Player 1: ATHENA

The obstacle course layout kept our group busy for a solid hour, especially the bit where you carry the statue's head over to the pedestal. Timing that run right without dropping it is harder than it looks.

Reassembling the statue piece by piece while dodging the obstacles kept everyone at the table tense right up to the pedestal. Getting the head to the worker and then across the course is trickier than it looks, which is exactly what makes it fun.

The worker-meeple mechanic really makes this one shine—trying to keep the statue head balanced while threading through the course had me on edge every single turn. The archaeological theme is baked right into the puzzle, so it never feels like just another dexterity game. Played it three times in a