Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 4.1 x 12.2 inches
• Item Weight: 3.4 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 3.8 pounds
• Item model number: 84RGG
• Manufacturer recommended age: 10 years and up

• Innovative time-based mechanic
• Fun immersive gameplay
• High quality colored cloth bags and time wheels
• For two – four players, age eight and up
• Plays in about 60 minutes
• For 2 to 4 players
• Playtime of 60 to 90 minutes
• Competitive archeological theme
• It is a board game
• Clever time and turn system

In Thebes, you and your fellow players are archeologists who travel throughEurope acquiring knowledge, equipment, and assistants. You will be required toexcavate historical sites in the regions of ancient Greece, Crete, Egypt,Palestine, and Mesopotamia. Time is of the essence in Thebes. Players have tomanage time as every action takes between one and ten weeks, with the gameonly lasting for three years. The innovative time track serves both as a turnindicator and game timer. Spend too much time preparing and there will only bedirt left to dig up! From the Manufacturer In this game, the players travel back to the end of the 19th century to takeon the roles of the famous archaeologists who discovered so much in so short atime. The names Schliemann, Evans, Carter, and Koldeway are still famoustoday. Like those they seek to emulate, the players seek to discover thoseantique treasures and places which have been buried in the sands for thousandsof years. Each player takes the role of an archaeologist. They first travelacross Europe to find useful knowledge of different archaeological areas andthen they excavate at places they expect to find treasures. The players scorepoints for discoveries at these locations. Also, the players can acquirearticles to assist them in excavation and travel, and will visit exhibitionsto present their finds.