{"product_id":"lost-cities-the-board-game","title":"Lost Cities: The Board Game","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFrom the \u003ca href=\"\/boardgame\/34585\/keltis\"\u003eKeltis\u003c\/a\u003e entry:\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePlayers play cards to move their playing pieces along stone paths. There are cards with 5 different colors\/symbols, each corresponding to one path; in addition, each card shows a number (0-10, twice each). In each color, each player can play his cards either ascending or descending. Like Lost Cities, it's better to concentrate on a few paths, since the last spaces grants high points, but ending early gives negative ones.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe player in turn plays one card (out of a hand of 8), or discards one. He moves the corresponding playing piece on the path. Many of the spaces have a token that grants some bonus - either direct points (counted on the scoring track), an extra move on a path, or wish stones that are needed at game end to avoid negative points.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe game ends when a total of 5 playing pieces have reached the 7th space (or more) on their paths. Now, scoring happens:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e Pieces which only moved 1-3 steps give negative points (-4, -3, -2).\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e Pieces with 4+ steps grant points (1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 10).\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e One piece of each player is higher and scores double.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e Fewer than two wish stones grants negative points (-3 \/ -4)\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e 5+ wish stones yield a bonus of 10 points.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e All this is added to the points scored during the game\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePrimary differences between \u003cstrong\u003eLost Cities: The Board Game\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/boardgame\/34585\/keltis\"\u003eKeltis\u003c\/a\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e1. In LCBG you play 3 rounds, scoring at the end of all 3 for the monuments you collect. (Normal scoring occurs each round.) In Keltis, you only play 1 round, and score everything each round. This is not just a rule difference, as the scoring is different for the monuments\/stones based on the number collected.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e2. In Keltis, you may play your cards in either order, descending, high to low, or ascending, low to high. In LCBG, you must play in ascending order.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNote: the rules for LCBG have the Keltis rules as variants, and have the board elements necessary for #1 above. Keltis does not have the rules nor board elements to play LCBG.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e Kosmos (Keltis publisher) changed the card play to ascending and descending order to target casual gamers.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e Kosmos change the theme to fit in with other Kosmos abstract game series. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThere are more differences, which are non-substantive. (Art, points in LCBG multiplied by 5, etc.)\u003cbr\u003e\n     \u003cbr\u003e\nReiner Knizia:  \"The original version that we developed is exactly what Jay [Tummelson, owner of Rio Grande Games] has now published [LCBG],\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003cul\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e Redevelopment of \u003ca href=\"\/boardgame\/50\/lost-cities\"\u003eLost Cities\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003ca class=\"\" href=\"\/wiki\/page\/Awards#\"\u003eAwards\u003c\/a\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e 2008 \u003ca class=\"\" href=\"\/wiki\/page\/Deutscher_Spiele_Preis#\"\u003eDeutscher Spiele Preis\u003c\/a\u003e 8th Place.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e 2008 \u003ca class=\"\" href=\"\/wiki\/page\/Japan_Boardgame_Prize#\"\u003eJapan Boardgame Prize\u003c\/a\u003e 7th Prize.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003ePublished originally in 2008 by Rio Grande with a different-looking board, tiles and figures (this time meeples) to connect with its precedessor under the title Lost Cities - The Board Game. Cardplay in descending order is an optional variant in this edition. No other rule changes, only the numbers have been multiplied by 5 to strengthen the relation to the card game, and instead of scoring track you collect your points as golden coins.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eComponents:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e 1 Game Board\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e 110 Cards (22 x 5 Colors)\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e 25 Event Tiles (9 Artefact Tiles, 9 Arrow Tiles, 7 Victory Point Tiles)\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e 20 Figures:\u003cul\u003e\n        \u003cli\u003e 16 Adventures (4 x 4 Colors)\u003c\/li\u003e\n        \u003cli\u003e 4 Researchers (1 x 4 Colors)\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e 64 Victory Point Chips\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e 27 Artefact Chips\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e 1 Rule Sheet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca class=\"\" href=\"\/wiki\/page\/Online_Play#\"\u003eOnline Play\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e \u003ca rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bordspel.nl\" onclick=\"window.open(this.href, '_blank'); return false;\"\u003eBordspel.nl\u003c\/a\u003e (Realtime, English and Dutch, also with Keltis rule set)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"House of Cards MTG","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39689870377146,"sku":"","price":49.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0567\/4178\/9882\/products\/Lost_Cities.jpg?v=1620713159","url":"https:\/\/houseofcards.ca\/products\/lost-cities-the-board-game","provider":"House of Cards ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}