Each player takes control of an Egyptian divinity: Anubis, Bastet, Horus, Ouadjet, or Sobek, as they struggle for power using their armies. The player with the most victory points (VP) at the end of the game is the winner.
In turn order, each player takes their turn as the active player and plays and resolves 1 of their 5 Action tokens. This continues until each player has placed and resolved all 5 of their Action tokens, at which point the Day Phase is over.
Attacker and defender each choose 2 Battle cards from their hand:
- The first one is discarded face down on the table and will never be revealed,
- The second one will be played during the Battle, do not reveal it yet.