Description

Children of the Sun is a two-player strategy game in which players take on the role of Mesoamerican-inspired deities crafting a fantastical world. Each player is one of the Sun god's two children sent to Earth to create a beautiful landscape as an ode of love from the Sun god to the Moon goddess.

A player's turn has two phases. During the Summoning Phase, draw an elemental token — Earth, Water, Life, Void, or Spirit — from a bag, then place it on the main game board and "jump" a row of opposing pieces, similar to games like Go or Reversi. Flip tokens to the player's corresponding side, black or white; each token that was jumped, along with the token placed, awards the player with elemental resources.

During the Creation Phase that follows, the player may use their elemental resources to craft creation cards, which award the player with various scoring criteria based upon the creation type.

Gameplay continues until only two spaces are open on the board, at which point players calculate their scores. The winner of this game is the player that scores the most points and most pleases the moon with their fantastic creations.

—description from the publisher