Monolyth

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Every player in the Monolyth game builds their own block of stones and creates fields of certain colors, complete levels, and a structure that matches the pattern using 3D polyhedra.

To set up, randomly select a structure card and then place it on the main game board along with the corresponding structure tokens, level tokens, and prophecy tokens according to the number of players. Place the crystal token next to the main board, then draw twelve random polyhedra from the box and place them in a circle around the main board. The polyhedra come in five colors and all 1x1 blocks in these colors are placed aside.

On your turn, move the crystal 1-4 spaces clockwise, then take the polyhedron on this space and add it to your 4x4 player board, making sure nothing is placed outside this grid and no part of the polyhedron hangs over an empty space; alternatively, you can remove this polyhedron from the game and take a 1x1 cube of the same color, which you then add to your player board. In both cases, draw a random polyhedron from the box and place it where the crystal started this turn.

Instead of moving the crystal, you can choose a prophecy token from the main board and add it to one side of your player board. Each player board has four different colors around the four edges.

When you fill all the level spaces on your player board, take the largest level token from the main board. If your structure matches the instructions on the structure card, then take the highest available structure token.

Alternate turns until someone completes their 3D monolith, which has dimensions of 4x4x3 in a 3-4 player game and 4x4x4 in a 1-2 player game, the game ends. If a prophecy is fulfilled, for example, if you have placed 12 orange blocks on the orange side of your board and have at least 12 orange blocks on this edge of your board, you earn points equal to this prophecy token.

Add up the points from your structure tokens, level tokens, and valid prophecy tokens to determine who has the highest score and wins.

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