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Join ancient Pharaohs in creating and growing one of the most impressive sites the world has seen, honoring the Egyptian gods Horus, Ra, Hathor, Bastet, Thoth, and Osiris. You must carefully manage the balance of your actions, preparing for the reckoning by the goddess Maat.
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Tekhenu: Obelisk of the Sun reviews and playthrough
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Basic information
Type: strategy, action points, card drafting, dice management
Players: 1-4
Playtime: 60-120 mins
Age: 14+
Designers: Daniele Tascini, Dávid Turczi
Artists: Jakub Fajtanowski, Michał Długaj, Zbigniew Umgelter
Four millennia ago on the eastern bank of the Nile river was laid the foundation of the Temple of Amun-Ra. Over the course of two thousand years, the temple complex was gradually expanded and became widely known as “The Most Select of Places” (Ipet-Isut), boasting the largest religious building in the world. Today, the site is known as Karnak, located at Luxor in modern-day Egypt.
Join ancient Pharaohs in creating and growing one of the most impressive sites the world has seen, honoring the Egyptian gods Horus, Ra, Hathor, Bastet, Thoth, and Osiris. You must carefully manage the balance of your actions, preparing for the reckoning by the goddess Maat.
The game board in Tekhenu: Obelisk of the Sun is divided into six sections, each associated with an Egyptian god: Horus, Ra, Hathor, Bastet, Thoth, and Osiris. In the center stands an impressive obelisk (Tekhenu) that casts its shadow onto different parts of the board. As a result, the area around the obelisk is divided into sunny, shaded, and dark sections, depending on how the obelisk casts its shadow at that particular moment. As the game progresses, the sun’s rotation alters which sections are sunny, shaded, or dark.
Each round, you draft dice and perform actions associated with the value of the die and the section from which the die was drafted. At the beginning of the game, each of the six sections contains three dice. However, as dice are drafted and eventually refilled, the different sections will contain a varying number of dice.
Dice come in five colors: white, yellow, black, brown, and gray. Depending on the color of the die and the position of the obelisk’s shadow, each die is considered Pure, Tainted, or Forbidden. While you may never draft Forbidden dice, you are free to draft any other die, whether Pure or Tainted.
When drafting a die, you must consider not only the general availability of dice — if no dice are available in a given section, then you cannot readily perform the action associated with that section — but also which value die to draft and how your chosen die will affect the overall balance when the Maat phase occurs. An imbalance in favor of Purity carries no negative outcome whereas a Tainted imbalance may result in the loss of victory points. A perfect balance between Pure and Tainted dice, however, results in more favorable turn order.
After drafting one die and placing it on your player board (either on the Pure or Tainted side), you perform an action, the effect of which depends on the value of the die you selected.

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Weight | 2,4 kg |
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Dimensions | 30 × 30 × 8 cm |
Components
1x Main Board
1x Obelisk
1x Obelisk Wheel
2x Scoring Markers
6x Horus Bonus Tiles
27x Pillar Tiles
21x Scribes
16x Faith
34x Papyrus Resources
34x Limestone Resources
34x Bread Resources
34x Granite Resources
25x Gold
26x Dices
1x Draw Bag
4x Player Boards
4x Player Aids
40x Buildings
32x Pillars
16x Production Markers
24x Statues
4x Maat Markers
4x Victory Point Markers
4x Population Markers
4x Happiness Markers
24x Blessing Cards
24x Technology Cards
24x Decree Cards
12x Starting Cards
4x Destiny Cards
10x Botankhanum Action Tiles
1x Deben Token
1x Progress Marker
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