Designer Uncredited
Published by AEG
2 – 5 Players, 30 minutes
Review by Greg J. Schloesser
Curios is part of AEG’s line of games that are aimed squarely at the family and casual gamers market. These are games that are designed to be fairly simple, easy to understand, and playable quickly. The idea is to tap into the vast market of folks who aren’t nearly as into games as hobbyists, but do enjoy playing an occasional game around the dining room table. Who knows which game will be the next UNO?
Curios casts players in the roles of rogue archaeologists, attempting to find hidden treasures and artifacts at various locations across the globe. Players vie with their opponents to uncover and collect rare artifacts, hoping that they will prove the most valuable. Fame and wealth awaits the cleverest…and perhaps the most unscrupulous…archaeologist!
There are four sites where these potential treasures can be uncovered: The Great Pyramid, The Forbidden Temple, The Lost Shipwreck and The Ancient Colosseum. Each of these locations is represented by a small board, each of which has five columns of spaces where players may place their archaeologists. The columns range in capacity from one to four archaeologists.