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Base game

Pericles: The Peloponnesian Wars

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Published
2017
Players
1–4
Play time
45–360 min
Reach
Niche
Evaluations
0
Themes:
AncientPoliticalWargame
Mechanics:
Area controlDice rollingHand managementTrading & negotiationAction programming

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Main mechanics explained

  • Area control: Presence on the map decides who scores.
  • Dice rolling: Dice create swing and force you to adapt.
  • Hand management: Timing which card to spend is the core puzzle.
  • Trading & negotiation: Deals between players move the game forward.
Full publisher description

Pericles is a four player 'sandbox' design that covers the period from 460 BC to 400 BC. The players each represent one of two Athenian or Spartan factions. The game has a political and a war phase. During the war phase the players are US versus THEM. During the Political Phase it is ME versus YOU (Athenian faction versus Athenian faction and Spartan king versus Spartan king). The City State (Athens or Sparta) that gains the most Honor wins the war and the faction on the winning side with the most Honor wins the game. There are over twenty scenarios that cover portions of the war with playing times from 30 minutes (mini Theater scenario), 45 minutes (6 years of the war), 90 minutes (a decade of war), and then there are the three long scenarios that cover the 1st Peloponnesian War, 2nd Peloponnesian War plus the Campaign game. There are rules for 3 player, 2 player, and solitaire play.

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