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| Obelisk | |
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| Info | |
| Type | Landmark |
| Set |
Empires |
| Illustrator(s) | Donald Crank |
| Landmark text | |
When scoring, 2  per card you have from the chosen pile.Setup: Choose a random Action Supply pile. | |
Obelisk is a Landmark from Empires. It rewards players with 2 for each card they have from an Action Supply pile randomly chosen at the start of the game.
FAQ
Official FAQ
- All cards from the chosen pile count, even if they have different names (such as when it is a split pile).
- Ruins (from Dominion: Dark Ages), when used, can be the pile.
Strategy
- Setup tip: shuffle the randomizer cards and pick one, that will be the chosen card.
- If the chosen Action card is also a Victory card, they will be worth an additional 2 . This means that Great Hall and Mill are worth 3 , while Dame Josephine, Island and Nobles are now worth 4 .
Obelisk, much like its more-famed cousin Tower, encourages pile-driving, and in particular rewards players who risk opening turns to pile-drive a certain pile, possibly weaving those cards into a novel, winning strategy. This Landmark in particular works extremely well with gainers, such as Workshop, Ironworks, and Cobbler.
Versions
English versions
| Digital | Text | Release | Date | |
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When scoring, 2 per card you have from the chosen pile. Setup: Choose a random Action Supply pile. |
Empires | June 2016 |
Other language versions
| Language | Name | Digital | Text | ||
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| Dutch | Obelisk | Bij de puntentelling: 2 per kaart van de gekozen stapel in je bezit. Voorbereiding: kies een actievoorraadstapel. |
(2016) | ||
| Finnish | Obeliski | ||||
| French | Obélisque | ||||
| German | Obelisk |  |
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Beim Zählen der Punkte: 2 pro Karte, die du von dem gewählten Stapel besitzt.Spielvorbereitung: Ermittelt einen zufälligen Aktions-Vorratsstapel. | |
| Japanese | オベリスク (pron. oberisuku) | ゲーム終了時、指定された山に由来するあなたのカード1枚につき2 。準備:ランダムにアクションカードのザサプライの山を指定する。
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| Polish | Obelisk |  |
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| Russian | Обелиск (pron. obyelisk) |
Trivia
Secret History
Originally it could be any Kingdom card. I already knew from some Adventures playtesting that many people don't know that term. I used it anyway, then replaced it with Action.
Relevant outtakes
1 per card costing 
wasn't very interesting; ditto 1 per card costing 
+. 2 per Attack seemed okay for a while but didn't survive. I then tried 2 per card with 2+ types. It feels like Obelisk covers "this random pile is worth points."
per card costing wasn't very interesting; ditto 1 per card costing +. 2 per Attack seemed okay for a while but didn't survive. I then tried 2 per card with 2+ types. It feels like Obelisk covers "this random pile is worth points."Retrospective
