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Scholars of the South Tigris

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Scholars of the South Tigris is set during the height of the Abbasid Caliphate, circa 830 AD. The Caliph has called upon the keenest minds to acquire scientific manuscripts from... (read more)

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Reviews

mostly positive, 77% of all reviews are favorable

Playtime

60 minutes

Published

2023

Age

12+

Publisher

Renegade Game Studios

Players

1 to 4 players

Designers

S J Macdonald and Shem Phillips

Playstyle

Involved

Game's Categories

Strategy Game, Renegade Game Studios, Shem Phillips, Schwerkraft-Verlag, Hand Management, Worker Placement, and Pixie Games

Scholars of the South Tigris

Description

Scholars of the South Tigris is set during the height of the Abbasid Caliphate, circa 830 AD. The Caliph has called upon the keenest minds to acquire scientific manuscripts from all over the known world. Players will need to increase their influence in the House of Wisdom and hire skilled linguists to translate the foreign scrolls into Arabic. In this Golden Age of wisdom and knowledge, be mindful not to neglect one in pursuit of the other.

• Area Majority / Influence• Deck, Bag, and Pool Building• Dice Rolling• Hand Management• Rondel• Tech Trees / Tech Tracks• Worker Placement with Dice Workers

Contents

1 Rulebook
6 Game Boards
185 Cards
115 Plastic Dice
200 Wooden Tokens
51 Cardboard Tokens
1 Plastic Insert
4 Cotton Drawstring Bags

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Mihajlo Dimitrievski
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