Players try to bring the city-states of ancient Sumer to the fore. Each turn, players boost the importance of one of the city-states by flooding it with their traders, boosting its power. Each time a city-state gains power one will lose power, the aim is to gain control of the pre-eminent city-states during the scoring rounds at the end of each dynasty. Players have to time their movements, as a city-state can quickly lose favour.

Homepage: http://www.reivergames.co.uk/Sumeria/index.php
Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sumeria-Board-Game/53343968138

Video explanation in English and German: http://www.cliquenabend.de/index.php?d=1264323333

Expanded by: Sumeria: 2-Player Expansion (a promo at Essen '09)

COMPONENTS

1 Board 43x31 cm.
1 Start Player Marker
1 Turn Marker
36 Influence counters (9 economic, 9 military, 9 political, 9 religious)
56 Trader Markers (14 in each of four player colors)
8 City-State Tiles
1 Bag
2 Rulebooks (1 English, 1 German)

Reviewed in "Counter - Boardgames Reviewed & Discussed" by Greg Schloesser*, Issue 46, September 2009, pp. Y-Z. *gschloesser