the past, competing against each other and experiencing ancient Caral in its heyday.
Caral will surprise you with a fresh gaming experience! What starts out very simple, develops surprisingly complex. For example, Alpacas and resource cards allow you more flexibility on the spiral path. But sacrificing valuable cards in the annual ceremony can give you great advantages over fellow players. It’s all a matter of tactics!
Make Caral your very own game with different modules that allow you to increase game complexity as desired (chronicle style)—turning Caral into a game you can enjoy with your family and with experienced gamers alike.
—description from the publisher
Ages | 12+ |
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Players | 2 Players, 3 Players, 4 Players |
Play Time | 60m – 120m |
Designer | Klaus-Jürgen Wrede |
Mechanics | Auction: Once Around, Constrained Bidding, Movement Points, Race, Turn Order: Stat-Based |
Theme | City Building, Ancient |
Publisher | Funtails |
allzweck
Solid game after first play, base game no expansions. 3p. Funny, but not outstanding. "Deluxe" insert not really deluxe. Box lift a lot. Not really a helpful insert.
ludicnic
Testé à 2 joueurs. Sympa. Dans l’esprit d’un LUXOR, à qui je mets 10. À tester encore les modules et le à 4 joueurs car ça doit changer la donne avec davantage de chantier en cours de construction.
garyj
I am puzzled by this one. It is a tight efficiency game, with a lot of interaction possible. But is dressed up with a very basic innocuous rulebook which seems to be trying to hide the difficulties of the game; to the extent that it is hard to learn the game from the rulebook - you have to play your first game before you realise the nature of it. The Deluxe version has wonderful pyramids and llama, and with all the extra modules it has a lot going for it. Just not sure how many are going to break-through the learning to get to the game beyond.