This is a superb game of bluff and interacting character powers. The rules are very unusual and not terribly intuitive, making this game quite tricky to learn. But it has a wonderful mix of strategy and luck, and a good feel for its conquest and empire building theme. The twist is that you are often forced to have opponents play cards on your behalf. A visually gorgeous game about clearing archeological sites.
Players take on roles of scheming archeologists.
Funagain Games posts customer reviews to their website, which also sports an extensive game catalog. A lot of wonderful reading here. Many original articles as well as good link sections, and a fairly active discussion section. My own very messy archive of language translations. The big plus is that most of the new games are covered.