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This October Brings the ‘Valley of the Kings: Premium Edition’

May 1, 2019

Tom Cleaver’s cult hit deckbuilding game Valley of the Kings will be receiving a spruced up edition later this year from AEG. This premium edition will not only include the core game as well as both expansions but also print every card in a tarot sized format. The game is for one to six players, ages 14+, plays in around 45 minutes to an hour, and will carry an MSRP of $49.95 when it arrives on October 4th.

From AEG:

Take on the role of Egyptian nobles at the time of the pharaohs, preparing for death and burial in the Valley of the Kings. Players want to fill their tombs with food, canopic jars, statues, amulets, and other treasures. To do so, they acquire cards that are laid out in the shape of a pyramid; purchase cards at the base of the pyramid, and it “crumbles” to bring cards higher in the pyramid to the base, where they can be bought. The pyramid resets each round with new offerings

You score only for cards that you remove from your deck and stash in your tomb, so if you keep using valuable cards for their effects and don’t entomb them before the game ends, you could lose out on big points! Whoever collects the most valuable artifacts in their tomb wins. Valley of the Kings: Premium Edition includes all the cards from the three previously released games (Valley of the Kings, Afterlife, and Last Rites) in addition to the components needed to play with a fifth and sixth player. It also includes rules for solo play and dividers for all the cards. The components are upgraded to 300+ tarot-sized cards.

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