The game is divided into four rounds, and each round is composed of 7 phases:

1. Refresh
2. Golem Movement
3. Actions (2 marble actions and 1 rabbi action)
4. Turn Order
5. Influence Character
6. Income and Development
7. Golem Control

At the beginning of each round, the players will shuffle the colored marbles into the 3D synagogue that will split them into five lines corresponding to the five main actions available in the game:

• Work: By paying Knowledge, you can activate the Golem placed in the city of Prague and get bonuses.
• Golem: Obtain clay to create new golems and upgrade the developments on your personal board.
• Artifact: Obtain coins and buy gold to build artifacts that offer permanent bonuses in the game and upgrade developments on your personal board.
• Spells: Obtain Knowledge and perform spells (with a scoring for book collection) and upgrade developments on your personal board.
• Mirror: Perform one action of your choice by paying 1 coin.

The number of marbles available in the corresponding action line determines how much the player gets from the action. When you choose an action, you collect one marble of your choice in the corresponding line and depending on the color of the marble you chose, you also move your student forward on one of the districts of Prague.

It's important to advance your students on those tracks to be able to keep your golems under control. At the end of the round, knowledge can also be used to control a golem that surpassed its students, but if one of these creatures is uncontrolled, it may become dangerous and destroy the neighborhood, after which you will have to destroy and bury it!

The marble color also matters, because at the end of the round, if you get the correct combination of two colors, you receive the favor of one of the powerful Prague characters, which will differ each round.

At the end of the fourth round, players score points for active or buried golems, artifacts, books, development on their personal board, and collected goal cards.

SLEEVING:

101 cards size 45x68mm (mini euro)

COMPONENTS:

1 Main Board

1 Synagogue Board

1 Synagogue Structure

15 Colored Marbles

12 Action Tiles

12 Character Cards

27 Objective Cards

38 Book Cards

30 Neighborhood Tiles

4 Pass Tiles

37 Clay Tokens

37 Knowledge Tokens

37 Coin Tokens

40 Gold Pieces

4 Artifact Tiles

3 Menorah Tokens

18 Starting Tiles

4 Rabbis

12 Students

24 Golems

16 Player Markers

4 Player Boards

24 Artifact Development Tiles

24 Golem Development Tiles

24 Study Development Tiles

4 Summary Cards

Automa Components

  ‣ 20 Automa Cards

  ‣ 1 Main Strategy Tiles

  ‣ 3 Strategy Tiles

  ‣ 1 Resource Track

  ‣ 1 Resource Marker

  ‣ 2 Special Development Tiles

AWARDS & HONORS:

2022 Jogo do Ano Nominee

2022 International Gamers Award Two-player Nominee

2022 International Gamers Award Multi-player Nominee

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