Khora: Rise of an Empire

Khora: Rise of an EmpireKhra: Rise of an Empire is the first title from iello's 'Expert' range. iello's catalogue, in the past, catered towards lighter games such as King of Tokyo. Khra carries with it a little more weight. It's more like a step up into the world of medium weight strategy games. Here, 2 4 players compete to build ancient Greek empires, using simultaneous action selection. Players each have their own asymmetric action board, which features some tech tracks.

Khôra: Rise of an Empire is the first title from iello's 'Expert' range. iello's catalogue, in the past, catered towards lighter games such as King of Tokyo. Khôra carries with it a little more weight. It's more like a step up into the world of medium-weight strategy games. Here, 2-4 players compete to build ancient Greek empires, using simultaneous action selection. Players each have their own asymmetric action board, which features some tech tracks. There's also a main board with further tech tracks, for things such as population, tax/income, exploration, and so on. Khôra lasts for nine rounds, with the aim being to score the most points, in classic Eurogame fashion. Rounds have a series of phases to them, starting with an Event for the round, and then players roll their own D6 dice. You get to allocate the outcomes from these dice to action selection tiles. Each player has the same tiles, and you'll do this in secret, in simultaneous fashion. You can select any actions you want, but each action has a number. If the die you paired with it is lower than the tile's number, you have to pay the difference in population. The actions are things like improving your military, trading, or playing Politics cards. The latter involves a hand management aspect. These cards offer great boons... if you can afford to play the card. You need to meet certain set collection requirements to play some of them. That's where you Knowledge and Exploration tech tracks come into play. You can buy Knowledge tokens to help play these cards, as well as earning points. The ways in which these tech tracks dovetail with one another is clever - you can take on a range of differing strategies. How will you ensure your empire rises to the top? Player Count: 2-4 Players Time: 75 minutes Age: 14+