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Diva

"If I always did what I was told, I'd still be a peasant".

In the tiny hamlet of Remy, Diva grew up with visions granted by the gods. She glimpsed the future and saw herself covered in dirt, surrounded by monsters, and on her last legs.

The warning was clear: do not follow the warrior's path. But Diva, ever the stubborn heart, had a talent for combat and an indomitable spirit. She bore a soldier's heart. She felt that, perhaps, the gods were warning of something else: death by dirt. …

2 Player Game

For a two player game of March of the Ants, follow these additional rules:

Setup

Play with the reverse side of The Great Tunnel.

1. Beginning with the Starting Player, each player takes two of the unused starting hexes at random. Each player chooses one hex and places it connected to The Great Tunnel.

2. Each player starts with three ants in the placed hex, and three larvae in their Larvae Chamber, and two food in their Food Stores, and two cards. …

The Cyclades are currently at peace, but the sound of furious battles still echoes in our memories. Is this a long lasting peace or nothing but a short truce? There are whispers that Hades will soon return, bringing his undead phalanxes and ghost ships...

Every city-state will need to demonstrate their skills at recruiting powerful heroes and gaining the favor of all the gods of Olympus, even terrifying Hades, to extend its supremacy over his opponents...

Preliminary Notes:

The contents of this box cannot be played alone. You need to have the original Cyclades Game to enjoy them. …

What follows is an example of play between Chris Withers and Stefan Mecay. In this game, none of the optional cards are in play.

Additionally, the two players have bid for sides. Chris wins the bidding and chooses the Soviets. Stefan takes the underdogs, but due to bidding his US begins the game with an additional four Influence Points. These points may only be placed in countries eligible for US Influence during the game setup.

To help players follow along, the number of Influence Points in a country after the action is performed is indicated in parenthesis. The number before the slash is US influence and the number after the slash is USSR influence (US/USSR). If the number is bold and with a "C", it indicates control. …

Components

• 3-part game board
• 2 special dice
• 100 gold pieces (GP)
• 16 prosperity markers
• 5 figurines: Kraken, Minotaur, Medusa, Polyphemus, Chiron
• 18 Mythological Creature cards
• 16 Philosopher cards
• 16 Priest cards
• 4 large God tiles
• 40 buildings
• 10 Metropolises
• 1 screen

Object of the Game

Demonstrate the supremacy of your parent city by being the first player to have 2 Metropolises at the end of a cycle.

Setup

Each player gets the items of his color which he places in front of his screen visible to all, and 5 GP which he hides behind his screen. …

Variant: Vip Passengers

Once you master the basic game, you can add more of a challenge with VIP passengers. These cards add extra conditions to passengers, like "Must fly alone" or "Takes 2 seats".

During setup, form the VIP decks by shuffling the VIP passenger cards and dealing a number of them face-down next to the 3 passenger decks - Morning, Afternoon, and Evening - as indicated on the back of the card.

The table below shows how many cards are dealt in total, depending on the number of players. …

Components

• 2 Queen Bee (Yellow-Gold)
• 4 Spiders (Brown)
• 4 Beetles (Purple)
• 6 Grasshoppers (Green)
• 6 Soldier Ants

Setup

Each player takes all 11 pieces of one color and places them face up in front of them.

Object of the Game

The object of the game is to totally surround your opponent's Queen Bee whilst at the same time trying to stop your opponent from doing the same to you.

The pieces surrounding the Queen Bee can be made up of a mixture of both your pieces and your opponent's. …

Game Components

• 108 cards, divided in to two decks:
  • 64 Adventurer cards
  • 42 Dragonwood cards
  • 2 Turn summary cards
• 6 custom dice

Setup

Remove the 2 turn summary cards and then split the rest of the cards into two decks according to card back.

Sort through the Dragonwood deck (green back) and note that there are three different types of cards: Creatures (green background), Enhancements (purple background) and Events (orange background). See "Card Types" for more details about each.

Find the 2 dragon cards (Orange and Blue dragons) and remove them from the deck. …

Setup

Go is usually played on a board with a 19x19 grid. There can be marked points on the boards that serve as reference points (and also to place the the handicap stones).

The stones are black and white lens-shaped disks.

Black starts the game and has 181 stones while white have 180.

We recommend that beginners learn the basics on a 9 by 9 board, moving up to a 13 by 13 board after a few games and only playing on a 19 by 19 board when they feel really comfortable with the strategic concepts and finish their games in less than 15 minutes. …