![]() ![]() Before the arrival of the Spaniards, for centuries the Andes were home to a great number of indigenous tribes, which developed into advanced civilizations, declined, and were displaced by new, flourishing tribes. Klaus: As in most of our games, what initially captivated us was the theme – in this case, a historic one. Did you first develop the theme or the game mechanics? ![]() ![]() The game features an innovative “displacement mechanism” that provides the players with entirely new options. In CATAN – Rise of the Inkas you introduce the players to the fascinating world of the Andes. Additional commodities produced by the sea and jungle areas allow for additional access to needed resources via a set-collection trade method that is new to CATAN. Each player may trade with the supply at a standard rate of 3:1. These objectives no longer grant simple victory points but instead offer a gameplay advantage. These include the Longest Trade Road and Mightiest Combat Arts. Many familiar CATAN rules are slightly altered to create a fresh CATAN experience. As you approach the pinnacle of a tribe's development, your opponents look for ways to take advantage of your settlements in decline and try to take the best locations for their own! Deciding when to advance your tribe is something that you must carefully consider, for simply rushing to advance can put you in a compromised position as the resources you relied on can be claimed by your opponents. The strategic choices you face in CATAN are even more nuanced in Rise of the Inkas. You win by being the first to fully develop this tribe and usher in the rise of the Inkan Empire. Once you establish your third tribe, you are in the end game. They may even be replaced by your opponents' tribes! However, as long as they remain on the board, your previous culture's settlements and cities continue to provide you with resources. Your tribe's settlements in decline can no longer develop into cities, and you cannot build roads from them. When your tribe goes into decline, you place a new settlement on an available board space and continue the game using this new settlement. ![]() You remove all your constructed roads from the board and cover your settlements with thickets to denote that these may no longer be developed. However, eventually your early tribes reach their pinnacle and are supplanted.Īs you play Rise of the Inkas, you must twice decline your early tribes to make way for a new tribe's era. Development works in much the same as the core mechanics of CATAN: build roads and settlements, gain development cards to give you an advantage, and utilize the robber to hinder your opponents.
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