Deities by Gary Kim and Mandu Games

The dynamic of the three different buildings are surprisingly straightforward and yet surprisingly rewarding. There is realm for specialization, lots of room for clever plays. It's reasonably easy to teach. It's very quick in a full-player game. You're only playing seven rounds which at the start of the game doesn't feel like nearly enough but things do tend to proceed in a nice clip. On the face of it, it seems dubious that you can build buildings fast enough to make it worth it but you can build a building more or less every round.

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