Oros (Board Game)

The Wise One, immortal keeper of wisdom and knowledge, has sent Demigodsendowed with earth-moving power to the far reaches of humanity. In Oros eachplayer acts as one of these Demigods. They must instruct their Followers in thewisdom of the mountains through study, worship, and experience. And only in theheights of the mountains can the greatest mysteries be known.

Oros is a tile-colliding, volcano erupting, mountain-making,wisdom-gathering, action-economy strategy game. On individual player mats,players move their Followers between action spaces, allowing them to manipulatea shared environment like a giant puzzle of plate tectonics. Action spaces allowplayers to shift rows of land, move and collide land tiles, form and eruptvolcanoes, worship to gain wisdom, journey their Followers around theever-shifting landscape, and build sacred places of study and worship onmountains. Building sacred places and worshipping in sacred places brings wisdomwhich is used to improve the abilities available for each action space. Wisdomis also used to improve the end game value of each sacred place built as well asreach other goals worth end game points.

When building sacred places, the Demigods of the Wise One ascend a zigguratwhich acts as a timer toward the end of the game. When one reaches the top,players finish the round and then tally a final score.

At the core of Oros is the unique ability to shift, move, build up, erupt,and reposition the land within an infinitely connected play environment. Thismechanic turns every action into a puzzle of creative problem solving, abstractthinking, and a constantly evolving strategy. Another chief aspect of the gameis the player mat which uses a minimal worker placement mechanic to governaction opportunity. The mat also maintains an action economy that evolvesdifferently for each player as they invest their gained wisdom into a variety ofaction improvements. Because of these core aspects, there are dozens ofstrategies for players to explore, and every game plays out in a different, yetcompetitive way.