Pyramid Review
Nefertiti
Published by Rio Grande Games
Designed by Jacques Bariot, Thomas Cauet, & Guillaume Montiage
Art by Alexandre Roche
Translated by Kurt McClung
Full-color boxed set with game board, four reserve tiles, 20 pawns (16 servants & four counters, in four colors), 30 coins in two denominations, 12 royal seals, 46 gift cards, one Akhenaton card, 13 character cards, two six-sided dice, one "market closed" tile, one ankh memory counter, reference sheet, & rules; $49.95
Pharaoh Akhenaton is throwing the biggest birthday bash the Nile has ever seen for his lovely queen, Nefertiti. Anyone who wishes to be in his good graces (and remembered favorably when the time comes for political appointments) has the chance to earn his backing by obtaining for her the finest and rarest of gifts.
The object of the game is have the most points when the last market closes.
Players (two to four of them) start the game with a little seed money. The board shows four cities where they can scour the markets for offerings to their queen. Gifts are represented by cards at each bazaar, and in order to get those items the nobles must send their servants to fetch them. Each market closes under its own circumstances, however, based on a different game mechanic. As pawns are placed at various locations, players check to see whether the requirements have been met.
It may be that the market remains open until there are four pawns on it, or one each of three colors. Another is arranged in levels like a pyramid; . . .
This article originally appeared in the second volume of Pyramid. See the current Pyramid website for more information.
Article publication date: August 29, 2008
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