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Do this before the other cults to ensure you and you alone lead humanity from the deadly light and into the peace and safety of a new dark age! \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGameplay Overview \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Towers of Am'harb, you are a leader of a doom cult, and you are competing with others just like you, all trying to unleash the Ancient One of their worship to conquer the world! \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlayers will take turns moving their set of 4 different sized discs, manipulating them according to the rules of the mathematical puzzle toy Tower of Hanoi\/Brahma. Then you send your followers(disciples) to the 2 columns you just moved a disc into, in order to gain control of scoring altars that provide doom points at the end of the game. 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