Lost Cities: The Card Game delivers a sleek, fast-paced tactical duel that places two players in a high-stakes race to discover the world’s most remote wonders. Designed by the master of board game design, Reiner Knizia, this legendary card game turns hand management into a gripping psychological battle. Your goal is to guide research expeditions through five mystical zones: remote deserts, deep-sea trenches, ancient volcanoes, dense rainforests, and snow-capped peaks.
The rules are beautifully simple—play a card or discard a card, then draw—but the strategy is razor-sharp. You must build your expeditions in strictly ascending numerical order. Want to maximize your payout? Play Investment cards before you start a route to double or triple your points. But beware: every expedition incurs an immediate penalty of $-20$ points just to start. If you can’t find the cards to finish what you started, your venture will end in financial ruin. Offering 20-minute matches packed with agonizing choices, this premium edition features stunning, oversized cards that look fantastic on any tabletop.
