Gentes

Gentes puts you in charge of an ancient civilization striving for development across the Mediterranean. Over six rounds, grouped into three eras, you build monuments, found cities, and train your populace to meet card requirements. Each round consists of an action phase followed by a cleanup phase. During the action phase, players act clockwise, taking one action per turn by placing an action marker from the main board onto their personal time track. The marker tells you how much money and how many hourglass tokens (time) you must spend. When your track fills up, you must pass, so the total number of actions per round can differ wildly between players. Single hourglasses disappear during cleanup; double hourglasses flip into single ones and stay for the next round, letting you plan time usage ahead.

Available actions are buying cards from the common market, constructing monuments (which grant victory points and extra powers), training people (needed to satisfy card prerequisites), building or founding cities, and taking money. Each type of person occupies spaces on two rows of your personal board; increasing one type pushes the other, forcing careful balance. Cities are pricey but provide end‑of‑round income or let you gain hourglasses instead of action markers, widening your options.

Collect matching achievement symbols for set‑collection bonuses, and watch the monument cards that enter randomly in eras I, II and III. The game includes a solid solo mode and, in the deluxe edition, adds a city expansion, metal coins, oversized meeples, and a custom insert. Gentes blends time, resource, and hand management for a deep yet approachable strategic experience.