The Settlers of Zarahemla Board Game

The Settlers of Zarahemla Board Game | Really fun Game

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	The Settlers of Zarahemla Board Game Mayfair Games Mayfair Games average customer review:based on 7 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Enter the Promised Land! This is the home of ancient American prophets such as Alma, Mosiah and Samuel the Lamanite. Zarahemla, the Nephite capital, thrived as its people were righteous, and suffered setbacks to its enemies during times of corruption and moral decay. It is your job to settle, unite and reinforce the freedoms of the land of Zarahemla. Do this through savvy trading, establishing a righteous military of Stripling Warriors or by building a Temple for holy worship. But whatever strategy you choose, choose correctly, as your ultimate prosperity depends on your ability to grow this fledgling society more quickly than your opponents. The Settlers of Zarahemla, based upon The Book of Mormon and created for the Latter-day Saint community, will be an instant hit with your family. Based on The Settlers of CatanTM which has sold 3 million copies worldwide, this game features social interaction, a bit of strategy and just enough luck to cater to everyone's personalities!

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Great LDS Game

This is a knock off of settlers of catan but it is better in many ways. The board is better in the way that it stays together. The parts are very well made and has a great tray to put everything into. A well made product.

Really fun Game

My 9-year-old nephew just received this game as a Christmas gift, and I played it for the first time last night with him and 3 other family members, ages 9 to 52. It was great fun; I didn't want the game to end!

The rules are easy to learn (unlike Carcasonne, another new game in our home, whose finer points and rules I am finding somewhat difficult to learn).

"Settlers of Zarahemla" has some similarites to Monopoly, in that you are trying to acquire wealth (in the form of wheat, brick, wood, water or stone cards) in order to expand and upgrade your existing holdings, i.e., settlements. But this game was much more fun and interesting than Monopoly, adding elements of strategy and trade between players and the ability to buy special "Development" cards with surprise results, to gain strategic advantages and extra points.

You earn building material cards according to how the dice are rolled, and the placement of your pieces on the board. However there is strategy involved in where you place your pieces -- and whether you choose locations for your settlements with high or low-probability numbers.

As you place your settlements on the board, you will earn cards based on the raw materials corresponding to the hexagonal blocks adjacent to your settlements. For example, if you have a settlement adjacent to a "wheat" hexagon with a "9" on it, and someone rolls a 9 on their turn, you will earn one or more wheat cards. (For most numbers rolled on the dice there will be two corresponding hex-shaped blocks on the board, each symbolizing one of the raw materials: wood, water, brick, wheat, stone.)

As you earn cards, you can exchange specific cards for road segments, houses, upgrades, and development cards during your turn. To buy a road you must have 1 brick card and 1 wood card; To buy a house you need a wheat, water, stone and brick. To upgrade a settlement you need 2 wheat and 3 stone, etc.

The game is constantly moving and you don't have to wait until it's your turn to have fun... you can earn cards during other player's turns as well as your own.

If someone rolls a 7, you may lose one or more of your cards to the "Gadianton Robbers". This adds an additional element of risk.

The hexagonal blocks can be arranged differently each time the game is played, creating a new playing field and new challenges each time.

I would highly recommend this game for ages 8 and above.

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Great for family night!

A friend got this game from a neighbor that moved out of state and invited us to play with them. We were hooked in one game and had to get one for our family to play together.

Pros: Engaging game play that builds to a crescendo as each player gets closer to the winning number of victory points. Easy to understand rules that our eight year old can understand. Fun interactions with the allowed trading of resource cards. Multiple ways to get victory points. Good integration of Book of Mormon characters without being too "smarmy".

Cons: Game play time is listed as 85 minutes, but it can take over two hours with four players. Four player maximum is too few for such a long game. It would be nice to include two or four others into the fun!

Overall, a great game for family night or any night when you are in the mood for a fun game to play.

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awesome game

This is an intensely strategic game. Excellent for anyone looking for a challenge. Tons of fun for family night.

We love this game!

We have a lot of fun playing this game. We have worn out the board and had to tape it. My wife bought it for me for christmas after hearing a conversation about it. We love playing aganist each other or with extended family and friends.

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