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Tekhenu: Obelisk of the Sun

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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.

Additional information
Weight 2,4 kg
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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