After the Third Age is complete, the game ends, and the player who has the most Glory is the winner!

You must also wisely choose who will be the Leader of each Band, as only Leaders can use their special abilities to aid you. The player who can gather the most Glory over three Ages will be crowned Lord of Ethnos-and win the game! Some Tribe abilities refer to "X". This means the total number of cards in that Leader's Band of Allies. While it’s easy to get into and is fun, Ethnos is not a perfect game. The art on the cards is very bland, with many races looking too similar. a. If the Merfolk are in play, place the Merfolk board next to the main game board with the side matching the number of players in the game face up. Each player places one of their Control markers on the "0" space of the Merfolk board.At the end of the first age, whoever has the most tokens in a region scores the glory shown on the first token. After the second age, the players with the most and second most tokens score glory equal to the values shown on the first and second tokens respectively. Players score similarly after the third age, then whoever has the most glory wins. (Games with two and three players last only two ages.)

A Band of Allies is a group of cards that you play together from your hand. A Band can include anywhere from 1 to 10 cards. All of the cards in a Band must belong to the same Tribe (i.e., have the same name and art) or to the same Kingdom (i.e., have the same color). How to win:Score the most glory by controlling regions, playing large bands and scoring other points through various Race special abilities. Players continue taking turns recruiting Allies and playing Bands until the third Dragon card is revealed. Before mixing the Glory tokens, remove the tokens marked with a "4+" and return them to the box. Then, shuffle the rest of the tokens and place two in each Kingdom.

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Players win 'Glory' at the end of each age by having the most control markers in each kingdom. They add control markers by sending in a Band of Allies. But only if they play more Allies than they have existing markers already in that region. Shellhead, thank you for mentioning EEAaO. Watched it last night and it was an enjoyable and unexpected experience. Girlfriend and I talked about it quite a bit afterwards. At the end of the Third Age, the player with the most Control markers in a Kingdom earns Glory equal to the value of the highest Glory token in that Kingdom (in the "III" space). The player with the second most earns Glory equal to the middle token (in the "II" space), and the third place player earns Glory from the lowest Glory token in that Kingdom (in the "I" space). However, if only one player has Control markers in a Kingdom at the end of the Second Age, that player earns Glory equal to the value of both Glory tokens in that Kingdom! You'll have to consider spending resources in every Kingdom, even if there is no chance of winning control there!

At the end of an age, of which there are three, the leader with the most control markers gains the most glory. In the second age, both first and second place winners gain glory, and in the third, the top three players willscore. At the end of the game, the leader with the most glory wins! A Deeper Look Into The Rules On your mention of Skat that is similar to the game 500 (pretty common in New Zealand and Australia and the Northern US and Canada from what I hear - well, at least in the 70s & 80s) where there are...

To do so, you must earn more Glory (victory points) than your rivals by controlling the Kingdoms on the game board and recruiting the most Allies. You will accomplish your goals by collecting scattered members of the 12 Tribes, represented in the game by cards, and playing them in Bands to gain control over the Kingdoms.