The board game “Cuzco” has been released in Russia: a journey into the heart of the Inca Empire

The strategic board game “Cuzco” is now available in Russia, so the time has come to become an envoy of the Inca Empire's ruler, deliver messages to mountain villages, acquire vital knowledge, develop agriculture, and seek the favor of the gods.

Employees of the publishing house Evrikus have announced that “Cuzco” — the sixth board game in the Stefan Feld City Collection — has gone on sale. Currently, it can be purchased in some stores for 10,990 to 13,844 rubles.

In this project designed for 2–4 players, participants will travel along mountain trails, develop agriculture, gain knowledge, acquire valuable goods, and enlist the support of powerful gods.

The key feature of “Cuzco” is choosing actions through dice placement in action spaces. Higher values allow players to perform stronger actions, but there is a catch: if a space is already occupied, you can only place a new die there if its value is lower than that of the previous one. Therefore, even a roll of one can turn out to be incredibly useful.

The game offers many interconnected opportunities. By delivering quipus (messages recorded using knot-based writing), participants will receive multicolored feathers for their masks. Knowledge and agriculture tokens will allow them to expand available development paths, while god cards will help create effective combinations and bypass standard restrictions.

Naturally, there will also be plenty of rivalry. Players will compete for advantageous actions, spots for priests on the temple steps, and the most appealing tasks from the supreme Sapa Inca himself. All of this is for the sake of coveted victory points.

The game will especially appeal to those who value a variety of paths to victory and enjoy finding unconventional solutions even with less-than-stellar dice rolls. A game of “Cuzco” lasts six rounds and takes about 120 minutes. Each round consists of three phases.