Tekhenu: Time of Seth

Board Game Geek Reviews

1. 3 out of 10

   Chudej

   This should have been a modular expansion. The way it integrates with the base game is the polar opposite of seamless, way down in the micro-rules hell. I've had the expansion since I first bought Tekhenu, but now after finally just 1 play with it, they're both going on sale. I think the only 2 ideas salvagable from this are the colorful dice and the cultist cards, the Seth board takes too much space while not bringing anything interesting to the table (come on, just a one-time resource bonus and some weak points from the houses?) You can both do much better than that Mr. Tascini and Mr. Turczi, did someone point a gun at you and made you do this expansion?

2. 8 out of 10

   ninja_trilobite

   The two-player Vizier module really amps up the competitiveness of the Maat phase, which was previously kind of an afterthought at two players, aside from the possibility of a negative point or two. By taking away a Destiny/Artifact card from your opponent, you can do some fun blocking (in addition to getting those extra 2 points when your opponent uses the Vizier's chosen god action). The expanded building strategies are also great.

3. 8 out of 10

   Shuttlefield

   On first play through, wasn't tempted to use the board that much and felt it didn't add as much as I hoped to the game. Find the placement of buildings on the main board an already good enough strategy but will see in further plays. Will give it a chance. 3rd play and the refill mechanism for the seth spaces does not work well - not a single grey dice was rolled to refill as described in the rules so it was little used. Shame - there are some good things here - but not quite enough to keep it useful or included - quite disappointed really. 4th game - proved a good addition as a technology negated all tainted effects and in combo with a cultist card was a good resource provider. The Thoth action was also a major winner as 5 buildings gave 5 cards when a decree was present giving 3 points per technology and and a 2nd decree offering to double the score from a decree for 2 gold. So 16 technologies gave 48 points and doubled to 96!