The Great Zimbabwe

The Great Zimbabwe is a game about building a trade-based civilization in ancient Africa. In the game, players are tribal leaders in Africa, and strive to build the most impressive monuments to one God of their choice. They can choose this god themselves-- each of the twelve gods offers a unique blessing, but each also requires a different amount of work to win the game. Building the monuments is done by developing a logistics network stretching across the region. Through this network, players produce and obtain ritual goods to raise their monuments and bring honor to the god of their choice.
The higher the monuments, the closer the players will be to victory, but players must balance many subtle aspects of the game.
Clever use of turn-order manipulation, economic development in an almost close environment, scarce natural resource use and logistical optimization to deliver goods from craftsmen to monuments: You only get one action per turn, so be smart!
The Great Zimbabwe is a race for victory, in which you decide how far you want to go and at what speed. Then, other players’ decisions change everything.