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The front side of the mapboard is a more historical Greece. Simply set the map down and begin play!

All of the minis, near final quality. Care to guess what they are and which ones are which?

An example of a tile that players will use to build the player-built map in Hellenica. There is detail down to individual rocks. and trees.

Work in progress. The minis for the units. These would be fun to paint, right?

Close up of the production proof in play showing a temple and 2 academies in the foreground

Hellenica: Story of Greece (2019)

Players

1–7

Best: 5, 6, 7

Playing time

120–180 min

Age

11+

7.66

Average rating

399

Ratings

3.32/5

Weight

#5392

BGG rank

Outside top 5,000

Designer:Scott DeMers

Artist:Scott DeMers, Marco Primo

Publisher:Mr. B Games +1 more

Average rating, ratings count, weight and rank are sourced from BoardGameGeek (BGG).

Game DNA

Strategy9.0

Luck6.0

Interaction4.0

Complexity6.6

Theme6.0

This game's strategy, luck, interaction, complexity and theme.

City BuildingAncientMythologyTerritory BuildingTile PlacementModular BoardBetting and BluffingVariable Player PowersArea MovementDice RollingArea Majority / InfluenceWorker PlacementSolo / Solitaire GameInterruptsEventsDie Icon ResolutionHidden Victory Points

Overview

An explosion of creativity and violence erupted in the Aegean Basin in 800 B.C. that defined ancient Greece. This combination of science, mythology, development, and war was led by powerful city-states like Athens, Sparta, Corinth, Troy, Byzantium, Corcyra, and Thebes. These states vied for control over their rivals and dominated the lesser states around them. In time, some of them became so well known that they are remembered even today.

Hellenica: Story of Greece is a 3.5X civilization game in which you harness the powers of one of seven beginning city-states to dominate the world around you. Your goal is to become the preeminent symbol of Greece for all posterity by completing a combination of secret and public goals. Will you be remembered as a warmonger or a peaceful philosopher? Great priest or apostate? Will you develop a devotion to the gods or focus on the advancement of your people?

Can you guide your civilization during these turbulent times? Will your vision of Hellenic civilization be remembered for all time, or will you merely be a stepping stone for another…?