Epoch: Early Inventors is very thematic and tries to stay as close to reality as possible.
The award-winning game author, Martyn F., brings us back to the start of civilization with Epoch: Early Inventors. The players take on the roles of clan leaders, exploring the landscape, discovering new tools, and making offerings to holy places with the goal of gaining status. On their turns, the players will either develop a tile, make an offering to a holy place, or take an action such as gathering food, hunting, exploring, or working, all with the goal of developing tools while keeping their clan alive. After fourteen to twenty rounds, the clan that has collected the most status wins.
Game Contents:
- 4 Carrier boards
- 44 Player huts
- 4 Clan leaders
- 16 Offer tokens
- Start player token
- 64 Food cubes
- 58 Status counters
- 44 Landscape tiles
- 16 Ceremonial tiles
- 2 Player overviews
- 3 Last round markers
- Setup sheet
- Appendix
- Game rules
- Resource counters