blends hand management, area control, and set collection with a little touch of "take that."

Contents:
60 Temple Cards
4 Favor Mask Cards
4 Wooden Player Markers
4 Wooden Curse Markers
1 Cloth Temple Play Mat
Rules

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Four of the oldest families of the great Kwakwaka'wakw tribe have gathered for the biggest Potlatch ever assembled. For eight days and nights, there will be carving, rituals, and most important: gifting. The family giving the most gifts at the end of each day is granted the Speaking Stick, letting that family decide the course of the next day's festivities.

In The Great Potlatch, players control the actions of one of these four families for eight rounds to earn the respect of their fellow tribesmen. At the end of the festival, the family who accomplishes the most will lead the tribe until the next Great Potlatch.

Game Components:
6 Wooden Role Markers (2 each: Shaman, Elder, Carver)
1 Wooden Speaking Stick Marker
48 Potlatch Cards
20 Totem Pole Cards
4 Ancestor Cards
24 Wooden Potlatch Markers (6 in each player color)
1 Day/Night Card and Wooden Marker
16 Wooden Bad Reputation Markers

Available from Small Box Games November 2008.
The Great Potlatch
3-4 Players
Ages 10 and up
45 Minutes

The game was later revised as Potlatch.

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In Raise the Ruins, players are priests, fresh from their trials in the Temple of Favors. Many of Azytecal's once great temples stand on the cusp of ruin, the voices of the faithful no longer echoing throughout their halls, and the altars lay barren. Restoring these temples is the object of Raise the Ruins.

Players vie for the blessings of the three deities and send their followers to the forgotten altars bearing offerings. Raise the Rui