{"product_id":"iye","title":"IYE","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe clan’s Shaman has gotten long in the tooth; it is time for him to pass on his drum. The drum shall be passed down to either one\nof his apprentices. The successor shall be chosen not through a competition nor a contest, but through a traditional ritual of calling\nand gathering the İye. The Shaman candidates, raised through apprenticeship, shall prove themselves capable of being the clan’s\nnew spiritual leader. Albeit they are in a way competing against one another, cooperation is still a necessity. For such is the way to\nbuild a bridge between men and İye.\n\nIn this game, the two Shaman candidates endeavour to gather the İyes through the beat of the Shaman’s drum. The candidates need\nto calculate which İye shall be left to their opponent; moreover,they need to make the most logical choice on when to ask the İye\nto lend a hand and to let them go. The one who proves to be the most skilful in gathering the İye and utilising their abilities shall be\nappointed as the clan’s next Shaman.\n\nİye (pronounced EE-yeah): Belonging to the animist mythologies\nof Central Asia, İye are nature spirits that inhabit various things.\nIt is believed that they are the protectors of whatever object\nor part of nature they inhabit, and hold extraordinary powers.\nKam (pronounced like English word ‘come’): A shaman in the Altaic,\nMongol and Turkic cultures. They serve as the sages and spiritual leaders\nof their clans. They handcraft their own drums with which they contact\nthe İyes. Utilising the power of an İye is described as “asking the İye to lend\na hand”.\n\nGAME STRUCTURE AND RULES\nThe first player is the one who is most interested in Shamanism.\nYou can also use any other method to determine the first player.\nOn their turn, a player chooses to perform a\nA: “Natural Movement”\nor an B: “İye Tile Movement” to move the Shaman’s drum.\nWhichever İye Tile the drum moves onto is given to the opponent\nalong with the turn.\nWhen there is but a single İye Tile left on the game board, the\ncycle ends and scoring begins.\n\nNatural Movement: The players can move the Shaman’s drum for\n1 or 2 spaces on a vertical or horizontal axis. The drum cannot be\nmoved diagonally through a Natural Movement, only vertically\nor horizontally. The drum cannot be placed on an empty tile, but\nit can move over them. Moving over an empty tile still counts as\nmoving 2 spaces.\n\nİye Tile Movement: The İye Tiles that have been gathered on previous\nturns can be utilised by the players to move the Shaman’s drum beyond\nwhat is naturally possible. In such an instance, whichever İye Tile the\ndrum lands on is still given to the opponent. An İye Tile that has been\nutilised thusly is spent and ‘discarded’ next to the game board. It will\nnot be included in scoring. The number and types of discarded İye Tiles\nmusty always be visible to both players.\n\nThe Premature End Of A Cycle\nIf a player is unable to execute any legal moves during their turn, the cycle ends then and\nthere. The player who was last able to execute a movement, becomes the winner. This can\nonly occur if a player has no possible “Natural Movement” to execute and no applicable İye\nTiles that can be used for an “İye Tile Movement”.\n\nEnd of a cycle and scoring\nIf a cycle ends because a player was not able to move, the player\nwho played the last move wins the cycle. In this case, there is no\nneed for scoring.\nIf a cycle ends because there is a single İye Tile left on the game\nboard, scoring ensues. Each type of İye is scored separately.\nWhoever holds the greatest count of a particular type of İye,\nreceives all the points for that type. If both players hold an\nequal number of tiles regarding a type of İye, neither player wins\nany points. Moreover, any İye Tile that was used for an “İye Tile\nMovement” is not counted during scoring; it has been spent and\n‘discarded’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePlayers:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePlay time:\u003c\/strong\u003e 30 min\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComplexity:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.67 \/ 5\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDesigner:\u003c\/strong\u003e Onur Şencan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eYear:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2025\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"NeoTroy Games","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51925365653720,"sku":"SB-3E1D932D61D0-BOARD-GAMES-UNK-SEALED","price":0.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0734\/6271\/0488\/files\/4rpgttehvwb90xnhikefqt840fyc.jpg?v=1785458562","url":"https:\/\/abbyboardwalkstore.com\/products\/iye","provider":"Boardwalk Cafe \u0026 Games","version":"1.0","type":"link"}