How to win:Score the most glory by controlling regions, playing large bands and scoring other points through various Race special abilities. Lay down the cards you want to include in the Band in front of you-remember that they must all be the same color or Tribe. Leave your Band of Allies together in front of you, with the leader card on top, so all players can see how many cards are in the Band. All the Bands of Allies you play remain there until the end of the Age. X = Band of Allies Size Before mixing the Glory tokens, remove the tokens marked with a "4+" and return them to the box. Then, shuffle the rest of the tokens and place two in each Kingdom. Oho! New to Stardew? Keep me posted on what you think. It can take time to earn things, but other avenues open up (mining, fishing, interacting with townsfolk) to keep you engaged as the in-game days...

Now it's time to see who earns the Glory from the six Kingdoms. Go through all six Kingdoms, scoring them independently: You may use the ability on your Leader's card (abilities on the other cards have no effect, except for the Skeleton). Each Tribe has its own unique ability. Some of the Tribes have abilities that come into play during the resolution of the End of an Age. Pay special attention to the Tribes of Ethnos chapterat this point if you have the Dwarves, Giants, Merfolk, Orcs, Skeletons, or Trolls in play. Glory For The Band Of Allies All Control markers on the main game board, the Merfolk board, and the players' Orc Horde boards, if any, remain for the next Age. All Troll and Giant tokens must be returned to the side of the main game board. Some Tribe abilities refer to "X". This means the total number of cards in that Leader's Band of Allies.

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While it’s easy to get into and is fun, Ethnos is not a perfect game. The art on the cards is very bland, with many races looking too similar.

Turn over only five of the Setup cards (instead of six). There will only be five Tribes in the game.Speaking of which, none of the Races feelsoverpowered and they’re actually quite well balanced. You’ll have a preference forsure but none are really ‘must-haves’. If you play a decent-sized band you’ve done something right no matter the leader of that band. To do so, you must earn more Glory (victory points) than your rivals by controlling the Kingdoms on the game board and recruiting the most Allies. You will accomplish your goals by collecting scattered members of the 12 Tribes, represented in the game by cards, and playing them in Bands to gain control over the Kingdoms.

Bring El Grande. I’ve never met anyone who doesn’t like El Grande. Also, when you say “hasn’t been played yet,” I assume that you mean that you haven’t played the copy on your shelf yet,... Then, the Orc’s power is to horde, which adds a marker ontoa separate Orc board. The player can score the orcs at the end of an age, dependent on how many regions where the orc leaders have markers. The more regions, the higher the bonus. c. If the Giants are in play, place the Giant token next to the main game board with the side matching the number of players face up. If the Tribe of Merfolk or the Tribe of Giants are in the game, use the 2-3 player side of the matching board or token. Ethnos is played over three "Ages". In each Age, you will try to collect Bands of Allies that will help you control the Kingdoms of Ethnos.

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In a 3-player game, the Kingdoms are scored normally at the end of both Ages. Playing A Band Of Allies For 2-player Games On your mention of Skat that is similar to the game 500 (pretty common in New Zealand and Australia and the Northern US and Canada from what I hear - well, at least in the 70s & 80s) where there are...