2025Ahmad Salahuddin
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1 - 4 players20 - 40 min

2025Ahmad Salahuddin
From BoardGameGeek
It's the year 1922. Your expedition has uncovered an ancient desert tomb. As you enter a large hall, the walls shake and start to slowly close in! Fortunately, your years as an archeologist alerts you to your surroundings. You notice peculiar parchments lying about and hallowed hieroglyphs etched in a puzzle-like manner on the wall. You stop for a second. Perhaps studying the parchments and deciphering the hieroglyphs might help you to escape the tomb … before it becomes yours. There are 2 rotating phases: The Study and Decipher Phases. In the Study Phase, your goal is to use the cards in your hand to obtain lots of Parchments to prepare for the next phase. But don't forget to also discard a few cards to reveal more Hieroglyphs! In the Decipher Phase, your goal is to use your Parchments to decipher Hieroglyphs which are then scored at the end of the game. Hieroglyphs come in two types: symbols and values. You need both types in order to score! Work your way through 4 rounds to try and get a high score and find out your fate. Will you escape the tomb ... or be entombed? -description from the designer
Hieroglyph Historian has 4 videos from 3 creators: 2 how-to-play guides, 1 playthrough and 1 other video. They date from May to December 2025.
To learn the rules, start with "Hieroglyph Historian - A Quick Overview" by Cardboard Quokka Studio, which runs 1 min.
To see it played, watch "Hieroglyph Historian LIVE on #kickstarter" by PnP Time.
If you like it, try Usolli: The Strategic Game About Salah and Date Drop, also by Ahmad Salahuddin, or Ace of Spades and Stellarion, which share several of its mechanics.
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From BoardGameGeek:
It's the year 1922. Your expedition has uncovered an ancient desert tomb. As you enter a large hall, the walls shake and start to slowly close in! Fortunately, your years as an archeologist alerts you to your surroundings. You notice peculiar parchments lying about and hallowed hieroglyphs etched in a puzzle-like manner on the wall. You stop for a second. Perhaps studying the parchments and deciphering the hieroglyphs might help you to escape the tomb … before it becomes yours. There are 2 rotating phases: The Study and Decipher Phases. In the Study Phase, your goal is to use the cards in your hand to obtain lots of Parchments to prepare for the next phase. But don't forget to also discard a few cards to reveal more Hieroglyphs! In the Decipher Phase, your goal is to use your Parchments to decipher Hieroglyphs which are then scored at the end of the game. Hieroglyphs come in two types: symbols and values. You need both types in order to score! Work your way through 4 rounds to try and get a high score and find out your fate. Will you escape the tomb ... or be entombed? -description from the designer
Designer
Ahmad Salahuddin
Artist
Shane Tholen
Publisher
Cardboard Quokka Studio
Mechanics