{"product_id":"cyclades-legendary-edition","title":"Cyclades: Legendary Edition","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"expandable-body\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"game-description-body ng-scope\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ng-binding\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCyclades: Legendary Edition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, designers Bruno Cathala and Ludovic Maublanc have reworked the \u003cem\u003eCyclades\u003c\/em\u003e base game and its many expansions to make gameplay more dynamic and fluid.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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 \u003cem\u003eCyclades\u003c\/em\u003e thanks to a new exponential bidding scale. Six gods are available instead of the five, increasing the variety of actions available:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAres allows the movement of player armies and the building of fortresses.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePoseidon allows players to move their navies and build ports.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eZeus allows his followers to hire priests and build temples.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAthena provides her worshipers with philosophers and universities.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eApollo increases the income of his worshipers.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHera provides mercenaries to enforce your troops during battle.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlayers now use landscape tiles to assemble the modular game board during set-up, allowing for ever-changing maps and game strategies. New creatures and heroes are available in the base game, offering new strategic opportunities to build metropolises and gain decisive advantages on the battlefield. Your goal is to be the first to control three metropolises, which can be obtained as follows:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEconomic development, by constructing four different buildings.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntellectual development, by owning four philosophers.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHeroic deeds, when sacrificing a hero.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMilitary conquest, when seizing an enemy city by strength.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCyclades: Legendary Edition\u003c\/em\u003e features three game configurations:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"Classic\" mode for 3-5 players in which each player defends their own interests.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"Team\" mode for 4 or 6 players in which you play in teams of two, co-operating with one another and competing against others.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn enhanced and refined two-player mode.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Studio H","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56568120639837,"sku":"2500037","price":61.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0873\/2442\/6589\/files\/pic7566828-1.webp?v=1740689058","url":"https:\/\/meeplescorner.net\/products\/cyclades-legendary-edition","provider":"Meeples Corner","version":"1.0","type":"link"}