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Rules assistant for The Ancient World: The Sacred Cave
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The Ancient World: The Sacred Cave is an expansion for The Ancient World released in 2014 for 2–4 players. It was designed by Ryan Laukat and its main mechanics are Set Collection, Dice Rolling, and Open Drafting.
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About the game
A downloadable mini-expansion created for Kulkmanns' G@mebox SPIEL14-reports. Rules: When a player sends a citizen here, he may pay 1 coin to temporarily gain 1 sword. He may then immediately draw the top 3 Titans and attack one of them. This temporary sword can count for additional Titan attacks in the round. Although technically compatible with The Ancient World (Second Edition), this tile and two others like it are not included in the latter edition because other new elements in the game cover the same ground in better ways.
Editions
- The Ancient World: The Sacred Caveen(Web published), Red Raven Games2014
Designers
Publishers
- (Web published)
- Red Raven Games
Questions and answers
The Ancient World: The Sacred Cave supports 2–4 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.
The Ancient World: The Sacred Cave has a complexity rating of 3.0 out of 5 from BoardGameGeek players, which makes it a medium-weight game. The rating reflects how much rules knowledge, planning and decision-making a typical game demands. Expect a longer first teach for heavier games, and use a preparation guide before game night.
The Ancient World: The Sacred Cave belongs to these categories: Fantasy, Expansion for Base-game, and Civilization. Its main mechanics are Set Collection, Dice Rolling, and Open Drafting. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.
The credited designers of The Ancient World: The Sacred Cave are: Ryan Laukat. These credits come from the published game data and name the people responsible for the game’s design, not its illustrators or publishers. Designer pages on MeepleRules collect other titles by the same designers, which helps when you enjoy a game and want to find similar ones.
The catalogue lists The Ancient World: The Sacred Cave as an expansion for The Ancient World. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need The Ancient World to use it. Check that your edition of The Ancient World is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.