Players must navigate a series of paths in order to visit temples.
The archaeologists are restricted in their movement by their access to
rations, but thankfully they can place markers on paths to allow them to
travel for free in future turns. The players also have a toolkit that
can be upgraded in three particular ways to break the rules in some way
or offer them an advantage as they move around.
Each time a player visits a temple, he takes a token. Initially the
temples offer up victory points or some form of in-game bonus. When the
final token is taken, a relic is placed there to be collected. The
players earn large victory points for collecting relics of different
types (set collection) and players can also earn bonus points for
creating long routes and traveling along these to collect relics.
