The active player may accept only one trader offer per turn.Ī player, rather than building, may also pass (draw an extra card). The trader card switches who gets the building token: if the active player accepts a trader offer, the offering player gets the building token and the active player places houses for each card the offering player contributed. A player may include the trader card in an offer to the active player. Pray I don’t alter it any further.”Įach player also has a “trader” card, which always returns to the player’s hand after use. The trader card: “I am altering the deal. If the wonder was not completed, it is the next player’s turn. If the active player received and/or contributed enough cards to build the wonder, he or she keeps the building token for later scoring. For each pertinent card the active player rejected, the offering player scores a point. For each card a player contributes to the built token, that player places one house token on the wonder. Offers must be completely accepted, and the active player may not use more material than needed to build the token.
Once every player has chosen cards, the cards are revealed, and the active player may choose which offers (if any) to accept. If a player chooses to build, each other player selects a number of cards from their hand and places them face-down to offer to the active player. The scoring tables are helpful, but the five spots for the player pillars are unnecessary, really.īuilding tokens come in four different colors, corresponding to the four colors of cards in the building deck, and each has a number between 3 and 6 indicating the number of cards needed to build that token. On a turn, players may either attempt to build one token of a wonder or pass.
Each player receives a set of house tokens and a pillar in their color, as well as four random cards from the building deck and one trader card. Tower of Babel is a negotiation game with area control and set collection elements for three to five players in which players are trying to build the eight wonders of the ancient world “with a little help from their friends.” The player with the most points wins.Īt the start of the game, players shuffle the building tokens and place three random tokens by each wonder. Your monuments are the ones that will endure.Įnter the world of Tower of Babel: the game where helping others is necessary, but helping yourself is paramount. After all, you’ve got to maintain your reputation as the world’s most respectable builder. You’ll help your friends, but only as long as they help you more. In fact, they’ve always made the world go round, in modern and ancient times. And you’re willing to do anything for victory points.Īh, victory points. A tower to the sky? You don’t really know why they’re building it, but hey, they asked for your help, you’ve got nothing better to do, and they helped you when you needed to move to your new place, so it’s your obligation.
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