Iliad Card Game
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Box Description Siege at the walls of Troy! Under the control of Agamemnon, thousands of Greeks massed at the gates of Troy, the proud city which defies the will of the gods and the power of the Achaens! Chariots, Trojan archers, Athenian hoplites, all alongside larger heroes, such as Ajax, Nestor, Achilles, Ulysses, Hector... ready to clash for the glory of the gods and the eyes of Helen. A game of Iliad proceeds in several successive sieges. But note: your forces become exhausted quickly and reinforcements are rare. Launch too many warriors into the battle and you will be overcome in the subsequent sieges. Hold back your heroes and you are likely to undergo the curse of Thanatos which punishes cowards and weaklings. Games in a Box Notes More info from the Asmodee Editions website... Long ago, in Troy... The Trojans abducted Helen, and the Achaean princes took advantage of the opportunity to lay siege to this proud city. But war during ancient times has its own set of rules. Being more than just a single, well-organized army, the Greeks will present an assortment of princes, each fighting for his own glory. Each player is an incarnation of one of these characters! The game proceeds in several successive sieges (phases of the game) during which victory cards are brought into play. With the aid of the cards in his hand, representing all the components of an ancient army (hoplites, archers, elephants, various siege engines, including the famous Trojan horse…), each player will construct a powerful army before himself, and will have to choose between sacrificing new cards from his hand (since those are not inexhaustible) or utilizing the abilities of the cards he has already placed. Each player will have to form the best army from these cards, torn between the multiple choices offered to him with each round of play. In this new, very tactical card game, Dominique Ehrhard brilliantly revisits the mechanisms that made Condottière so successful. The superb illustrations by John Mac Cambridge, antiquity fanatic, are an additional invitation to join the voyage. Buy Iliad Game |
