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Tips taluva

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Two main aspects of strategy:

  1. Tile placement
  2. Building placement

Tile Placement

  • Place the same terrain type as other empty spaces already adjacent to one of your settlements (to maximise expansion with Hut).
Example
Place a second Sand space adjacent to this settlement to expand into both Sand next turn.
Volcano
Sand
Clearing
Jungle


Volcano
Sand
Clearing
Jungle
  • Place Volcano away from your Hut that you need for a Temple until you can build the Temple.
  • Place Volcano adjacent to opponents' Hut that they need for a Temple to prepare to destroy them.
  • Create empty spaces between tiles to limit an opponent's tile placement.
  • Consider how your opponent may use your tile. e.g. if you destroy Hut, they may be able to place a level 3 tile and build a Tower.
  • Expect opponents to destroy your Hut that you need for Temple.

Building Placement

Temple are worth the most points at the end of the game.

  • Try to build 3-space settlements with Hut that cannot immediately be destroyed by an opponent.
  • Build settlements that can be easily separated from its Temple.
  • Re-using a settlement is usually the most efficient way to build more Temple.
1
Place Volcano adjacent to Sand:
Volcano
Sand
Clearing
Jungle
2
Eruption destroys Sand:
Volcano
Sand
Clearing
Jungle
3
Settlement then used to build a new Temple:
Volcano
Sand
Clearing
Jungle
  • Place a single Hut next to a space that an opponent may erupt to level 3 to build a Tower.
  • If a player erupts the land to level 2, an opponent may have the first opportunity to erupt to level 3 and build a Tower.
  • The safest way to win Taluva is to build Temple3 and Tower2, but a skilled opponent will disrupt your plans.
  • Building all Hut20 before Temple3 or Tower2 is very risky - remember if you cannot build anything, you lose immediately!

Terrain distribution

BGG reference

Volcano
48
Volcano
Jungle
13
Volcano
Clearing
12
Volcano
Sand
9
Volcano
Rock
8
Volcano
Lake
6
Volcano
Jungle
15
Volcano
Jungle
Jungle
1
Volcano
Jungle
Clearing
6
Volcano
Jungle
Sand
4
Volcano
Jungle
Rock
2
Volcano
Jungle
Lake
2
Volcano
Clearing
11
Volcano
Clearing
Jungle
5
Volcano
Clearing
Clearing
1
Volcano
Clearing
Sand
2
Volcano
Clearing
Rock
2
Volcano
Clearing
Lake
1
Volcano
Sand
10
Volcano
Sand
Jungle
4
Volcano
Sand
Clearing
2
Volcano
Sand
Sand
1
Volcano
Sand
Rock
2
Volcano
Sand
Lake
1
Volcano
Rock
7
Volcano
Rock
Jungle
2
Volcano
Rock
Clearing
2
Volcano
Rock
Sand
1
Volcano
Rock
Rock
1
Volcano
Rock
Lake
1
Volcano
Lake
5
Volcano
Lake
Jungle
1
Volcano
Lake
Clearing
1
Volcano
Lake
Sand
1
Volcano
Lake
Rock
1
Volcano
Lake
Lake
1