Silver & Gold Pyramids
2-4 players | Ages 8+ | 20 minutes
Publisher: NSV, 2023
Art: Oliver Freudenreich, Sandra Freudenreich
In Silver & Gold Pyramids, you want to explore as many pyramids as possible and locate the tomb within each one! On a turn, reveal the topmost exploration card. Each player then marks off spaces in the shape of this polyomino on one of their pyramid map cards. After four rounds, players count their scores, earning points for each tomb reached, each pair of coloured gems found, each round in which they covered at least one torch, and bonuses for being the first to complete two pyramids of a colour. You also lose points based on the number of skulls that you touched. Whoever has the highest score wins!
I really enjoyed designing Silver & Gold, so I got to work on a sequel right away. I wanted to find a new puzzle for the players to complete, but with the same polyomino shapes. I tested a few ideas, but making paths to traverse a grid proved the most interesting. It was lots of fun designing dozens of mini maps for the players to explore! I was also able to smooth over a few things from the original game - especially relieving the players of having to track turn order. I feel there are more exciting choices in this version of the system, and there’s more theme too!
Links
➚ Silver & Gold Pyramids at BoardGameGeek