Imhotep FAQ
46 questions players ask · Updated Nov 12, 2026 · Full rulebook
Game Preparation
- Can you mix A and B sides of the sites in one game?
- Are the red market cards mandatory, or can they be left out of the game?
- Is the round card removed at setup revealed to players?
- How many round cards are used in a game?
- Do the ships change with player count?
- Which ships make up the missing 4-player round card?
Course of Play
- Can you take the Get New Stones action when your supply sled is already full?
- Can you sail a ship that has none of your stones on it?
- When every ship is full, can you take Get New Stones instead of sailing?
- Can you take fewer than 3 stones with Get New Stones when your sled has less room?
- What happens when you run out of stones in the quarry?
- Can the draw pile run out in a game, and what happens then?
End of Round and End of Game
- Can a player score two copies of the same end-of-game scoring card?
- How is an end-of-game tie broken?
- Do surplus stones delivered after the Pyramid is complete count for the Pyramid Decoration card?
- If no ship sails to the Temple in a round, do Temple points still score?
- Who starts the next round in Imhotep?
Explanations of the A Sides of the Sites
At a Glance: Explanations of the Market Cards
- When a delivered stone also triggers a red Market card, is the stone returned to the quarry before or after the card resolves?
- Do stones placed by a Chisel card come from your sled or from the quarry?
- Does the Sail card's ship have to meet the minimum stone count to sail?
- When you place a stone from a Sarcophagus card in the Burial Chamber, do you follow the normal building rules for that site?
Variant: The B Sides of the Sites
- Does the B-side Temple bonus replace or add to the A-side per-stone scoring?
- If a B-side Temple bonus gives you stones but your supply sled is full, do you still get them?
- Are market cards discarded face up on the B-side market?
- On the B-side Temple, do you still get the market card bonus at the end of round 6?
- On the B-side Pyramids, can more than one stone sit on the second level?
- If no ships remain to load in a round, does the B-side Pyramids bonus carry over to the next round?
- How does the B-side Burial Chamber score in a two-player game?
- How are tied placement points split on the B-side Burial Chamber?
- On the Burial Chamber B side, do stones of one color have to be adjacent to score?
- Can you place a stone on top of a completed pyramid for 4 points?
- On the B-side pyramids, must players finish one pyramid before building on another, or can each stone go to any incomplete pyramid?
Imhotep: A New DynastyExpansion
- On the Burial Chamber C side, must stones be placed in a set order?
- On Burial Chamber side D, do you score every connected region or only the largest?
- Does placing a scarab for a Prophecy of the Gods use up your whole turn?
- Is a prophecy that asks for the most stones met by a tie for first?
- On Obelisk side D, can you build a height that another player is already working on?
- On Burial Chamber side D, what happens to leftover tomb tokens at the end of a round?
- On the Temple D side, do players still on the start space score second-place points when someone reaches the arena?
- On the Obelisk C side, can you leave a gap in the tower?
- When you acquire two Obelisk C pieces in one turn, in what order do you place them?
- When using Wrath of the Pharaoh with the expansion's site boards, do you subtract both the site penalty and the Pharaoh's penalty?
- What happens when stones are delivered to the Burial Chamber after its numbered tokens have all been used?