Become one of the Master Founders responsible for building the legendary City of I C E in FOUNDERS, a strategic tile-placement game of hidden alliances and shared objectives.

In a frozen landscape, explorers discover an enormous cavern surrounding a mysterious structure known as the Hearth. Around it, the first Founders begin designing the City that will one day become home to the powerful Guilds of I C E.

Each player receives two secret design objectives linked to two different Guilds. Somewhere around the table, two other players secretly share matching objectives with you - but you don't know who they are.

On your turn, place new City tiles and work towards your objectives while watching carefully for clues about the identities of your hidden allies. Helping the right players can improve your own final score, but revealing too much information may allow your opponents to exploit the same opportunities.

At the end of the game, scoring is partially shared between players with matching objectives, creating a semi-cooperative puzzle in which alliances matter - but ultimately only one player can become the Master CryoArchitect.