In this game, designed by Rene Wiersma, two to four players act as gods at the dawn of time, creating earth’s landscape and inhabiting it with people. To win, a player must have the most loyal, wealthy and powerful followers. Triangular tiles represent landmasses, and players must cash in their tokens, play temple tiles, or draw Epoch tiles to score. “At its heart, Gheos is a simple game, like Carcassonne, but offers a deep, strategic play and multiple scoring opportunities,” President Zev Shlasinger of Z-Man Games told TDmonthly. This product received a 2007 Mensa Select award. Launch date: December 1, 2006.