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WORSHIPPERS OF SOBEK

Welcome back, you architects!
Are you ready for another episode about new rules?
Today we will talk to you about the worshippers of Sobek.
The worshippers of Sobek are corrupted characters that may offer their services to you throughout the game.
In the previous version, the worshippers of Sobek were represented by cards shuffled into the main deck and you could get them when visiting to the Market.
In the new version, they are five characters represented by tiles:
THE BEGGAR – Draw 4 cards from the main deck.
THE MERCHANT – In this turn, you can build with 2 less resources.
THE ARCHITECT – In this turn, earn 4 Talents for each building built.
THE FOREMAN – In this turn, you can build with 2 less Artisans.
THE VISIR – In this turn, you can visit the Market AND the Quarry.

At any time during your turn, you can ask for worshippers of Sobek’s help. They are very powerful but the price to pay is very high.
So be careful not to abuse them too much!

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Find out the updated rules of Cleopatra and the Society of Architects

As anticipated, the authors, Bruno Cathala and Ludovic Maublanc, have revised the rules in line with today’s game trends. About those updates, Bruno himself said on BGG:
“Even if we are proud of the initial version of the game, we both are convicted that game experience has to be improved, and that some game elements into the original game are not sufficient. I have only one guideline when designing games: work on the game i want to play myself. So we conducted the changes in that direction: build the game we want to play for ourself, now”.
We are enthusiastic about the work done by the authors and we believe that the updates make the game even more fun and engaging.
Let’s see these changes!

The first one concerns the Offering to the Great Priest.

During the game, by means of a secret bet, you have the chance to get rid of some Corruption Amulet by offering Talents to the Great Priest (you must be very generous, otherwise the risk is to receive further Corruption Amulets!).
In the previous version, this phase depended on the result of the 5 Dice of The Great Priest. In the new version the Offering to the Great Priest is made only once during the game, at a specific time: when Cleopatra moves from the 3rd to the 4th space of the walk.