![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Each round players pay coins to win the gods’ favour in the hope of using their powers to best their rivals. Published by Matagot, Cyclades sees players bid for the support of the gods Zeus, Athena, Ares, Poseidon, and Apollo as they attempt to wrest control over the Aegean islands. With a pack of mythical beasts and the favour of the gods at stake, Cyclades is the perfect game to satisfy your cravings for Greek mythology, board games, and Greek mythology games all in one go. Now, you can get a taste of these stories in a board game (and really what more could you want). The myths have been retold countless times across countless forms of media from bard to the big screen. When you ask people what they know about Greece they will likely say the mythology. You will not be disappointed.įrom the Minotaur to Menelaus, Greek mythology has some of the craziest and most captivating stories going. The artwork is stunning too, so I would highly recommend picking up a copy when you can. The gameplay is simple to teach, but like Chess or Draughts, there are so many tactical options, it can take a good while to fully master it. In addition, the replayability is incredibly high because of the variety of gods, with an expansion of the Golden Fleece also available. This game has such mechanical simplicity and the rounds can be played incredibly quickly. You can cap the buildings at their peak with a blue dome or use your god or goddess powers to try and influence the game. Whether you’re able to do anything about it is another matter. However, your opponents are also able to climb your buildings, and with the single step per round, it’s easy to see what strategies are forming. (This can be orthogonal or diagonal.) A player (or pair of players if playing in a team) wins when one of their workers climbs to the circular peak of the third story. Taking turns, players move one of their two pawns to a square adjacent to where they are and then build a part of a building in a square adjacent to where they now are. Here’s how you play: Each player takes a god or goddess card. Based on the Aegean Island of the same name, it takes inspiration from the unique buildings with blue domes. If you like construction in white stone and azure domes, I would suggest looking at Santorini. ![]()
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