Description
They came to this planet and they chose you. They uplifted your people and promised great prosperity. They provided the wisdom and the means to build your cities into the sky. They taught you the ways of culture, science and warfare. They promised knowledge to all who wish to learn. Come, Archon, lead your citizens to victory under the watchful eyes of the Builders, our benefactors from beyond the sky.In Origins: First Builders, you are an Archon leading a population of free citizens, influencing the construction of buildings and monuments, climbing three mighty temples of the zodiac and taking part in an arms race – all in an effort to leave the greatest mark on humanity's ancient history.You start the game with a city made up of just two building tiles: the Agora tile and the Palace tile. As the game progresses, your city will grow in size and power as you add new building tiles, each with a special ability that triggers when it is first added to the city and when you close a district. Your ranking on the military track indicates the rewards you receive when you attack and your chances of becoming first player.Origins: First Builders is played over several rounds, with a round ending only when every player has passed. If the end-game condition has not yet been triggered, play continues with a new round. On your turn, you take one of the following actions:• Visit a meeting place with your workers to gain resources and extra citizen or speaker dice, advance on the zodiac temple tracks (and potentially gain zodiac cards), and advance on and attack along the military track.• Close a district, gaining victory points (VP) and possibly gold for matching the building pattern of the district card, extra bonuses based on the buildings you activate, and extra end-game VP based on the value of the citizen die you use to close the district.• Build a tower level to increase your end-game points based on the tower's height and the matching-colour dice you use to close your districts.• Increase your population.• Pass.The game ends at the end of the round in which one or more of the following conditions are met:
No more than three colours of tower tiles remain in the supply.
There is no gold above any district card.
No dice of the right colour can be added to the citizen offer.
A player has moved all three of their zodiac discs to the top space of each temple track.
The temple area is divided into three tracks: the sea temple, the forest temple and the mountain temple. You score only for your two lowest-valued temples, and once all points are totalled, whoever has the most VP wins.
