Rob Looks at Plaid hat's The Monolith

About The Monolith, from BoardGameGeek:

ONCE WE WERE SAILORS WHO TRAVELED THE STARS. PATHETIC. PURPOSELESS. THEN WE FOUND THE HOLY PLANET AND THE MONOLITH WAS HERE, WAITING FOR US ALL ALONG. In The Monolith, 3-4 players take on the roles of shaman, leading their warriors in battle against each other, all for the pleasure of the monolith that holds them in thrall. Each round, players take turns spending hearts to complete actions. These actions allow them to recruit and move warriors, move their shaman and activate any shaman powers, or bid hearts on powerful divination cards When a player thinks they've taken the actions they need for the round, they dump their remaining hearts into the monolith. The sooner they feed their hearts to the monolith, the more actions they will have during combat, but do it too soon, and risk watching the other players change the board state in your absence! Once all players have put their remaining hearts in the monolith, the monolith is lifted, revealing the combat actions the remaining hearts have been sorted into! Battles are fast and brutal, and only the most clever players will outmaneuver their enemies and boast of their deeds to the sacred stone! -description from the publisher