In Terra Mystica, you represent a faction that wants to build a city on the lands of Terra Mystica. You must transform the terrain into a livable surface for your faction. Everybody knows that Mermaids don’t live in the mountains and that Dwarves don’t really like the desert. As you build, your faction will be able to improve its buildings. The bigger your buildings, the better the reward is during the game. Beware of other factions that will want to come and change the terrain around your buildings. Here is a brief description of two of the factions: Mermaids: Mermaids are lovely sea creatures living in the waters of Terra Mystica and traveling by its rivers. They dream of creating their own water cities everywhere around Terra Mystica. Mermaids are able to split their tails into legs to come on land, but only for the purpose of flooding the land to make it their own. Dwarves: Dwarves are always on the hunt for treasures and valuable objects. Their mines are usually located high in the mountains, but they sometimes dig all the way to another area. Dwarves go through so much soil that they can build new mountains. Insuring that future generations will be able to dig through them all over again.