Aton

Card-based strategy with an ancient Egyptian theme.

Age

8-99

Time

30 min

Players

2 players

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What's Included

A standard Aton game includes a six-part game board depicting four temples, 72 playing cards (36 for each player, numbered 1 to 4), 58 wooden priest tokens (29 per player), 2 white exchange counters, and 2 scoring counters.

Skills Developed

Aton enhances strategic thinking, planning, and adaptability, as players must allocate cards effectively to control temples and anticipate opponents' moves.

How to Play

Players assume the roles of high priests competing for dominance in ancient Egyptian temples. Each round, both players draw four cards and assign them face-down to four cartouches on their side of the board. These cards determine scoring, turn order, temple selection for actions, and the number of opponent's pieces to remove or one's own pieces to place. The game ends when a player achieves one of the victory conditions: reaching 40 points, fully occupying a temple, or controlling all yellow or green squares across the temples.

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