Game Daze Superstition Springs Mall Employee Recommendation, July 2011

Shayne -

Incan Gold is a 3-8 player game published by Gryphon Games as part of a small, 9 game series (Including “For Sale” and “Roll Through the Ages”). In Incan Gold the players play the role of explorers who have come to Peru to brave the perils of an ancient, Incan temple in search of Turquoise, Obsidian, Gold, and valuable cultural artifacts that have been kept inside the temple for untold centuries. The game is ultimately a competitive, “Press your luck” game, where each turn the players all simultaneously reveal whether they will be digging deeper into the temple, splitting any treasures found amongst the others who stay, or to grab their share of whatever treasure has been found, nab the artifacts, and run outside. Once a player -is- outside, those who remained may continue at their own discretion, and with one player gone, the shares of loot are simply that much higher for the others. If players get too brave, though, and a second of the same danger card (lava, spiders, etc.) is flipped from the deck, that part of the temple collapses, and all the people in it lose any gold they had earned in that portion of the game. The point of the game is to accumulate the most treasure (represented by a multitude of different little plastic jewels) into a small, linen tent each player is given to hide their stash throughout the game.

A few of the biggest appeals are that the game is widely accessible, and like many of the other Gryphon Games, is quite easy to teach, even to a younger audience. In addition to the sheer amount of physical content provided in such a small box. The way the temple cards were manufactured makes it feel like you're getting that much more bang for your buck. While the best feature you could ask for in a game is fun (something Incan Gold certainly provides), quality, and even quantity are things that matter to people when considering whether a game is right for them, and I think Incan Gold, while not a particularly large game, provides a multitude of a appeals for a beginner to intermediate gaming group.

Game Daze Arrowhead Towne Centre Manager Recommendation, September 2010

Bob -

Incan Gold is a great game that isn't like anything else on the market. You are an adventurer exploring an Incan temple, trying to find treasure and artifacts to score points. But the further you go the more likely you are to run into bad things, like bats, spiders, or rock slides that will force you back out of the temple with none of your treasure. You can turn back at any point to keep what you have already found, or risk pushing deeper and losing it all. This is an excellent group game that gives you a feel of playing chicken with the other players.