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Monument · a Kairo game

A hex board in the dark.

Monument late in a game: the island almost entirely revealed in forest, grass, sand and stone, a pale monument standing near the centre, only a few dark tiles left at the margins. Free in your browser Monument Play Monument

What it is

A slow board game for a browser tab. A hexagonal island sits in the dark; up to six tribes move out into it, and a tile only becomes land once someone has walked it. Every tile you take is one the others can't have. By the end, a monument stands where the dark was.

How you play

One turn at a time, with the others taking theirs when they can, so a game runs over days rather than an evening. Each turn your tribe moves out and turns tiles up; the screen keeps the score in Mind, Culture, Tools and Food. Open a table, wait for people to join, and take your turn when it's yours — signed in, this page tells you when it is.

Will I like it?

If you like games that give you time to think, and would rather play with people who aren't online at the same moment as you. If you want fast and loud, this isn't it.

Players
Up to six
Pace
One turn at a time, over days
Price
Free
Where
In your browser, nothing to install
Account
Needed to play with other people
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How a game goes

Monument at the opening: a hexagonal island sitting in darkness, only a handful of tiles turned up in green and sand at its edges, the rest unlit, ringed by pale teal water.
OpeningAlmost the whole board is still unlit. Each tribe has a few tiles at the edge of the water and nothing else.
Monument in midgame: much of the board turned up into forest, grassland and sand, with territory outlined in red and gold where two tribes have started to meet.
ContactEvery tile you take is one the others can't have. Where two tribes meet, the borders start to matter.
Monument late in a game: the island almost entirely revealed in forest, grass, sand and stone, a pale monument standing near the centre, only a few dark tiles left at the margins.
LateA monument stands where the dark was. Only a few tiles at the margins are still unlit.
Monument's full screen: the board at round twelve, a bar across the top counting Mind, Culture, Tools and Food, and the three tribes — the River People, the Ash Makers, the Long Walkers — scored in the top right.
The screenMind, Culture, Tools, Food along the top. Three tribes scored at the right. One turn at a time.

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