Monastery is a tile laying game with interesting mechanisms and a strong theme. It's not a resource management game, but there are crucial decisions to be taken quite regularly. It has good replay value and levels of strategy that become apparent the more you play. You can play as pair-against-pair or every-monk-for-himself -- again giving quite different tactics depending on which option you play.

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