Tekhenu: Obelisk of the Sun
Tekhenu: Obelisk of the Sun - a heavy-weight dice drafting strategy game centering round the Pharoahs. Manage the balance of your actions carefully, as when the reckoning by the goddess Maat comes, your heart will be weighed, and a judgement of your deeds will determine your fate!
The game board in Tekhenu: Obelisk of the Sun is divided into six sections, each associated with an Egyptian god: Horus, Ra, Hathor, Bastet, Thoth, and Osiris. In the center stands an impressive obelisk (Tekhenu) that casts its shadow onto different parts of the board. As a result, the area around the obelisk is divided into sunny, shaded, and dark sections, depending on how the obelisk casts its shadow at that particular moment. As the game progresses, the sun's rotation alters which sections are sunny, shaded, or dark.
The game takes place over multiple rounds. Each round, players draft dice and perform actions associated with the value of the die and the section from which the die was drafted. Dice come in five colors, and each die is considered Pure, Tainted, or Forbidden depending on the color of the die and the position of the obelisk's shadow. While you may never draft Forbidden dice, you are free to draft any other die, whether Pure or Tainted.
As you draft the dice, you must consider not only the general availability of dice — if no dice are available in a given section, then you cannot readily perform the action associated with that section — but also which value die to draft. You must also consider the purity of the dice to draft, as you must balance your Pure and Tainted actions if you want to have a more favorable position in turn order.
When you draft a die, you can perform an action depending on the section you took the die from. Each of the actions corresponds to a different Egyptian god: Horus, Ra, Hathor, Bastet, Thoth and Osiris. Instead of a god action, you can choose to produce, generating resources based on the color and value of the die, but beware of producing in excess of your production capacity, as this is Greed and adds Taint to your balance!
Two scoring phases occur during the game, during which players earn victory points based on the workshops, quarries, buildings, statues and pillars they have built, as well as the happiness of their people and production capacity of their resources. However, players must also keep a healthy amount of resources around to sustain their population or they suffer negative consequences.
- Players: 1–4
- Play time: 60–120 min
- Age: 14+
- Art: Jakub Fajtanowski, Michał Długaj, Zbigniew Umgelter, Aleksander Zawada
- Designer: Daniele Tascini, Dávid Turczi
Shipping and Click & Collect Info
Shipping and Click & Collect Info
FREE DELIVERY on all orders over £50.
Standard delivery charge of £4.99 for orders under £50. Orders placed before 2pm Tue-Fri will be dispatched same day.
We ship using courier DPD Local (who offer an hour delivery window on the day and a fully trackable service) or Royal Mail Tracked for smaller items.
Click & Collect. Place order anytime online. Collection is available during normal opening hours:
Tue-Fri 9am-4pm
Sat 9am-5pm
An email notification will be sent to advise when collection is ready - normally same day (excluding Monday) or next day depending on the time the order is placed.
Delivery Info
Same day shipping if ordered before 2pm Tue-Fri
Free Delivery on orders over £50.
Standard Delivery charge to mainland UK - £4.99 - this is regardless of the number of items purchased. We ship using courier DPD Local (who offer an hour delivery window on the day and a fully trackable service) or Royal Mail Tracked for smaller items.
Click & Collect. Place order anytime online. Collection is available during normal opening hours:
Tue-Fri 9am-4pm
Sat 9am-5pm
An email notification will be sent to advise when collection is ready - normally same day or next day depending on the time the order is placed.