Moai
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Explore the mysterious Easter Island in the 18th Century
A game about the Easter Island – it is best known for the giant stone monoliths, known as Moai, that dot the coastline. Admiral Roggeveen, who came upon the island on Easter Day in 1722, named it Easter Island. Today, the land, people and language are all referred to locally as Rapa Nui.
The population of Easter Island reached its peak at perhaps more than 10000, far exceeding the capabilities of the small island’s ecosystem. Resources became scarce, and the once lush palm forests were destroyed – cleared for agriculture and moving the massive stone Moai.
In this regard, Easter Island has become, for many, a metaphor for ecological disaster. Thereafter, a thriving and advanced social order began to decline into bloody civil war and, evidently, cannibalism.
In this game the players will lead their Rapa Nui clans to cope with the ecological disaster. By the arrival of the admiral Roggeveen (the end of the game) they must have the best status possible.
