![]() (Note: your opponent may be conducting an expedition to the exact same location as you this has no effect on your own journey.) Numerical cards must be played in ascending order: you can only play larger numbers than those already played in your expedition. Investments of a color may only be played if there are no cards yet in the expedition, or only investments. Alternatively, a player may play a card to one of his expeditions, which he does by placing it in a column beneath the appropriate discard pile on his side of the board.Įxpeditions are made up of an ascending set of cards, all in the same color. ![]() Play or Discard a Card: If a player wishes to discard a card, he simply places it atop the appropriate discard pile on the playing board. Play continues until the last card is drawn, at which point the round ends immediately and scoring is done. Order of Play: Each turn each player takes the following actions: At the start of a round of play (there will be three) each player is dealt a hand of 8 cards. Setup: The board is placed directly in between the players. Each suit has one each of the numbers 2-10 as well as three "investment" cards, marked by iconic shaking hands. The Cards: The cards in Lost Cities are divided into five suits: yellow (Egyptian expedition), blue (Atlantean expedition), white (Tibetan expedition), green (Mesoamerican expedition), and red (volcanic expedition). Or, if you prefer, you're trying to put down large enough selections of each suit to score. In Lost Cities you are trying to mount successful expeditions that fully explore up to five different regions of the world. It's easy to use and seems to have held up well over my first dozen or so plays, though the cards are starting to show slight signs of wear. Overall the game is well-produced and attractive, though not spectacular. It's printed in full color on glossy, stiff paper that should hold up well. ![]() Rule Book: The four page rulebook is short, succinct, and easy to follow. It contains a discard space for each of the five suits, and is attractively produced, with each discard space looking like a map or other written artifact, and the rest of the surface looking like an archaeologist's table. Game Board: The three-panel game board is printed with a linen texture on sturdy cardboard. ![]() It's, however, very cleverly laid out, with each different card in a suit showing a different portion of the same picture, to imply the progress of an archaeological expedition. The artwork is attractive, though not stunning. Each card contains a number or icon, displayed at both top right and top left, and artwork which covers the majority of the card. They're full color front and back, though the front of each card is predominately the color of its suit (yellow, blue, white, green, or red). Lost Cities contains a small set of components in the 8"x8"x1" box typical of the Kosmos two-player line.Ĭards: The cards are printed at a large Tarot size on a medium-heavy cardstock with rounded corners. This game is co-produced by Rio Grande Games in English and Kosmos in German. Lost Cities is a two-player card game by Reiner Knizia. ![]()
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