Masks of the Mummy Kings is a hot summer day game. It's beautiful and elegant, great for pick-up-and-play. The designer gives you the "magician's trick" to constructing challenges and obstacles on the fly, so this is a low/no prep game. Every bit of the game feeds back into the core activity: get in that dang tomb and rob it!

The character sheets, oh my lord, they are amazing. Each tomb-raider is represented by two halves of different masks, set in front of the player. I love this game and I love recommending this game to people.

The production is prestine, and this has one of the best covers, period.

Masks of the Mummy Kings is a light-weight, elegant game about dungeon-crawling scoundrels. The scoundrels are delving deep into the ziggurat to claim their treasures, but need to contest with obstacles. Each room proposes a threat which is vulnterable to physical harm, arcane arts, or clever trickery. The players experiment and discover how to deal with each obstacle, based on their character's expertise. I have often stepped away from dungeon crawls of late, but this game has gotten me looking for torches and oil flasks. I certainly recommend checking this out.