Anyone who enjoys strategising over puzzles as a team will find a lot to like in Sammu-ramat, a cooperative board game challenging up to five people to help the legendary Sammu-ramat fend off threats to the Neo-Assyrian empire. Players can draw on a diverse array of royal advisers with special abilities, such as an Egyptian priestess with healing powers and a spy who can pass speedily and stealthily through enemy territory.
My friends and I barely managed to win before invading enemy armies or a spreading plague overwhelmed us. But even if your empire…