It’s the movement of your adventurer pool that is the heart of what makes Luxor sing. Over the course of gameplay, some treasure tile spaces will morph into something else: wild cards used for the set collection mini-game, Scarabs (secret end-game points), tunnels, or other game effects. Spaces begin the game occupied with tiles of varying types: treasure (set collection items worth end-game points), “Osiris” tiles used to boost movement, and “Horus” tiles, which allow a player to grab a key used for entry into the sarcophagus chamber or access to better cards. The game board is a twisting tunnel of spaces that run from the start of the temple into the sarcophagus chamber. All players start with 2 active meeples but by moving deeper into the tomb, players will unlock as many as 3 more meeples which will magically appear at the tomb entrance to be moved inside. The goal of the game is to score the most points by moving your pool of 5 adventurer meeples around the board. In Luxor, players assume the role of a group of adventurers as they plunder the legendary temple at Luxor. Luxor was nominated for the prestigious Spiel des Jahres award in 2018, and with good reason: it’s a very accessible game for players of all shades and it works as a heavy filler or even a family game. Let’s talk about why it will never leave my collection! Simple rules, quick turns, a very clear endgame condition, my favorite hand management mechanism of all time and a theme that reminds everyone of the Indiana Jones movies.įor all of these reasons and more, I love putting Luxor on the table. “I like this theme already.”Īnd here’s what I love most about this memory: every time I teach this game, people have the same reaction to Luxor. At the end of it, my dad uttered that line above. I had just finished a teach of the game Luxor with my dad and stepmom, and as I was unpacking the box and setting up the game, I kept looking at the two of them to ensure they weren’t already overwhelmed by these “newfangled” board games.īut they kept an open mind and a blank stare on me during the teach, which only took about 10 minutes. “Those are all the rules? Hmm, I was afraid this was going to be hard to learn!”

Luxor game help