House of Wisdom
BGG
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0.00
Bayes rating
0.00
Weight
0.00 (Light)
Players
1-4
Playtime
2 hr 30 min
Ratings count
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Description
A competitive strategy game about scientific translation during the Golden Age of Islam. Use your resources to travel across the Empire, collect texts, and recruit scholars. Use your Scholars cards to translate and study the books in the House of Wisdom and advance your scientific knowledge across four different fields of study, try to fulfill the Caliph’s demands to earn extra victory points! —description from the designer
Play mode
Competitive
How it plays
Action selection / worker placement Deck, bag & pool building Engine & tableau building
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Resource & economic management
Game type
Collectible Card Game (TCG) Family / kids game Board game
What it’s about
Fantasy & myth History, politics & real-world conflict
Publishers
Designers
Fagner Lima da Silva