Lost Cities: Rivals

Recommended for Ages 10 & up
2-4 Players
40 minutes playtime

Description:
Time to travel once again to distant locations, but in Lost Cities: Rivals you might find yourself running short of cash to take the trips you want!

Lost Cities: Rivals features gameplay familiar from other titles in the Lost Cities series. Players will collect colored expedition cards and place them in ascending order in personal expeditions, possibly placing wager cards before beginning an expedition in order to increase its value. The primary difference in this title compared to others is that you must win auctions in order to place cards in your expeditions.

The card deck consists of in each of the five colors three wager cards, two copies of cards numbered 2-5, and one copy of cards numbered 6-10; shuffle this deck, then divide it into four piles, keeping only one pile in front of players for now. From a separate deck, each player is given two differently colored wager cards at the start of play. A bank of 36 coins is divided equally among the players.

On a turn, you can either reveal the top card from the current pile adding it to the display or auction the cards on display.

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Designer(s):
Reiner Knizia

Artist(s):
Saebastien Caiveau

Board Game Geek Category(s):
Card Game
Exploration

Board Game Geek Mechanic(s):
Auction/Bidding
Auction: Turn Order Until Pass
Set Collection