Imhotep (board game)

Imhotep is a board game for two to four players designed by Phil Walker-Harding and dated to 2016 by the Board Game Matcher listing. Players act as builders in ancient Egypt, loading stone onto ships and sending the ships to different building sites. The page places it among area majority and influence games with a modular board and set collection, and says it strips area majority down to its essence: on each turn a player does one simple thing, such as placing stones on a ship, sailing a ship, or fetching a new stone, yet the timing of those choices decides who scores at each site. The modular board changes the layout of sites between plays. A session is listed as lasting about forty minutes, so it suits families and groups who want a compact strategy game with little rules overhead.