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New Scientist recommends cooperative board game Sammu-ramat

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By Jeremy Hsu

20 November 2024

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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…

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