Altay
| Year | 2024 |
|---|---|
| Designer | Ole Steiness, Paolo Mori |
| Publisher | Ares Games |
| Players | 2–4 players |
| Playing time | 45–90 min |
| Ages | Ages 10+ |
| Mechanics | Deck Building, Area Majority |
A deck-building game of growing a civilization in a mythical age. You lead one of four factions. Each starts with its own deck containing unique cards, so their strengths differ slightly. Cards produce resources, build settlements that spread across the map, attack and defend, and strengthen the deck itself. Many card effects grow stronger when you hold certain terrain. Expansion on the board and growth of the deck move together. The game ends when someone builds all fifteen settlements, or a faction vanishes from the map. Expansion, conflict, and technology — the furniture of civilization games — compressed into about an hour.