Game Tips for Atlantis Rising

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Mar 22nd, 2013| Tip

9 of 9 gamers found this helpful

“Try this for your first game or learning to play!”

I’ve seen many people report that the game is either too hard or even impossible to beat. I agree that it’s not easy (a good thing IMO) and will require some perseverance and optimization that comes with experience, also both good things IMO. However having said that, the difficulty can put new players off from trying again. So to help you either learn or introduce the game, the designer (Galen Ciscell) actually suggested the following:

“you could make the game easier by starting with extra mystic energy, removing the Controlled Flood misfortunes, or starting the Athenians back further on the Attack Track. You could also try drawing a number of Misfortunes equal to the turn instead of the number of players (i.e. one misfortune on turn 1, two misfortunes on turn 2, etc.)”

I think it will help a lot if a player’s first impression is a positive one, in order to get the game back on the table. I highly recommend you make it easy on yourself the first time round. It will pay off on the long run, as there’s plenty of room for increasing the difficulty.

Good luck!

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Galen Ciscell {Avid Gamer}

Aug 11th, 2012| Tip

16 of 17 gamers found this helpful

“Don't neglect the Libraries!”

Knowledge cards are critical to success in this game. While it may be tempting to let the Libraries sink in order to preserve the resource-producing regions, those Knowledge cards can be the difference between Atlantis Rising… or sinking!

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Eragar {Avid Gamer}

Sep 7th, 2014| Rule

“Variant Roles”

These are just a few different roles a friend and I came up with. This isn’t all of them, but these are the ones we’ve playtested the most and think are fair:

Seer: May look at a number of misfortune cards equal to half the number of players (rounded down) at the beginning of each turn, before putting them back in the same order. Replaces Astrologer.

Admiral: Gain a grey Atlantian and a courage token each turn. Both must be placed in the navy. Cannot be saved. Replaces Champion.

Scribe: May exchange one mystic energy for one library card at any time. Replaces Scholar.

Alchemist: At any time you may transmute any two resources for one resource. Replaces Artificer.

Necromancer: May give up three mystic energy at the start of the turn to gain one grey Atlantian. This Atlantian is assumed to have a courage token. Replaces Priest.

Diver: You may use flooded tiles if you place more of your available Atlantians on them. You must place one extra Atlantian for each space out from land you go. These extra Atlantians do not count against the limit of Atlantians on the space. They may not gather resources/convert ore to steel. This power may not be used in city spaces. Replaces Explorer.

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Eragar {Avid Gamer}

Sep 9th, 2014| Rule

“Changing The Board Setup”

One thing you can do to make the game more varied is to change where all the pieces on the board go. Maybe put some of the mountain tiles between your cities, and then put those cities in the forest.
When resolving misfortune cards, you use the tile closest to the center to determine which leg to sink.

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Michael {Social Gamer}

Aug 20th, 2012| Tip

13 of 15 gamers found this helpful

“Navy is key early”

It’s easy to neglect to man the Navy early. Don’t. The Athenians can flood you beyond hope very quickly if not kept in check.

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Fletch {Avid Gamer}

Apr 28th, 2013| Rule

8 of 9 gamers found this helpful

“Role Selection for Two-Player Games”

My wife and I have found that in a two-player game, getting saddled with the wrong pair of roles can spoil the game very quickly – something that tends to happen in many co-op games. We’ve found that in order to give ourselves a slightly better chance at taking in the impending floods, having just a little bit of choice in the role assignment process helps.

Put all of the roles face down in front of both players. Each player takes two role cards, and without showing them or discussing their selection with the other player, selects a role and discards the other face-down. Now both players reveal their selections, and the rest are put back in the box.

While this system won’t produce a winning combination every time, it will help prevent getting hosed by a role that you don’t find overly useful when your back is against the wall.

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KtB {Avid Gamer}

Aug 23rd, 2012| Strategy

11 of 14 gamers found this helpful

“Get more workers early”

Work with your fellow players to collect additional workers in the early game when it is relatively easy to gain more workers. This pays off in the later game when it becomes more and more difficult to collect resources and fight off the Athenians, and you need a back up plan to your back up plan. The more meeples you have to work with, the more chances you have of succeeding at one of your tasks.

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R.D. Nottingham {Avid Gamer}

Aug 20th, 2012| Tip

11 of 15 gamers found this helpful

“Having the Priest can be quite helpful.”

Having a player use the Priest character can be quite advantageous to your group. With the ability to earn a mystic energy token each turn, this player has the ability to help transmute materials to the resource you need most at the time. Plus the additional energy can help with keeping portions of the island from flooding.

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