Cyclades: Legendary Edition

We'll play the second edition of "Cyclades", an area-control auction game.

Please watch the rules video beforehand, I will not do a full rules teach before starting play: https://youtu.be/njIB2yN6ooM?si=SMLr0jQKyimBm_-N

BGG: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/380619/cyclades-legendary-edition

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In the Cyclades archipelago, off the shores of a divided Greece, players develop their cities and compete for supremacy under the watchful gaze of the gods.

In Cyclades: Legendary Edition, designers Bruno Cathala and Ludovic Maublanc have reworked the Cyclades base game and its many expansions to make gameplay more dynamic and fluid.

The game features a strategic bidding system that defines the actions available to each player on their turn. You must balance your finances to optimize the various actions provided by the different gods, with each player gaining the support of only one god each turn. The game features a shorter and more dynamic bidding phase than the original Cyclades thanks to a new exponential bidding scale. Six gods are available instead of the five, increasing the variety of actions available:

• Ares allows the movement of player armies and the building of fortresses.
• Poseidon allows players to move their navies and build ports.
• Zeus allows his followers to hire priests and build temples.
• Athena provides her worshipers with philosophers and universities.
• Apollo increases the income of his worshipers.
• Hera provides mercenaries to enforce your troops during battle.

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The fee will be paid directly to the venue and the cost is about $70 per person. They do not sell food there, but you may bring takeaways or order food for delivery.