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The Abyss power is once again vacant, so the time has come to get your hands on the throne and its privileges. Use all of your cunning to win or buy votes in the Council. Recruit the most influential Lords and abuse their powers to take control of the most strategic territories. Finally, impose yourself as the only one able to rule the Abyssal people!Abyss is a game of development, combination and collection in which players try to take control of strategic locations in an underwater city. To achieve this, players must develop on three levels: first by collecting allies, then using them to recruit Lords of the Abyss, who will then grant access to different parts of the city. Players acquire cards through a draft of sorts, and the Lords of the Abyss acquired on those cards grant special powers to the cardholder — but once you use the cards to acquire a location, that power is shut off, so players need to time their land grabs well in order to put themselves in the best position for when the game ends.2-4 playersAges 14+30-60 minute play time

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The battle to control the undersea world of Abyss continues with the Abyss: Kraken expansion! Take advantage of a new Guild of Lords, the Smugglers, and use a beautiful new currency of corruption to grease the political wheels. But be careful, each black pearl you take will cost you at the end of the game—if you can't get rid of it first. The new ally race, the Kraken, offer fantastic versatility, but taking their help earns you more of the perilous black pearls. New locations invite you to raid the loot deck for treasure, which can be valuable, but costly if you're too greedy. Finally, Abyss: Kraken adds a host of new lords, locations, and allies, all featuring the award-winning artwork of Xavier Collette.

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