The twelve tribes of Israel

At the start of the game, a house chooses one of the tribes of Israel. Here is the land as it was divided, with each tribe's blessing and how many houses and clans live in it. A tribe is identity only: it changes nobody's strength, and nobody fights another player.

In the text, the tribes are born of Jacob's sons (Genesis 29–35) and only receive the land in Joshua 13–19. The game brings the tribe to the very start, for identity and community.