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diff --git a/info/rules.html b/info/rules.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5ad204f --- /dev/null +++ b/info/rules.html @@ -0,0 +1,1123 @@ +<!DOCTYPE html> +<html> +<head> +<title>300: Earth & Water Rules</title> +<link rel="stylesheet" href="/fonts/gentium.css"> +<style> +body{background-color:slategray;text-align:center} +div{position:relative;background-color:white;margin:1em auto;line-height:0.8;box-shadow:1px 1px 8px -2px black} +p{position:absolute;white-space:pre;margin:0;font-family:Gentium Basic} +div{display:inline-block;margin:16px} +</style> +</head> +<body> +<div id="page1" style="width:629pt;height:893pt;background-image:url('rules01.jpg')"> +</div> +<br> +<div id="page2" style="width:629pt;height:893pt;background-image:url('rules02.jpg')"> +<p style="top:847.1pt;left:46.5pt;font-size:13.7pt">2</p> +<p style="top:61.3pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:16.5pt"><b><span style="color:#ba3535">1 Introduction</span></b></p> +<p style="top:80.8pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt"><i>300: Earth & Water</i>. The theme of this game is </p> +<p style="top:97.4pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">the Greco-Persian Wars, which lasted for 50 years </p> +<p style="top:113.9pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">from the Ionian Revolt in 499 BCE to the Peace </p> +<p style="top:130.4pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">of Callias around 449 BCE. One player leads </p> +<p style="top:146.9pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">the Greek army, assembled around Athens and </p> +<p style="top:163.4pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Sparta, and the other leads the Persian army.</p> +<p style="top:184.1pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">During these 50 years, Persia launched three </p> +<p style="top:200.5pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">campaigns against Greece, but in the game up to </p> +<p style="top:217.0pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">5 campaigns may be initiated.</p> +<p style="top:252.8pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:16.5pt"><b><span style="color:#ba3535">2 Material</span></b></p> +<p style="top:272.3pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">The game is played with the following components.</p> +<p style="top:298.0pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.7pt"><b><span style="color:#84504b">2.1 Map</span></b></p> +<p style="top:315.1pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">The map shows Greece and a portion of Asia </p> +<p style="top:331.6pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Minor at the time of the Greco-Persian Wars.</p> +<p style="top:352.5pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt"><b>City: </b>each box on the map is a city, and the fol-</p> +<p style="top:369.0pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">lowing information is indicated:</p> +<p style="top:389.7pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">• Name: the name of the city.</p> +<p style="top:410.4pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">• Major City: Major cities are blue for the Per-</p> +<p style="top:426.9pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">sians, and red for the Greeks, and control of </p> +<p style="top:443.4pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Major cities scores more points.</p> +<p style="top:79.3pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">• Food: the number of amphorae represents the </p> +<p style="top:95.8pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">number of armies you can feed if you control the </p> +<p style="top:112.4pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">city (see <b><span style="color:#ba3535">8.0</span></b> Supply Phase). The two Major Cit-</p> +<p style="top:128.9pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">ies with red amphorae are the supply cities of the </p> +<p style="top:145.4pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Greeks, those with blue amphorae are the supply </p> +<p style="top:161.9pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">cities of the Persians. In these rules, Major cities </p> +<p style="top:178.4pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">and supply cities are the same: Athenai & Sparta </p> +<p style="top:194.9pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">for the Greeks, Ephesos & Abydos for the Per-</p> +<p style="top:211.4pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">sians.</p> +<p style="top:232.0pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">• Port: a city with a circle of waves has a port.</p> +<p style="top:252.9pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt"><b>Road:</b> The lines connecting the cities are roads. </p> +<p style="top:269.4pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Armies move from one city to another along con-</p> +<p style="top:285.9pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">necting roads. Note that the road between Aby-</p> +<p style="top:302.4pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">dos and Pella is cut by the Hellespont. The Persian </p> +<p style="top:318.9pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">army can build a pontoon bridge there (<b>5.1</b>). The </p> +<p style="top:335.4pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">next city connected to a city by a road is said to </p> +<p style="top:351.9pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">be “adjacent”. For example, Athenai is adjacent to </p> +<p style="top:368.4pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Thebai and Korinthos.</p> +<p style="top:389.1pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt"><b>Campaign Track:</b> Use a black cube to track the </p> +<p style="top:405.6pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">number of campaigns the Persians have launched. </p> +<p style="top:422.1pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">The game ends after the fifth campaign.</p> +<p style="top:660.0pt;left:33.0pt;font-size:10.3pt">City</p> +<p style="top:776.4pt;left:22.5pt;font-size:10.3pt">Region name </p> +<p style="top:789.0pt;left:22.5pt;font-size:10.3pt">(no effect in </p> +<p style="top:801.8pt;left:22.5pt;font-size:10.3pt">the game)</p> +<p style="top:494.3pt;left:445.5pt;font-size:10.3pt">Major city of the Greek army</p> +<p style="top:511.3pt;left:445.5pt;font-size:10.3pt">Major city of the Persian army</p> +<p style="top:758.5pt;left:387.0pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">Athenai has a port.</span></p> +<p style="top:775.5pt;left:387.0pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">Korinthos does not have a port.</span></p> +<p style="top:611.1pt;left:31.5pt;font-size:10.3pt">Name</p> +<p style="top:717.5pt;left:19.5pt;font-size:10.3pt">Amphora</p> +<p style="top:750.3pt;left:31.5pt;font-size:10.3pt">Road</p> +</div> +<div id="page3" style="width:629pt;height:893pt;background-image:url('rules03.jpg')"> +<p style="top:211.2pt;left:394.5pt;font-size:2.8pt">6</p> +<p style="top:182.1pt;left:355.5pt;font-size:4.7pt">Pick a card at random from the Greek </p> +<p style="top:187.9pt;left:366.0pt;font-size:4.7pt">player's hand and discard it.</p> +<p style="top:98.7pt;left:358.5pt;font-size:4.7pt">Cancel the combat bonus from the </p> +<p style="top:104.6pt;left:363.0pt;font-size:4.7pt">“Cavalry of Mardonius” event.</p> +<p style="top:111.4pt;left:366.0pt;font-size:4.7pt"><b><i><span style="color:#b46b54">Play this card immediately in </span></i></b></p> +<p style="top:116.6pt;left:366.0pt;font-size:4.7pt"><b><i><span style="color:#b46b54">response to the Persian event.</span></i></b></p> +<p style="top:64.5pt;left:388.5pt;font-size:6.5pt"><b><span style="color:#ffffff">P</span></b><b><span style="color:#ffffff">ausanias</span></b></p> +<p style="top:146.4pt;left:388.5pt;font-size:6.5pt"><b><span style="color:#ffffff">O</span></b><b><span style="color:#ffffff">stracism</span></b></p> +<p style="top:847.1pt;left:574.5pt;font-size:13.7pt">3</p> +<p style="top:58.7pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt"><b>Total Score Track: </b>At the end of each campaign, </p> +<p style="top:75.2pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">record the difference in scores between the two </p> +<p style="top:91.7pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">sides by moving a black cube. At the end of the </p> +<p style="top:108.1pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">game, the player who has the higher total score, </p> +<p style="top:124.6pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">even by 1 point, wins the game. If the score is 0, </p> +<p style="top:141.1pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">the game ends in a tie.</p> +<p style="top:161.9pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt"><b>Historical Figures:</b> These are images of people </p> +<p style="top:178.4pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">who can die or be banished during the game. If </p> +<p style="top:194.9pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">this happens, place an army cube or fleet disk on </p> +<p style="top:211.4pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">the image to indicate the victim.</p> +<p style="top:381.3pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.7pt"><b><span style="color:#84504b">2.2 Wooden Playing Pieces</span></b></p> +<p style="top:398.4pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">The red wooden playing pieces represent the </p> +<p style="top:414.9pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Greek forces, and the blue wooden playing pieces </p> +<p style="top:431.4pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">represent the Persian forces.</p> +<p style="top:452.1pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt"><b>Armies:</b> one cube represents one </p> +<p style="top:468.6pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">army. There are 9 Greek armies and </p> +<p style="top:485.1pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">24 Persian armies.</p> +<p style="top:505.8pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt"><b>Navy:</b> one disk represents one fleet. </p> +<p style="top:522.3pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">There are 5 Greek fleets and 6 Persian </p> +<p style="top:538.8pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">fleets.</p> +<p style="top:559.7pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt"><b>Markers: </b>the two black cubes are </p> +<p style="top:576.2pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">markers for the tracks. One is placed </p> +<p style="top:592.7pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">on the Campaign Track and the other </p> +<p style="top:609.2pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">on the Total Score Track.</p> +<p style="top:629.8pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt"><b>Pontoon Bridge:</b> the small wooden </p> +<p style="top:646.3pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">rod represents a pontoon bridge. </p> +<p style="top:662.8pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">It is used when the Persian player </p> +<p style="top:679.3pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">builds the pontoon bridge across the </p> +<p style="top:695.8pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Hellespont (<b>5.1</b>).</p> +<p style="top:721.8pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.7pt"><b><span style="color:#84504b">2.3 Cards</span></b></p> +<p style="top:738.9pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">The deck consists of 16 cards. Each card is divided </p> +<p style="top:755.4pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">into two parts: the upper part displays the Greek </p> +<p style="top:771.9pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">event, the lower part displays the Persian event.</p> +<p style="top:236.0pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.7pt"><b><span style="color:#84504b">2.4 Dice</span></b></p> +<p style="top:253.0pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Use the 6-sided dice to resolve combats.</p> +<p style="top:288.6pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:16.5pt"><b><span style="color:#ba3535">3 Setup</span></b></p> +<p style="top:308.1pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Players choose sides and take the corresponding </p> +<p style="top:324.6pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">wooden playing pieces. Place the markers on the </p> +<p style="top:341.1pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">map by following the instructions below. Please </p> +<p style="top:357.6pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">refer to the illustration on the next page.</p> +<p style="top:383.5pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.7pt"><b><span style="color:#84504b">3.1 Starting Persian Positions</span></b></p> +<p style="top:400.7pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Place 4 armies: 2 at Ephesus and 2 at Abydos. </p> +<p style="top:417.2pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Place 1 fleet in the port of Ephesus. Keep the </p> +<p style="top:433.7pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">other wooden playing pieces close to hand. You </p> +<p style="top:450.2pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">may place them on the map during the Produc-</p> +<p style="top:466.7pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">tion Phases (<b><span style="color:#ba3535">5.0</span></b>) once play begins.</p> +<p style="top:492.6pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.7pt"><b><span style="color:#84504b">3.2 Starting Greek Positions</span></b></p> +<p style="top:509.7pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Place 3 armies: 1 at Athenai, 1 at Sparta and 1 at </p> +<p style="top:526.2pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Korinthos. Place 2 fleets: 1 at the port of Athe-</p> +<p style="top:542.7pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">nai and the other at the port of Sparta. Keep the </p> +<p style="top:559.2pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">other wooden playing pieces close to hand. You </p> +<p style="top:575.7pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">may place them on the map during the Produc-</p> +<p style="top:592.2pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">tion Phases (<b><span style="color:#ba3535">5.0</span></b>) once play begins.</p> +<p style="top:618.0pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.7pt"><b><span style="color:#84504b">3.3 Marker Setup</span></b></p> +<p style="top:635.1pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Place one black marker on the first space on the </p> +<p style="top:651.6pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Campaign Track and the other black marker on </p> +<p style="top:668.1pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">the 0 space of the Total Score Track. The Persian </p> +<p style="top:684.6pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">player takes the pontoon bridge stick.</p> +<p style="top:710.5pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.7pt"><b><span style="color:#84504b">3.4 Dealing the cards</span></b></p> +<p style="top:727.7pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Shuffle the 16 cards and place them face down </p> +<p style="top:744.2pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">next to the map.</p> +<p style="top:764.8pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">This completes the setup of the game. Please refer </p> +<p style="top:781.3pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">to rule <b><span style="color:#ba3535">4.0</span></b> to start the game.</p> +<p style="top:270.5pt;left:181.5pt;font-size:10.3pt">After playing the </p> +<p style="top:283.2pt;left:181.5pt;font-size:10.3pt">Leonidas card, the Greek </p> +<p style="top:296.0pt;left:181.5pt;font-size:10.3pt">player places an army on </p> +<p style="top:308.7pt;left:181.5pt;font-size:10.3pt">the Leonidas image (he </p> +<p style="top:321.5pt;left:181.5pt;font-size:10.3pt">dies at Thermopylae).</p> +<p style="top:61.1pt;left:481.5pt;font-size:10.3pt">(Greek Event) Darker title </p> +<p style="top:73.8pt;left:481.5pt;font-size:10.3pt">with and Leonidas = </p> +<p style="top:86.6pt;left:481.5pt;font-size:10.3pt">event connected with Sparta</p> +<p style="top:149.7pt;left:481.5pt;font-size:10.3pt">Persian Event</p> +<p style="top:207.0pt;left:481.5pt;font-size:10.3pt">Card number</p> +<p style="top:124.8pt;left:481.5pt;font-size:10.3pt">Lightning (Reaction card <b>6.1</b>)</p> +<p style="top:105.0pt;left:481.5pt;font-size:10.3pt">Card effect</p> +</div> +<div id="page4" style="width:629pt;height:893pt;background-image:url('rules04.jpg')"> +</div> +<div id="page5" style="width:629pt;height:893pt;background-image:url('rules05.jpg')"> +<p style="top:847.1pt;left:574.5pt;font-size:13.7pt">5</p> +<p style="top:62.1pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:12.3pt"><b><span style="color:#8a6c51">CONTROL OF CITIES</span></b></p> +<p style="top:78.0pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">The following rules describe the control of cities:</p> +<p style="top:98.7pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">• If you occupy a city with at least one army, you </p> +<p style="top:115.2pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">control that city.</p> +<p style="top:136.1pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">• A city with no occupying army is not controlled. </p> +<p style="top:152.6pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">However, in the absence of an enemy army, each side </p> +<p style="top:169.1pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">controls its Major cities without having to station </p> +<p style="top:185.6pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">an army in them. For example, if Athenai contains </p> +<p style="top:202.0pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">no armies, Athenai is controlled by the Greeks.</p> +<p style="top:222.8pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt"><b>You do not control a city by simply having a fleet </b></p> +<p style="top:239.3pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt"><b>in its port.</b></p> +<p style="top:274.8pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:16.5pt"><b><span style="color:#ba3535">4 Game Play</span></b></p> +<p style="top:294.3pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">The Persians can launch up to 5 campaigns dur-</p> +<p style="top:310.8pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">ing a game. The game ends if a player achieves an </p> +<p style="top:327.3pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">automatic victory, or when 5 campaigns have been </p> +<p style="top:343.8pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">completed and the player with the score advantage </p> +<p style="top:360.5pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">wins the game. A score of 0 indicates a tie.</p> +<p style="top:386.3pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.7pt"><b><span style="color:#84504b">4.1 Launching a Campaign</span></b></p> +<p style="top:403.3pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">When launching a campaign, the following steps </p> +<p style="top:419.8pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">(phases) are carried out in order:</p> +<p style="top:440.5pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt"><b>1.</b> Preparation Phase</p> +<p style="top:457.0pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt"><b>2. </b>Operation Phase</p> +<p style="top:473.7pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt"><b>3.</b> Supply Phase</p> +<p style="top:490.2pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt"><b>4. </b>Scoring Phase</p> +<p style="top:510.9pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Once the Scoring Phase is complete, the cam-</p> +<p style="top:527.4pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">paign ends and the next one begins. Advance the </p> +<p style="top:543.9pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">marker on the Campaign Track to indicate the </p> +<p style="top:560.4pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">start of a new campaign. The game ends when the </p> +<p style="top:576.9pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">fifth campaign is completed.</p> +<p style="top:602.8pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.7pt"><b><span style="color:#84504b">4.2 Preparation Phase Overview</span></b></p> +<p style="top:620.0pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Both players arm themselves for the campaign. </p> +<p style="top:636.5pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">The Persians and Greeks pay in talents (the game’s </p> +<p style="top:653.0pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">currency unit) to acquire cards, raise armies and </p> +<p style="top:669.5pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">fleets and, for the Persian player, build a pontoon </p> +<p style="top:686.0pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">bridge. See <b><span style="color:#ba3535">5.0</span></b> for details. Depending on the </p> +<p style="top:702.5pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">cards the Persian player acquires in this phase, the </p> +<p style="top:719.0pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">campaign may end immediately.</p> +<p style="top:744.8pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.7pt"><b><span style="color:#84504b">4.3 Operation Phase Overview</span></b></p> +<p style="top:761.8pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">The Persian player and the Greek player each </p> +<p style="top:778.3pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">play a card. If a player does not wish to play a </p> +<p style="top:794.8pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">card, or if they have no cards left, they may pass. </p> +<p style="top:58.7pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">If both players pass in succession (the Persian </p> +<p style="top:75.2pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">player passes and then the Greek player passes, or </p> +<p style="top:91.7pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">vice versa), the Operations Phase ends immedi-</p> +<p style="top:108.1pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">ately, regardless of the number of cards remaining </p> +<p style="top:124.6pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">in their hands. If a player passes, they may play </p> +<p style="top:141.1pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">another card on their next turn (if their opponent </p> +<p style="top:157.6pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">did not pass). The player may also pass again. For </p> +<p style="top:174.1pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">more details, see <b><span style="color:#ba3535">6.0</span></b>.</p> +<p style="top:200.0pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.7pt"><b><span style="color:#84504b">4.4 Supply Phase Overview</span></b></p> +<p style="top:217.0pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">When the Operations Phase is complete, the </p> +<p style="top:233.5pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Persians and Greeks then take turns supplying </p> +<p style="top:250.0pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">their armies. Any army that is out of supplies is </p> +<p style="top:266.5pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">removed from the map. Fleets do not need to be </p> +<p style="top:283.0pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">supplied. If the Greek player has any cards left </p> +<p style="top:299.5pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">in their hand, they may keep up to 4 cards and </p> +<p style="top:316.0pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">discard the rest (if they have less than 4, they may </p> +<p style="top:332.5pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">keep any cards they want). The Persian player </p> +<p style="top:349.0pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">may keep only one card, but in this case they will </p> +<p style="top:365.5pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">receive 10 talents instead of 12 for their next cam-</p> +<p style="top:382.0pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">paign. For more details, see <b><span style="color:#ba3535">8.0</span></b>.</p> +<p style="top:408.0pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.7pt"><b><span style="color:#84504b">4.5 Scoring Phase Overview</span></b></p> +<p style="top:425.1pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Both players count the number of cities they con-</p> +<p style="top:441.6pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">trol or occupy with an army. Remember that the </p> +<p style="top:458.1pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">presence of a fleet in a port does not result in con-</p> +<p style="top:474.6pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">trol of the port city. A player’s control of a Major </p> +<p style="top:491.1pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">city is scored as if it were two cities. Compare the </p> +<p style="top:507.6pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">number of cities controlled and move the marker </p> +<p style="top:524.1pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">on the Total Score Track the number of spaces </p> +<p style="top:540.6pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">equal to the difference, in favor of the player con-</p> +<p style="top:557.1pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">trolling the most cities. The maximum value of the </p> +<p style="top:573.6pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">track is 6 and the marker may not go further than </p> +<p style="top:590.1pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">that. Even a difference of 6 points does not guar-</p> +<p style="top:606.6pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">antee victory. Control of the two opposing Major </p> +<p style="top:623.1pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">cities in this phase results in victory (see <b><span style="color:#ba3535">9.0</span></b>).</p> +<p style="top:644.0pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt"><b><span style="color:#3e4b6f">Scoring example</span></b></p> +<p style="top:660.5pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">If the Greeks control three cities (Athenai, Sparta </p> +<p style="top:677.0pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">and Korinthos) and the Persians control two (Aby-</p> +<p style="top:693.5pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">dos and Ephesus), advance the cumulative score </p> +<p style="top:710.0pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">marker one space in favor of the Greeks. How-</p> +<p style="top:726.5pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">ever, if the Persians occupy Athenai (in addition </p> +<p style="top:743.0pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">to Abydos and Ephesus), the Greeks would con-</p> +<p style="top:759.5pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">trol two cities and the Persians would control four </p> +<p style="top:775.9pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">(Athenai is a Major city), and the marker would be </p> +<p style="top:792.4pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">moved three spaces in favor of the Persians.</p> +</div> +<div id="page6" style="width:629pt;height:893pt;background-image:url('rules06.jpg')"> +<p style="top:847.1pt;left:46.5pt;font-size:13.7pt">6</p> +<p style="top:61.3pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:16.5pt"><b><span style="color:#ba3535">5 Preparation Phase Details</span></b></p> +<p style="top:80.8pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Both players arm themselves for the campaign. The </p> +<p style="top:97.4pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Persian player prepares first, then the Greek player.</p> +<p style="top:123.3pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.7pt"><b><span style="color:#84504b">5.1 Persian Preparation</span></b></p> +<p style="top:140.4pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt"><b>Budget:</b> The Persians have 12 talents for each </p> +<p style="top:156.9pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">campaign. Although it is not necessary to use all </p> +<p style="top:173.4pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">of them, any unspent talents do not go towards </p> +<p style="top:189.9pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">the next campaign’s budget (any unspent talents </p> +<p style="top:206.4pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">are lost).</p> +<p style="top:227.1pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt"><b><i>Exception:</i></b> If the Persian player has a card from </p> +<p style="top:243.6pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">the previous campaign in their hand, the current </p> +<p style="top:260.1pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">campaign budget is reduced to 10 talents.</p> +<p style="top:280.8pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt"><b>Preparation costs: </b>The Persian player can pur-</p> +<p style="top:297.3pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">chase cards and raise armies and fleets by spend-</p> +<p style="top:313.8pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">ing talents. They first choose the number of cards </p> +<p style="top:330.3pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">to purchase (or none if so they desire), draw the </p> +<p style="top:346.8pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">cards and read the effects (see <b><span style="color:#ba3535">5.3</span></b>). Then they </p> +<p style="top:363.3pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">raise armies and fleets, and possibly build a pon-</p> +<p style="top:379.8pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">toon bridge.</p> +<p style="top:416.0pt;left:72.0pt;font-size:11.0pt"><b>Item</b></p> +<p style="top:416.0pt;left:136.5pt;font-size:11.0pt"><b>Talents</b></p> +<p style="top:409.2pt;left:193.5pt;font-size:11.0pt"><b>Max. number per </b></p> +<p style="top:422.7pt;left:190.5pt;font-size:11.0pt"><b>preparation phase</b></p> +<p style="top:440.1pt;left:72.0pt;font-size:11.0pt">Card</p> +<p style="top:440.1pt;left:151.5pt;font-size:11.0pt">1</p> +<p style="top:440.1pt;left:232.5pt;font-size:11.0pt">6</p> +<p style="top:457.3pt;left:70.5pt;font-size:11.0pt">Army</p> +<p style="top:457.3pt;left:151.5pt;font-size:11.0pt">1</p> +<p style="top:457.3pt;left:216.0pt;font-size:11.0pt">no limit</p> +<p style="top:474.8pt;left:72.0pt;font-size:11.0pt">Fleet</p> +<p style="top:474.8pt;left:151.5pt;font-size:11.0pt">2*</p> +<p style="top:474.8pt;left:232.5pt;font-size:11.0pt">2</p> +<p style="top:492.0pt;left:48.0pt;font-size:11.0pt">Pontoon bridge</p> +<p style="top:492.0pt;left:151.5pt;font-size:11.0pt">6</p> +<p style="top:492.0pt;left:234.0pt;font-size:11.0pt">-</p> +<p style="top:522.0pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">* Optional rule: each fleet costs only 1 talent.</p> +<p style="top:547.0pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt"><b>Placement of armies and fleets:</b> Place each army </p> +<p style="top:563.5pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">raised in one of your Major cities or in a city you </p> +<p style="top:580.0pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">control. Place each fleet raised in the port of one </p> +<p style="top:596.5pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">of your Major cities or a city you control. There is </p> +<p style="top:58.7pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">no limit to the number of units that can be placed </p> +<p style="top:75.2pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">in a city or port. If you control a city but its port </p> +<p style="top:91.7pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">contains an enemy fleet, you cannot place a newly </p> +<p style="top:108.1pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">raised fleet in that port. Add the cards you have </p> +<p style="top:124.6pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">purchased to your hand.</p> +<p style="top:145.4pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt"><b>Construction of the pontoon bridge: </b>If you </p> +<p style="top:161.9pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">occupy Abydos, you may build the pontoon bridge. </p> +<p style="top:178.4pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">You pay 6 talents and place the pontoon bridge on </p> +<p style="top:194.9pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">the Hellespont to indicate that the road between </p> +<p style="top:211.4pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Abydos and Pella is open. (Using a base of ships </p> +<p style="top:227.9pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">lashed together, Xerxes constructed two pontoon </p> +<p style="top:244.4pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">bridges on the Hellespont between Abydos in </p> +<p style="top:260.9pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Asia Minor and Sestos in Europe in 480 BCE).</p> +<p style="top:286.8pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.7pt"><b><span style="color:#84504b">5.2 Greek Preparation</span></b></p> +<p style="top:303.9pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Once the Persian player has finished their prepara-</p> +<p style="top:320.4pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">tion phase, it is the Greek player’s turn to prepare.</p> +<p style="top:341.1pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt"><b>Budget: </b>The Greeks have 6 talents for each cam-</p> +<p style="top:357.6pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">paign. Although it is not necessary to use all of </p> +<p style="top:374.1pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">them, any unspent talents do not go towards the </p> +<p style="top:390.6pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">next campaign’s budget (any unspent talents are </p> +<p style="top:407.1pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">lost).</p> +<p style="top:427.8pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt"><b>Preparation costs: </b>The Greek player may pur-</p> +<p style="top:444.3pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">chase cards and raise armies and fleets by spend-</p> +<p style="top:460.8pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">ing talents. They first choose the number of cards </p> +<p style="top:477.3pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">to purchase, draw the cards, and read their effects. </p> +<p style="top:493.8pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Then they raise armies and fleets. The Greeks can-</p> +<p style="top:510.3pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">not build a pontoon bridge.</p> +<p style="top:546.5pt;left:370.5pt;font-size:11.0pt"><b>Item</b></p> +<p style="top:546.5pt;left:414.0pt;font-size:11.0pt"><b>Talents</b></p> +<p style="top:539.7pt;left:471.0pt;font-size:11.0pt"><b>Max. number per </b></p> +<p style="top:553.2pt;left:469.5pt;font-size:11.0pt"><b>preparation phase</b></p> +<p style="top:570.6pt;left:370.5pt;font-size:11.0pt">Card</p> +<p style="top:570.6pt;left:430.5pt;font-size:11.0pt">1</p> +<p style="top:570.6pt;left:511.5pt;font-size:11.0pt">6</p> +<p style="top:587.8pt;left:369.0pt;font-size:11.0pt">Army</p> +<p style="top:587.8pt;left:430.5pt;font-size:11.0pt">1</p> +<p style="top:587.8pt;left:495.0pt;font-size:11.0pt">no limit</p> +<p style="top:605.3pt;left:370.5pt;font-size:11.0pt">Fleet</p> +<p style="top:605.3pt;left:430.5pt;font-size:11.0pt">1</p> +<p style="top:605.3pt;left:511.5pt;font-size:11.0pt">2</p> +<p style="top:708.5pt;left:424.5pt;font-size:10.3pt">When the pontoon bridge is placed </p> +<p style="top:721.2pt;left:424.5pt;font-size:10.3pt">on the Hellespont, the road between </p> +<p style="top:734.0pt;left:424.5pt;font-size:10.3pt">Abydos and Pella is open.</p> +<p style="top:750.9pt;left:424.5pt;font-size:10.3pt">The two cities are not adjacent until </p> +<p style="top:763.7pt;left:424.5pt;font-size:10.3pt">the bridge is in place.</p> +<p style="top:740.3pt;left:220.5pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">Pontoon bridge</span></p> +<p style="top:664.2pt;left:187.5pt;font-size:13.0pt"><b><span style="color:#ffffff">Construction of the pontoon bridge</span></b></p> +</div> +<div id="page7" style="width:629pt;height:893pt;background-image:url('rules07.jpg')"> +<p style="top:847.1pt;left:574.5pt;font-size:13.7pt">7</p> +<p style="top:58.7pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt"><b>Placement of armies and fleets: </b>Place each army </p> +<p style="top:75.2pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">raised in one of your Major cities or in a city you </p> +<p style="top:91.7pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">control. Place each fleet raised in the port of one </p> +<p style="top:108.1pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">of your Major cities or a city you control. There is </p> +<p style="top:124.6pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">no limit to the number of units that can be placed </p> +<p style="top:141.1pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">in a city or port. If you control a city but its port </p> +<p style="top:157.6pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">contains an enemy fleet, you cannot place a newly </p> +<p style="top:174.1pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">raised fleet in that port. Add the cards you have </p> +<p style="top:190.6pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">purchased to your hand.</p> +<p style="top:216.5pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.7pt"><b><span style="color:#84504b">5.3 Termination of the campaign following </span></b></p> +<p style="top:234.5pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.7pt"><b><span style="color:#84504b">the sudden death of the Persian king</span></b></p> +<p style="top:251.5pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">If the Persian player draws the <i>Sudden Death of </i></p> +<p style="top:268.0pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt"><i>the Great King</i> card in step <b>5.1</b>, the campaign </p> +<p style="top:284.5pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">ends immediately. The Persian player discards </p> +<p style="top:301.0pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">all the cards in their hand and the cards in the </p> +<p style="top:317.5pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">draw pile are shuffled with those in the discard </p> +<p style="top:334.0pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">pile to make a new draw pile. The Persians may </p> +<p style="top:350.5pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">not raise an army or fleet and may not build a </p> +<p style="top:367.0pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">pontoon bridge. Also, the Greek player skips their </p> +<p style="top:383.5pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Preparation Phase. Proceed immediately to the </p> +<p style="top:400.0pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">next campaign. There is no scoring for this round </p> +<p style="top:416.5pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">(however, if the Persian king dies suddenly due to </p> +<p style="top:433.0pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">the <i>Pacification of Babylon or Egypt</i> card, the Sup-</p> +<p style="top:449.5pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">ply and Scoring Phases are completed). The game </p> +<p style="top:466.2pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">ends if this is the fifth campaign.</p> +<p style="top:486.9pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">The <i>Sudden Death of the Great King</i> card can occur </p> +<p style="top:503.4pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">a maximum of two times during the game. The </p> +<p style="top:519.9pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">first time, Darius dies suddenly of illness. Place </p> +<p style="top:536.4pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">a Persian army cube on the Darius image on the </p> +<p style="top:552.9pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">board to indicate that this event has occurred. The </p> +<p style="top:569.4pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">second time, Xerxes is assassinated. Place a Per-</p> +<p style="top:585.9pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">sian army cube on the Xerxes image of the board. </p> +<p style="top:602.4pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">The <i>Sudden Death</i> event cannot occur again. If the </p> +<p style="top:618.9pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Persian player draws the <i>Sudden Death </i>card again, </p> +<p style="top:635.4pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">the event does not occur and the Persians may use </p> +<p style="top:651.9pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">the card for movement (<b>6.3</b>).</p> +<p style="top:672.6pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">The Persian army to be placed on the Darius or </p> +<p style="top:689.1pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Xerxes image is to be taken from among those in </p> +<p style="top:705.6pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">reserve. If all armies have been raised, the Persian </p> +<p style="top:722.1pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">player chooses which army to remove from the map.</p> +<p style="top:748.0pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.7pt"><b><span style="color:#84504b">5.4 Draw pile</span></b></p> +<p style="top:765.2pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">When the draw pile is empty, shuffle the cards </p> +<p style="top:781.7pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">from the discard pile to make a new draw pile. If </p> +<p style="top:798.2pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">the draw pile is used up and there are no cards in </p> +<p style="top:58.7pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">the discard pile, you cannot purchase new cards, </p> +<p style="top:75.2pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">even if you still have talents available.</p> +<p style="top:110.7pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:16.5pt"><b><span style="color:#ba3535">6 Operations Phase</span></b></p> +<p style="top:130.2pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">The Operations Phase is the main phase of play. </p> +<p style="top:146.7pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">During this phase, both players move their armies </p> +<p style="top:163.2pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">and fleets, attack the opponent’s armies and fleets, </p> +<p style="top:179.7pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">and capture enemy cities. They also use the events </p> +<p style="top:196.2pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">on their cards to create tactically advantageous </p> +<p style="top:212.7pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">situations.</p> +<p style="top:238.6pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.7pt"><b><span style="color:#84504b">6.1 Operations Phase Procedure</span></b></p> +<p style="top:255.8pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">First, the Persian player decides whether they will </p> +<p style="top:272.3pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">play a card from their hand or pass. If they play a </p> +<p style="top:288.8pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">card, they decide whether they will carry out the </p> +<p style="top:305.3pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">event described on the card or ignore it to make </p> +<p style="top:321.8pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">a movement with their forces (see <b>6.3 </b>for more </p> +<p style="top:338.3pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">details).</p> +<p style="top:359.0pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Once this is done, it is the Greek player’s turn to </p> +<p style="top:375.5pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">play a card from their hand to carry out an event </p> +<p style="top:392.0pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">or make a movement or pass. Until the Persian </p> +<p style="top:408.5pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">player plays the<i> Carneia Festival</i> event card, the </p> +<p style="top:425.0pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Greek player may carry out Sparta-based events.</p> +<p style="top:445.7pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Playing a Lightning card to counter an operation </p> +<p style="top:462.2pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt"><i>(Miltiades</i>, <i>300 Spartans</i>, <i>The Immortals</i>, <i>Artemisia</i>, </p> +<p style="top:478.8pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt"><i>Themistocles</i>, <i>Pausanias</i>) or an opponent’s event </p> +<p style="top:495.3pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">(<i>Molon Labe</i>) does not cause the player to lose </p> +<p style="top:511.8pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">their turn.</p> +<p style="top:532.5pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt"><b>If both players pass successively:</b> The Opera-</p> +<p style="top:549.0pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">tions Phase ends and the Supply Phase begins.</p> +<p style="top:569.7pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt"><b>Passing:</b> If a player has no cards in their hand </p> +<p style="top:586.2pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">they must pass. If both players have no cards left </p> +<p style="top:602.7pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">in their hands, the Operations Phase ends.</p> +<p style="top:623.5pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt"><b>Playing after passing: </b>If your opponent does not </p> +<p style="top:640.0pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">pass after you pass, it is your turn again. You can </p> +<p style="top:656.5pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">pass again or play a card.</p> +<p style="top:678.2pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.7pt"><b><span style="color:#84504b">6.2 Playing an Event</span></b></p> +<p style="top:699.5pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Follow the instructions on the card. The effects </p> +<p style="top:716.0pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">of the events are different for the Greeks and the </p> +<p style="top:732.5pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Persians. Some events occur only once or twice </p> +<p style="top:749.0pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">during the game. If an event can no longer occur, </p> +<p style="top:765.5pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">you can use the card to move. Unlimited events </p> +<p style="top:781.9pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">may occur several times during the game. Place </p> +<p style="top:798.4pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">the played card face up on the discard pile.</p> +</div> +<div id="page8" style="width:629pt;height:893pt;background-image:url('rules08.jpg')"> +<p style="top:847.1pt;left:45.0pt;font-size:13.7pt">8</p> +<p style="top:58.7pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt"><b><i>Miltiades</i></b>, <b><i>Themistocles</i></b>, <b><i>Leonidas</i></b><b>: </b>Each of these </p> +<p style="top:75.2pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">cards can be used for the leader’s event only once </p> +<p style="top:91.7pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">during the game (the leader then dies or is ban-</p> +<p style="top:108.1pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">ished for various reasons). Once the Greek player </p> +<p style="top:124.6pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">plays the event, place an unused Greek Army cube </p> +<p style="top:141.1pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">on the corresponding leader’s image. If all the </p> +<p style="top:157.6pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Greek armies are on the map, the Greek player </p> +<p style="top:174.1pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">removes one of them and places it on the image.</p> +<p style="top:194.9pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt"><b><i>Artemisia</i></b><b>: </b>The <i>Artemisia</i> card can be used for this </p> +<p style="top:211.4pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">event (flight of the Persian forces) only once dur-</p> +<p style="top:227.9pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">ing the game. When this card has been played by </p> +<p style="top:244.4pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">the Greek player, remove and place a Persian fleet </p> +<p style="top:260.9pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">disk on the Artemisia image.</p> +<p style="top:286.8pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.7pt"><b><span style="color:#84504b">6.3 Movement</span></b></p> +<p style="top:303.9pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">You may skip the event described on the card and </p> +<p style="top:320.4pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">instead move a group of armies or fleets. Using </p> +<p style="top:336.9pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">a card for movement means that the event on </p> +<p style="top:353.4pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">the card has not occurred. Discard the card face </p> +<p style="top:369.9pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">up after playing it. You can perform one of two </p> +<p style="top:386.4pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">actions during movement.</p> +<p style="top:407.1pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">1. <b>Land Movement:</b> Choose a city occupied by </p> +<p style="top:423.6pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">your armies and move one or more of the occupy-</p> +<p style="top:440.1pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">ing armies along a road (<b>6.4</b>).</p> +<p style="top:460.8pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">2. <b>Naval Movement:</b> Choose a port where your </p> +<p style="top:477.3pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">fleets are based and move one or more of the fleets </p> +<p style="top:493.8pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">from there to the port of your choice (<b>6.5</b>).</p> +<p style="top:519.8pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.7pt"><b><span style="color:#84504b">6.4 Land Movement</span></b></p> +<p style="top:536.8pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">If you decide to move your armies, choose a city </p> +<p style="top:553.3pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">occupied by one or more of your armies. You can </p> +<p style="top:569.8pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">move the armies from that place (one or all of </p> +<p style="top:586.3pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">them) along a road.</p> +<p style="top:607.0pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt"><b>Movement Distance: </b>You may move armies any-</p> +<p style="top:623.5pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">where along the road during a movement, but you </p> +<p style="top:640.0pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">must respect the following restrictions.</p> +<p style="top:660.9pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">• Armies on the move travel together. You cannot </p> +<p style="top:677.4pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">leave an army on the way or pick up an army that </p> +<p style="top:693.9pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">was not in the city where the movement started. </p> +<p style="top:710.4pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">You do not have to leave an army in the starting city.</p> +<p style="top:731.1pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">• When armies enter a city occupied by an enemy </p> +<p style="top:747.6pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">army, they must stop. In addition, they immedi-</p> +<p style="top:764.1pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">ately engage in a land battle (<b>7.1</b>). If the city has </p> +<p style="top:780.6pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">only enemy fleets in port and if you control the </p> +<p style="top:797.1pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">city, your armies do not have to stop. Your armies </p> +<p style="top:58.7pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">may stop or pass cities occupied by your own </p> +<p style="top:75.2pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">armies or under your control. There is no limit to </p> +<p style="top:91.7pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">the number of armies that can occupy a city. Your </p> +<p style="top:108.1pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">armies must stop when they enter a city that does </p> +<p style="top:124.6pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">not contain any armies (from either side) and that </p> +<p style="top:141.1pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">you do not control.</p> +<p style="top:161.9pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">• There is no permanent road between Abydos </p> +<p style="top:178.4pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">and Pella. Unless the pontoon bridge has been </p> +<p style="top:194.9pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">built, no armies may use this road.</p> +<p style="top:220.8pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.7pt"><b><span style="color:#84504b">6.5 Naval Movement</span></b></p> +<p style="top:237.9pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">If you decide to move your fleets, choose a port </p> +<p style="top:254.4pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">where your fleets are based. You can move fleets from </p> +<p style="top:270.9pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">there (one or all of them) to the port of your choice. </p> +<p style="top:287.4pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Unlike armies, fleets do not move along roads.</p> +<p style="top:308.1pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt"><b>Movement Restrictions: </b>All fleets on the move </p> +<p style="top:324.6pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">travel together. If several fleets move simultane-</p> +<p style="top:341.1pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">ously, then all of them must move towards the </p> +<p style="top:357.6pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">same port. A naval battle takes place if the des-</p> +<p style="top:374.1pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">tination port is occupied by an enemy fleet (<b>7.2</b>). </p> +<p style="top:390.6pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">No battle takes place between fleets and armies </p> +<p style="top:407.1pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">even if enemy armies occupy the port city.</p> +<p style="top:427.8pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt"><b>Transporting Armies: </b>If your armies are in a port </p> +<p style="top:444.3pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">city, each fleet there can carry one army. However, </p> +<p style="top:460.8pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">a maximum of three armies can be transported </p> +<p style="top:477.3pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">regardless of the number of fleets you have (even if </p> +<p style="top:493.8pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">you move four or more fleets, a maximum of three </p> +<p style="top:510.3pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">armies from that city can be transported). If there </p> +<p style="top:527.0pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">are no enemy fleets in the destination port, imme-</p> +<p style="top:543.5pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">diately place the transported armies in the city. If </p> +<p style="top:560.0pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">the city is occupied by enemy armies a land battle </p> +<p style="top:576.5pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">must occur (<b>7.1</b>). If the destination port is occupied </p> +<p style="top:593.0pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">by enemy fleets, resolve the naval battle first, then </p> +<p style="top:609.5pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">land the armies carried by the surviving fleets in </p> +<p style="top:626.0pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">the city. If enemy armies occupy the city, you must </p> +<p style="top:642.5pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">then resolve the land battle. In any case, transported </p> +<p style="top:659.0pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">armies must stop their move where they landed.</p> +<p style="top:694.5pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:16.5pt"><b><span style="color:#ba3535">7 Combat</span></b></p> +<p style="top:714.0pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">There are two types of battles: land battles between </p> +<p style="top:730.5pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">armies and naval battles between fleets. Armies </p> +<p style="top:747.0pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">and fleets never fight each other. If your armies </p> +<p style="top:763.5pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">enter a city occupied by enemy armies as a result of </p> +<p style="top:780.0pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">land or naval movement, a land battle takes place. </p> +<p style="top:796.5pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">If you move your fleets into a port with enemy </p> +</div> +<div id="page9" style="width:629pt;height:893pt;background-image:url('rules09.jpg')"> +<p style="top:847.1pt;left:574.5pt;font-size:13.7pt">9</p> +<p style="top:474.9pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">fleets, a naval battle takes place. The moving player </p> +<p style="top:491.4pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">is the attacker and the player occupying the city or </p> +<p style="top:507.9pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">port where the battle takes place is the defender.</p> +<p style="top:533.8pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.7pt"><b><span style="color:#84504b">7.1 Land Battles</span></b></p> +<p style="top:551.0pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">A land battle consists of several rounds until there </p> +<p style="top:567.5pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">is a winner. In each round, players roll the dice </p> +<p style="top:584.0pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">(step 1) and determine the winner of the round </p> +<p style="top:600.5pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">(step 2). When step 2 is completed, a new round </p> +<p style="top:617.0pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">begins by rolling the dice again.</p> +<p style="top:637.7pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt"><b>Rolling the dice: </b>Each player rolls as many dice </p> +<p style="top:654.2pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">as the number of their armies engaged in the land </p> +<p style="top:670.7pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">battle. Even if they have more than three armies </p> +<p style="top:687.2pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">involved, they can only roll a maximum of three dice.</p> +<p style="top:707.8pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt"><b>Dice results: </b>The winner of the round is the </p> +<p style="top:724.3pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">player who rolled the highest single die. If a player </p> +<p style="top:740.8pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">rolls two or three dice, they use only one result to </p> +<p style="top:757.3pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">determine victory. Also, a roll of 4 or more by the </p> +<p style="top:773.8pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Persian player is worth only 4, because the Per-</p> +<p style="top:790.3pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">sians’ combat capabilities are inferior to those of </p> +<p style="top:474.9pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">the Greeks, who favored heavily-armed foot sol-</p> +<p style="top:491.4pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">diers (hoplites).</p> +<p style="top:512.1pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt"><b><i>Exception:</i></b><b> </b>At Ephesus or Abydos, for the Per-</p> +<p style="top:528.6pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">sians (whether attacking or defending, on land or </p> +<p style="top:545.1pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">sea; see <b>7.2</b> for naval battles) any Persian die roll </p> +<p style="top:561.6pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">of 5 or more is a 5. In other words, the Persians </p> +<p style="top:578.1pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">fought better in Asia than elsewhere.</p> +<p style="top:599.0pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt"><b>Winner of the round: </b>The player with the high-</p> +<p style="top:615.5pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">est score wins the round. The loser eliminates and </p> +<p style="top:632.0pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">removes one army; it can be raised again during </p> +<p style="top:648.5pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">the next campaign. If the results are equal, each </p> +<p style="top:665.0pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">player removes one of their armies.</p> +<p style="top:685.7pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt"><b>End of a land battle: </b>A land battle ends when all </p> +<p style="top:702.2pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">the armies of one or both sides are eliminated. It </p> +<p style="top:718.7pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">also ends after a retreat (<b>7.1</b>).</p> +<p style="top:739.3pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt"><b>Retreat:</b> After determining the winner of a round, </p> +<p style="top:755.8pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">the attacker and then the defender may decide </p> +<p style="top:772.3pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">to retreat. If the attacker retreats, their armies </p> +<p style="top:788.8pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">return to the adjacent city from which they came. </p> +<p style="top:64.8pt;left:442.5pt;font-size:13.0pt"><b><span style="color:#ffffff">Example of land movement</span></b></p> +<p style="top:381.5pt;left:378.0pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">1. The three Persian </span></p> +<p style="top:394.2pt;left:378.0pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">armies from Ephesus </span></p> +<p style="top:407.0pt;left:378.0pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">begin a movement.</span></p> +<p style="top:260.7pt;left:364.5pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">2. They go first to Abydos. They </span></p> +<p style="top:273.5pt;left:364.5pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">can pass through without stop-</span></p> +<p style="top:286.2pt;left:364.5pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">ping because the city is under </span></p> +<p style="top:299.0pt;left:364.5pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">Persian control. The enemy fleet </span></p> +<p style="top:311.7pt;left:364.5pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">does not interfere with the move-</span></p> +<p style="top:324.5pt;left:364.5pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">ment of the army.</span></p> +<p style="top:363.6pt;left:112.5pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">6. They must stop at Delphi because an </span></p> +<p style="top:376.4pt;left:112.5pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">enemy army is there and will fight if they </span></p> +<p style="top:389.1pt;left:112.5pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">enter. They must also stop at Thebai if they </span></p> +<p style="top:401.8pt;left:112.5pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">decide to go that direction, even if there </span></p> +<p style="top:414.6pt;left:112.5pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">is no enemy army, because the city is not </span></p> +<p style="top:427.3pt;left:112.5pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">under Persian control.</span></p> +<p style="top:122.6pt;left:315.0pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">3. They can cross to Pella </span></p> +<p style="top:135.3pt;left:315.0pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">via the pontoon bridge.</span></p> +<p style="top:69.4pt;left:37.5pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">4. They can continue without </span></p> +<p style="top:82.2pt;left:37.5pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">stopping in Pella because a </span></p> +<p style="top:94.9pt;left:37.5pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">Persian army occupies it.</span></p> +<p style="top:182.7pt;left:118.5pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">5. Likewise, they can continue </span></p> +<p style="top:195.5pt;left:118.5pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">without stopping at Larissa.</span></p> +</div> +<div id="page10" style="width:629pt;height:893pt;background-image:url('rules10.jpg')"> +<p style="top:847.1pt;left:42.0pt;font-size:13.7pt">10</p> +<p style="top:454.7pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">If the armies were transported by fleets (<b>6.5</b>), they </p> +<p style="top:471.2pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">return to the port city where they embarked.</p> +<p style="top:491.8pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">If the defender retreats, their armies travel by road </p> +<p style="top:508.3pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">to an adjacent city they control. The defender </p> +<p style="top:524.8pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">may not retreat to a city that neither side con-</p> +<p style="top:541.3pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">trols. Alternatively, if the port is harboring the </p> +<p style="top:557.8pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">defender’s fleets, the retreating armies may board </p> +<p style="top:574.3pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">the fleets to travel to a port city controlled by the </p> +<p style="top:590.8pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">defender. However, it must be possible for all </p> +<p style="top:607.3pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">retreating armies to be carried by the defender’s </p> +<p style="top:623.8pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">fleets and all the fleets must leave together, includ-</p> +<p style="top:640.3pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">ing those carrying no armies. If there are fewer </p> +<p style="top:656.8pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">fleets than armies, a naval retreat is not possible.</p> +<p style="top:677.7pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">If the defender cannot retreat, then continue the </p> +<p style="top:694.2pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">battle until all the armies of one or both sides are </p> +<p style="top:710.7pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">eliminated.</p> +<p style="top:731.4pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt"><b>Destruction of the pontoon bridge: </b>Following </p> +<p style="top:747.9pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">a land battle, if the Greeks gain control of Aby-</p> +<p style="top:764.4pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">dos, they may immediately destroy the pontoon </p> +<p style="top:780.9pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">bridge. If the Persians regain control of Abydos, </p> +<p style="top:797.4pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">they may rebuild the bridge.</p> +<p style="top:454.7pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.7pt"><b><span style="color:#84504b">7.2 Naval battles</span></b></p> +<p style="top:471.8pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Like land battles, a naval battle takes place in several </p> +<p style="top:488.3pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">rounds until there is a winner. In each round, play-</p> +<p style="top:504.8pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">ers roll the dice (step 1) and determine the winner </p> +<p style="top:521.3pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">of the round (step 2). When the round (step 2) is </p> +<p style="top:537.8pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">over, a new round begins by rolling the dice again.</p> +<p style="top:558.5pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt"><b>Rolling the dice: </b>Each player rolls as many dice as </p> +<p style="top:575.0pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">the number of their fleets engaged in the naval bat-</p> +<p style="top:591.5pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">tle. Even if they have more than three fleets involved, </p> +<p style="top:608.0pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">they can only roll a maximum of three dice.</p> +<p style="top:628.7pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt"><b>Dice results: </b>The winner of the round is the </p> +<p style="top:645.2pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">player who rolled the highest single die. If a player </p> +<p style="top:661.7pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">rolls two or three dice, they use only one result to </p> +<p style="top:678.2pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">determine victory. Also, a roll of 4 or more by the </p> +<p style="top:694.7pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Persian player is worth only 4, because the Greeks </p> +<p style="top:711.2pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">used powerful triremes while the Persians used </p> +<p style="top:727.7pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">mainly the Phoenician navy, whose combat capa-</p> +<p style="top:744.2pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">bilities were inferior.</p> +<p style="top:765.0pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt"><b><i>Exception:</i></b><b> </b>Since the Persians fought better in </p> +<p style="top:781.5pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Asia, any Persian die roll of 5 or more counts as </p> +<p style="top:798.0pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">a 5 (see <b>7.1</b>).</p> +<p style="top:60.8pt;left:433.5pt;font-size:13.0pt"><b><span style="color:#ffffff">Example of naval movement</span></b></p> +<p style="top:398.4pt;left:261.0pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">3. If the Persian fleet was not there, the Greek </span></p> +<p style="top:411.2pt;left:261.0pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">armies could land without a naval battle.</span></p> +<p style="top:266.3pt;left:396.0pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">2. A naval battle takes place because </span></p> +<p style="top:279.0pt;left:396.0pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">there is a Persian fleet at Eretria. If </span></p> +<p style="top:291.8pt;left:396.0pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">the Greeks win the battle, they will </span></p> +<p style="top:304.5pt;left:396.0pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">be able to disembark the armies they </span></p> +<p style="top:317.3pt;left:396.0pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">are carrying at Eretria.</span></p> +<p style="top:195.1pt;left:36.0pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">1. The Greeks decide to sail </span></p> +<p style="top:207.9pt;left:36.0pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">to Eretria from Thebai. The </span></p> +<p style="top:220.5pt;left:36.0pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">Greek fleets carry two of the </span></p> +<p style="top:233.3pt;left:36.0pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">three armies from Thebai.</span></p> +<p style="top:72.0pt;left:235.5pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">The Persians decide to sail to Aby-</span></p> +<p style="top:84.8pt;left:235.5pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">dos with their fleet based in Pella. </span></p> +<p style="top:97.5pt;left:235.5pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">They embark and transport their </span></p> +<p style="top:110.3pt;left:235.5pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">army from Pella. Since there is no </span></p> +<p style="top:123.0pt;left:235.5pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">enemy fleet in the port of Abydos, </span></p> +<p style="top:135.8pt;left:235.5pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">the army disembarks immediately </span></p> +<p style="top:148.5pt;left:235.5pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">in the city.</span></p> +</div> +<div id="page11" style="width:629pt;height:893pt;background-image:url('rules11.jpg')"> +<p style="top:847.1pt;left:571.5pt;font-size:13.7pt">11</p> +<p style="top:363.5pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt"><b>Winner of the round: </b>The player with the </p> +<p style="top:380.0pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">higher score wins the round. The loser eliminates </p> +<p style="top:396.5pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">and withdraws a fleet; they can raise it again for </p> +<p style="top:413.0pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">the next campaign. If the results are equal, each </p> +<p style="top:429.5pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">player eliminates one of their fleets. If the elim-</p> +<p style="top:446.0pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">inated fleet was carrying an army, that army is </p> +<p style="top:462.5pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">also eliminated. When there is a combination of </p> +<p style="top:479.0pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">fleets transporting armies and fleets not trans-</p> +<p style="top:495.5pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">porting armies, remove a fleet not tranporting an </p> +<p style="top:512.0pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">army.</p> +<p style="top:532.8pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt"><b>End of a naval battle:</b> A naval battle ends when </p> +<p style="top:549.3pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">all the fleets of one or both sides are eliminated. It </p> +<p style="top:565.8pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">also ends after a retreat (<b>7.2</b>).</p> +<p style="top:586.5pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt"><b>Retreat: </b>After determining the winner of a round, </p> +<p style="top:603.0pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">the attacker and then the defender may decide to </p> +<p style="top:619.5pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">retreat. If the attacker retreats, their fleets return </p> +<p style="top:636.0pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">to the port where they initiated their movement. </p> +<p style="top:652.5pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">If the attacker’s fleets are carrying armies, the </p> +<p style="top:669.0pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">armies disembark in the city of the port. If the </p> +<p style="top:685.5pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">defender retreats, their fleets retreat to any port </p> +<p style="top:702.0pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">city under their control. Unlike retreating from </p> +<p style="top:718.5pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">a land battle, the defender’s fleets cannot retreat </p> +<p style="top:735.0pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">carrying armies.</p> +<p style="top:755.7pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">If the defender cannot retreat, then continue the </p> +<p style="top:772.2pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">battle until all the fleets of one or both sides are </p> +<p style="top:788.7pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">eliminated.</p> +<p style="top:366.1pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:16.5pt"><b><span style="color:#ba3535">8 Supply Phase</span></b></p> +<p style="top:385.7pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">When the Operations Phase ends, the Supply </p> +<p style="top:402.2pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Phase begins. The Persians supply first, then it is </p> +<p style="top:418.7pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">the Greeks’ turn to supply. The same procedure </p> +<p style="top:435.2pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">applies to both sides.</p> +<p style="top:461.1pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.7pt"><b><span style="color:#84504b">8.1 Cards in hand</span></b></p> +<p style="top:478.2pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">The Persian player discards all cards remaining in </p> +<p style="top:494.7pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">their hand (these are placed with the other cards </p> +<p style="top:511.2pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">on the discard pile). However, the Persian player </p> +<p style="top:527.7pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">may decide to keep one card for the next cam-</p> +<p style="top:544.2pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">paign. In this case, the budget for the next Persian </p> +<p style="top:560.7pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">campaign will be 10 talents instead of 12.</p> +<p style="top:581.4pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">The Greek player may keep up to 4 cards. If they </p> +<p style="top:597.9pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">have 5 or more cards in their hand, they keep a </p> +<p style="top:614.4pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">maximum of 4 cards and discard the rest.</p> +<p style="top:636.2pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.7pt"><b><span style="color:#84504b">8.2 Attrition of forces</span></b></p> +<p style="top:657.5pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Military attrition is assessed in two stages: supply </p> +<p style="top:674.0pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">capabilities, and then the lines of communication.</p> +<p style="top:694.7pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt"><b>Persian army:</b> The Persian player may have as </p> +<p style="top:711.2pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">many armies as they want in Ephesus and ­Abydos; </p> +<p style="top:727.7pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">their supply is assured by the Persian Royal Road </p> +<p style="top:744.2pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">that crosses the empire. The Persian player counts </p> +<p style="top:760.7pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">the number of amphorae in the cities under Per-</p> +<p style="top:777.3pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">sian control, except for Major cities in Persia (i.e. </p> +<p style="top:793.8pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Ephesus and Abydos). If the number of Persian </p> +<p style="top:61.2pt;left:502.5pt;font-size:13.0pt"><b><span style="color:#ffffff">Combat example</span></b></p> +<p style="top:283.2pt;left:534.0pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">(In Ephesos)</span></p> +<p style="top:209.4pt;left:39.0pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">3. The Greeks decide to retreat. They return to their port of embarka-</span></p> +<p style="top:222.1pt;left:39.0pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">tion and the transported army disembarks in Thebai.</span></p> +<p style="top:151.5pt;left:39.0pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">2. Since there is no longer an enemy fleet, the two Greek armies land in </span></p> +<p style="top:164.3pt;left:39.0pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">Eretria and confront the Persian army there. The players roll the dice. </span></p> +<p style="top:177.0pt;left:39.0pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">The Greeks roll 2 and 3, and the Persians roll 4, which means a Persian </span></p> +<p style="top:189.8pt;left:39.0pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">victory for this round. One Greek army is removed.</span></p> +<p style="top:67.9pt;left:39.0pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">1. This example follows on from the example of naval movement above. </span></p> +<p style="top:80.7pt;left:39.0pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">The naval battle is resolved first. Since there are three Greek fleets, the </span></p> +<p style="top:93.4pt;left:39.0pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">Greek player rolls three dice. The results are 2, 3 and 4. The Persian </span></p> +<p style="top:106.2pt;left:39.0pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">player rolls only one die with a result of 5, but the maximum result </span></p> +<p style="top:118.9pt;left:39.0pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">allowed is 4. The highest result for both players is 4, so each side loses </span></p> +<p style="top:131.7pt;left:39.0pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">1 fleet (the Greek fleet not carrying an army is removed).</span></p> +<p style="top:256.4pt;left:292.5pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">3</span></p> +<p style="top:297.6pt;left:436.5pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">2</span></p> +<p style="top:301.8pt;left:486.0pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">1</span></p> +</div> +<div id="page12" style="width:629pt;height:893pt;background-image:url('rules12.jpg')"> +<p style="top:847.1pt;left:43.5pt;font-size:13.7pt">12</p> +<p style="top:58.7pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">armies on the map (not including those in Per-</p> +<p style="top:75.2pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">sian Major cities) exceeds this number, any excess </p> +<p style="top:91.7pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">armies are removed. The Persian player chooses </p> +<p style="top:108.1pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">which armies to remove.</p> +<p style="top:128.9pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt"><b>Greek army: </b>The Greek player counts the number </p> +<p style="top:145.4pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">of amphorae in the cities they control. If the num-</p> +<p style="top:161.9pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">ber of Greek-controlled armies on the map exceeds </p> +<p style="top:178.4pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">this number, any excess armies are removed. The </p> +<p style="top:194.9pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Greek player chooses which armies to remove.</p> +<p style="top:215.5pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt"><b>Lines of communication: </b>Next, check to see if </p> +<p style="top:232.0pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">your armies have a line of communication with </p> +<p style="top:248.5pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">one of your Major cities. If you can draw a line </p> +<p style="top:265.0pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">from your armies’ city to one of your Major cities </p> +<p style="top:281.5pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">without going through enemy controlled cities, </p> +<p style="top:298.0pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">your city has a line of communication. The line </p> +<p style="top:314.5pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">can pass through cities that neither side controls. </p> +<p style="top:331.0pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">If the city does not have a line of communication, </p> +<p style="top:347.5pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">remove all armies present unless you meet the fol-</p> +<p style="top:364.0pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">lowing condition (<b>8.2</b>).</p> +<p style="top:384.9pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt"><b>Maritime connection: </b>If a city containing your </p> +<p style="top:401.4pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">armies does not have a line of communication </p> +<p style="top:417.9pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">with one of your Major cities, those armies are not </p> +<p style="top:434.4pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">removed if its port is home to one of your fleets </p> +<p style="top:450.9pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">(thus supply is provided by sea). You do not need to </p> +<p style="top:58.7pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">have fleets in the ports of Major cities. A fleet only </p> +<p style="top:75.2pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">needs to be present in the port of a city that has its </p> +<p style="top:91.7pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">communication line cut off. However, the presence </p> +<p style="top:108.1pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">of enemy fleets in the ports of your Major cities </p> +<p style="top:124.6pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">prevents you from using this maritime supply.</p> +<p style="top:160.2pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:16.5pt"><b><span style="color:#ba3535">9 Scoring Phase</span></b></p> +<p style="top:179.7pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">After completing the Supply Phase, proceed to </p> +<p style="top:196.2pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">the Scoring Phase. Each controlled city scores 1 </p> +<p style="top:212.7pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">point for its side, or 2 if it is a Major city. Calcu- </p> +<p style="top:229.2pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">late the points difference and add it to the total </p> +<p style="top:245.7pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">score by advancing the marker in favor of the side </p> +<p style="top:262.2pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">that scored the most points.</p> +<p style="top:282.9pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt"><b>Automatic victory: </b>A side that has lost both of </p> +<p style="top:299.4pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">its Major cities to control by the enemy in the </p> +<p style="top:315.9pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Scoring Phase loses the game regardless of the </p> +<p style="top:332.4pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">current total score.</p> +<p style="top:368.1pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:16.5pt"><b><span style="color:#ba3535">10 Victory conditions</span></b></p> +<p style="top:387.6pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">The game ends if a player achieves an automatic </p> +<p style="top:404.1pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">victory, or when 5 campaigns have been com-</p> +<p style="top:420.6pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">pleted and the player with the score advantage </p> +<p style="top:437.1pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">wins the game. A score of 0 indicates a tie.</p> +<p style="top:485.8pt;left:493.5pt;font-size:13.0pt"><b><span style="color:#ffffff">Example of supply</span></b></p> +<p style="top:525.2pt;left:244.5pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">3. The Persians verify their line of </span></p> +<p style="top:537.9pt;left:244.5pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">communication. Since Larissa is not </span></p> +<p style="top:550.7pt;left:244.5pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">controlled by either side, the line of </span></p> +<p style="top:563.4pt;left:244.5pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">communication can pass through it. </span></p> +<p style="top:576.2pt;left:244.5pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">Delphi - Larissa - Pella - pontoon </span></p> +<p style="top:588.9pt;left:244.5pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">bridge - Abydos forms the line of </span></p> +<p style="top:601.7pt;left:244.5pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">communication. If the pontoon </span></p> +<p style="top:614.4pt;left:244.5pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">bridge was not present, the line would </span></p> +<p style="top:627.2pt;left:244.5pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">be broken and the two armies of Del-</span></p> +<p style="top:639.8pt;left:244.5pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">phi would be removed. If a fleet was </span></p> +<p style="top:652.5pt;left:244.5pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">present at Pella, the army there would </span></p> +<p style="top:665.3pt;left:244.5pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">still be in supply.</span></p> +<p style="top:603.6pt;left:100.5pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">2. The Greeks have three </span></p> +<p style="top:616.3pt;left:100.5pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">armies and the total number </span></p> +<p style="top:629.1pt;left:100.5pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">of amphorae in Thebai and </span></p> +<p style="top:641.8pt;left:100.5pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">Athenai is three, so no </span></p> +<p style="top:654.6pt;left:100.5pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">armies are removed.</span></p> +<p style="top:699.9pt;left:363.0pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">1. The Persians control, in addition to their Major </span></p> +<p style="top:712.7pt;left:363.0pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">cities, three cities and the total number of ampho-</span></p> +<p style="top:725.4pt;left:363.0pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">rae is three. They have four armies in these cities, so </span></p> +<p style="top:738.2pt;left:363.0pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">one of them must be removed. The fleet that was </span></p> +<p style="top:750.9pt;left:363.0pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">in Eretria has been eliminated, so the line of com-</span></p> +<p style="top:763.7pt;left:363.0pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">munication is cut. The Persians therefore decide to </span></p> +<p style="top:776.4pt;left:363.0pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">remove their army from Eretria.</span></p> +<p style="top:754.8pt;left:61.5pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">3</span></p> +<p style="top:715.8pt;left:117.0pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">2</span></p> +<p style="top:718.7pt;left:277.5pt;font-size:10.3pt"><span style="color:#ffffff">1</span></p> +</div> +<div id="page13" style="width:629pt;height:893pt;background-image:url('rules13.jpg')"> +<p style="top:847.1pt;left:571.5pt;font-size:13.7pt">13</p> +<p style="top:61.3pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:16.5pt"><b><span style="color:#ba3535">Explanation of the cards</span></b></p> +<p style="top:80.8pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Here are the explanations of the people and </p> +<p style="top:97.4pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">events described on the cards of the game.</p> +<p style="top:123.3pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.7pt"><b>#01: </b><b><span style="color:#ba3535">Mines of Laurion</span></b></p> +<p style="top:140.4pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">After the Battle of Marathon (490 BCE), the </p> +<p style="top:156.9pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Laurion silver mines began to be exploited (run </p> +<p style="top:173.4pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">by slave labor) and <b>Themistocles</b> used the reve-</p> +<p style="top:189.9pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">nue to build the Athenian war fleet. This enabled </p> +<p style="top:206.4pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">the victory of Salamis in 480 BCE.</p> +<p style="top:232.2pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.7pt"><b>#01: </b><b><span style="color:#3e4b6f">Cavalry of Mardonius</span></b></p> +<p style="top:249.3pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Although the Persian army had a powerful ca­valry </p> +<p style="top:265.8pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">force, it could not operate effectively due to the </p> +<p style="top:282.3pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">constraints of the terrain. <b>Mardonius</b> inflicted </p> +<p style="top:298.8pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">severe losses on the Athenian and Spartan allies at </p> +<p style="top:315.3pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">the beginning of the Battle of Plataea (479 BCE), </p> +<p style="top:331.8pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">but the pursuit was abruptly halted and he was </p> +<p style="top:348.3pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">defeated there by the Spartan general <b>Pausanias</b>.</p> +<p style="top:374.3pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.7pt"><b>#02: </b><b><span style="color:#ba3535">Ionian Revolt</span></b></p> +<p style="top:391.3pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">This was the beginning of the Greco-Persian </p> +<p style="top:407.8pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Wars. The Ionian Revolt was supported by Ath-</p> +<p style="top:424.3pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">ens and Eretria, and <b>Darius I (the Great)</b> decided </p> +<p style="top:440.8pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">to mount a punitive campaign against Greece.</p> +<p style="top:466.8pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.7pt"><b>#02, 03, 13: </b><b><span style="color:#3e4b6f">Tribute of Earth and Water</span></b></p> +<p style="top:483.9pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">The Persians demanded unconditional surrender </p> +<p style="top:500.4pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">from a city-state, symbolized by a ceremonial </p> +<p style="top:516.9pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">offering of earth and water. Many city-states, as </p> +<p style="top:533.4pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">well as the kingdom of Macedonia, accepted the </p> +<p style="top:549.9pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">request of the great king.</p> +<p style="top:575.7pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.7pt"><b>#03: </b><b><span style="color:#ba3535">The Wrath of Poseidon</span></b></p> +<p style="top:592.8pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Poseidon is the god of the sea and the oceans. This </p> +<p style="top:609.3pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">card represents the damage caused to the fleet by </p> +<p style="top:625.8pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">a storm. During the First Invasion of Greece </p> +<p style="top:642.3pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">(492 BCE), Persia conquered Thrace in northeast </p> +<p style="top:658.8pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Greece, but its fleet was ravaged by a storm and </p> +<p style="top:675.3pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">the campaign had to be abandoned.</p> +<p style="top:701.3pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.7pt"><b>#04: </b><b><span style="color:#ba3535">Miltiades</span></b></p> +<p style="top:718.3pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt"><b>Miltiades</b> was the tyrant of Thracian Chersonese </p> +<p style="top:734.8pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">and in 513 BCE he accompanied <b>Darius I</b> in his </p> +<p style="top:751.3pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">campaign against the Scythians. He supported the </p> +<p style="top:767.8pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Revolt of Ionia before fleeing to Athens, where he </p> +<p style="top:784.3pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">became a statesman opposed to Persia.</p> +<p style="top:805.1pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Faced with the overwhelmingly large Persian </p> +<p style="top:58.7pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">army which landed at Marathon, opinions were </p> +<p style="top:75.2pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">divided within the Athenian army between fight-</p> +<p style="top:91.7pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">ing immediately or waiting for reinforcements </p> +<p style="top:108.1pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">from Sparta. <b>Miltiades</b>’s proposal recommending </p> +<p style="top:124.6pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">the first option was adopted and the Greek army </p> +<p style="top:141.1pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">won a crushing victory.</p> +<p style="top:161.9pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt"><b>Miltiades</b>’s reputation grew, but the campaign </p> +<p style="top:178.4pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">launched against Paros the following year was a </p> +<p style="top:194.9pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">disaster. He was accused of treason and although </p> +<p style="top:211.4pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">he avoided the death penalty, he died of wounds </p> +<p style="top:227.9pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">received during the campaign.</p> +<p style="top:253.8pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.7pt"><b>#04: </b><b><span style="color:#3e4b6f">Carneia Festival</span></b></p> +<p style="top:270.9pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">This was one of the most important religious fes-</p> +<p style="top:287.4pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">tivals in Sparta, during which all military action </p> +<p style="top:303.9pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">was forbidden. This is the reason why Sparta </p> +<p style="top:320.4pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">could not mobilize the entire army for the battle </p> +<p style="top:336.9pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">of Thermopylae (480 BCE).</p> +<p style="top:362.7pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.7pt"><b>#05: </b><b><span style="color:#ba3535">Themistocles</span></b></p> +<p style="top:379.8pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">The Athenians became very confident following </p> +<p style="top:396.3pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">their victory at Marathon, but <b>Themistocles</b> pre-</p> +<p style="top:412.8pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">dicted that Persia would launch a new invasion. </p> +<p style="top:429.3pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Opposing such a large army on land was difficult, </p> +<p style="top:445.8pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">so he created a large fleet of triremes by using all </p> +<p style="top:462.3pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">the revenues from the Laurion mines. This was </p> +<p style="top:478.8pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">against the advice of <b>Miltiades</b>, the victorious </p> +<p style="top:495.3pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">general of Marathon.</p> +<p style="top:516.2pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">In the end, the naval battle of Salamis demon-</p> +<p style="top:532.7pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">strated the soundness of <b>Themistocles</b>’ reasoning. </p> +<p style="top:549.2pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">With 600 triremes, including 200 from Athens, </p> +<p style="top:565.7pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">he destroyed the 700 Persian ships by taking </p> +<p style="top:582.2pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">advantage of the straits.</p> +<p style="top:602.8pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">However, <b>Themistocles</b>’ reputation became too </p> +<p style="top:619.3pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">great and he was ostracized by the Athenians a </p> +<p style="top:635.8pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">few years later.</p> +<p style="top:661.8pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.7pt"><b>#05: </b><b><span style="color:#3e4b6f">The Immortals</span></b></p> +<p style="top:678.9pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Herodotus described this elite corps of heavi-</p> +<p style="top:695.4pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">ly-armed fighters, and explained why they were </p> +<p style="top:711.9pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">called the Immortals: “This corps was known as </p> +<p style="top:728.4pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">the Immortals, because it was invariably kept up </p> +<p style="top:744.9pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">to strength; if a man was killed or fell sick, the </p> +<p style="top:761.4pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">vacancy he left was at once filled, so that the total </p> +<p style="top:777.9pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">strength of the corps was never less – and never </p> +<p style="top:794.4pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">more – than 10,000.”</p> +</div> +<div id="page14" style="width:629pt;height:893pt;background-image:url('rules14.jpg')"> +<p style="top:847.1pt;left:43.5pt;font-size:13.7pt">14</p> +<p style="top:58.5pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.7pt"><b>#06: </b><b><span style="color:#84504b">Pausanias</span></b></p> +<p style="top:75.6pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt"><b>Pausanias</b>, nephew of Leonidas I, defeated the </p> +<p style="top:92.1pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Persian army at the Battle of Plataea. Suspected </p> +<p style="top:108.6pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">of plotting with Persia, he was acquitted and left </p> +<p style="top:125.1pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Sparta. He then allegedly freed prisoners of war </p> +<p style="top:141.6pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">who were friends and relatives of <b>Xerxes I</b>, and </p> +<p style="top:158.1pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">offered to help Persia to subdue Sparta and the </p> +<p style="top:174.6pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">rest of Greece. On his return to Sparta, his dis-</p> +<p style="top:191.1pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">loyalty was revealed and he is reported to have </p> +<p style="top:207.6pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">died of starvation or immurement at the temple </p> +<p style="top:224.1pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">of Athena Chalcieca.</p> +<p style="top:250.0pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.7pt"><b>#06: </b><b><span style="color:#3e4b6f">Ostracism</span></b></p> +<p style="top:267.1pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">The derivation of the word ostracism is the </p> +<p style="top:283.6pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Greek <i>ostrakon</i>, a pottery shard which was used </p> +<p style="top:300.1pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">as a writing support and voting token. The pro-</p> +<p style="top:316.6pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">cedure was a vote by which certain Greek cities, </p> +<p style="top:333.1pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">including Athens, would ban citizens who had </p> +<p style="top:349.6pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">incurred public disfavor for ten years. This was </p> +<p style="top:366.1pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">a way of silencing dissension in order to better </p> +<p style="top:382.6pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">cope with periods of crisis such as the Gre-</p> +<p style="top:399.2pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">co-Persian Wars. The opponents of <b>Themisto-</b></p> +<p style="top:415.7pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt"><b>cles</b> were ostracized. This institution was later </p> +<p style="top:432.2pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">misused for political purposes.</p> +<p style="top:458.1pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.7pt"><b>#07: </b><b><span style="color:#ba3535">Oracle of Delphi</span></b></p> +<p style="top:475.2pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt"><i>Delphoí</i> in ancient Greek. The Pythia (the high </p> +<p style="top:491.7pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">priestess) served as the oracle in the temple of </p> +<p style="top:508.2pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Apollo, established in the 8th century BCE at </p> +<p style="top:524.7pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">the southern foot of Mount Parnassus, in Delphi, </p> +<p style="top:541.2pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">central Greece.</p> +<p style="top:561.9pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">In 480 BCE, the Athenians consulted the ora-</p> +<p style="top:578.4pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">cle, who told them “to abandon the city... and </p> +<p style="top:594.9pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">that a wooden wall would bring them salvation.” </p> +<p style="top:611.4pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt"><b>Themistocles</b> interpreted this “wooden wall” as a </p> +<p style="top:627.9pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">fleet of triremes and advocated the construction </p> +<p style="top:644.4pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">of a great fleet.</p> +<p style="top:665.1pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">The oracle delivered to the Spartans indicated </p> +<p style="top:681.6pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">that “either the city will fall or the king will per-</p> +<p style="top:698.1pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">ish”, so <b>Leonidas</b> sacrificed himself and his men </p> +<p style="top:714.6pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">at the Battle of Thermopylae.</p> +<p style="top:740.5pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.7pt"><b>#07: </b><b><span style="color:#3e4b6f">The Great King</span></b></p> +<p style="top:757.7pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt"><b>Xerxes I</b> raised the morale of his troops by being </p> +<p style="top:774.2pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">physically present on the battlefield.</p> +<p style="top:58.5pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.7pt"><b>#08: Leonidas (</b><b><span style="color:#84504b">Spartan</span></b><b>/</b><b><span style="color:#ba3535">Greek</span></b><b> event)</b></p> +<p style="top:75.6pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">The Pass of Thermopylae was so narrow that a </p> +<p style="top:92.1pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">large number of Persian soldiers (100,000 or </p> +<p style="top:108.6pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">200,000) were blocked by 7,000 Greek soldiers, </p> +<p style="top:125.1pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">including the 300 Spartans. However, the Per-</p> +<p style="top:141.6pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">sians found a way around the defenders and <b>Leo-</b></p> +<p style="top:158.1pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt"><b>nidas</b>, following the <b>oracle of Delphi</b>, confronted </p> +<p style="top:174.6pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">the Persians with his small contingent to protect </p> +<p style="top:191.1pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">the retreat of the rest of the Greek army, more </p> +<p style="top:207.6pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">than 3,000 men.</p> +<p style="top:233.5pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.7pt"><b>#08: </b><b><span style="color:#3e4b6f">The Royal Road</span></b></p> +<p style="top:250.6pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">The Persian Royal Road was built by <b>Darius I</b> </p> +<p style="top:267.1pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">from his capital Susa to Sardis (located just east </p> +<p style="top:283.6pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">of the map). The Persian army can easily recapture </p> +<p style="top:300.1pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Ephesus or Abydos in order to move overland </p> +<p style="top:316.6pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">with a large army.</p> +<p style="top:342.6pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.7pt"><b>#09: </b><b><span style="color:#ba3535">Artemisia</span></b></p> +<p style="top:359.7pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Although <b>Artemisia I of Caria</b>, queen of Hali-</p> +<p style="top:376.2pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">carnassus, was against the Persian attack of the </p> +<p style="top:392.7pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Greek fleets at the naval battle of Salamis, she did </p> +<p style="top:409.2pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">participate, but fled when the battle turned out </p> +<p style="top:425.7pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">badly for the Persians. She actually commanded </p> +<p style="top:442.2pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">very few ships, so her impact on the battle was </p> +<p style="top:458.7pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">minimal. However, out of respect for Eva Green’s </p> +<p style="top:475.2pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">film performance, <b>Artemisia</b> has a great impact </p> +<p style="top:491.7pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">in the game.</p> +<p style="top:517.5pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.7pt"><b>#09: </b><b><span style="color:#3e4b6f">Hippias</span></b></p> +<p style="top:534.6pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt"><b>Hippias</b> was a tyrant from Athens exiled in 510 </p> +<p style="top:551.1pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">BCE who found refuge in Persia. During the First </p> +<p style="top:567.6pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Invasion of Greece (in fact the second campaign, </p> +<p style="top:584.1pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">the first having been abandoned when half of the </p> +<p style="top:600.6pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">fleet was wrecked), he advised the Persians to land </p> +<p style="top:617.1pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">at Marathon, “the most convenient place in Attica </p> +<p style="top:633.6pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">for the cavalry’s movements”. History shows that </p> +<p style="top:650.3pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">the result was not as expected.</p> +<p style="top:676.0pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.7pt"><b>#10: </b><b><span style="color:#ba3535">Evangelion</span></b></p> +<p style="top:693.2pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Means “good news” (<i>euaggélion</i>) in Ancient Greek. </p> +<p style="top:709.7pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">After the battle of Marathon, a hoplite ran to </p> +<p style="top:726.2pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Athens to announce the news of victory and died </p> +<p style="top:742.7pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">on arrival: “<i>Nenikekamen!</i>” (“We are victorious!”). </p> +<p style="top:759.2pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">This was the origin of the marathon and in the </p> +<p style="top:775.7pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">first modern Olympic Games (1896), a foot race </p> +<p style="top:792.2pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">was organized between Marathon and Athens.</p> +</div> +<div id="page15" style="width:629pt;height:893pt;background-image:url('rules15.jpg')"> +<p style="top:847.1pt;left:571.5pt;font-size:13.7pt">15</p> +<p style="top:58.5pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.7pt"><b>#10: </b><b><span style="color:#3e4b6f">Separate Peace</span></b></p> +<p style="top:75.6pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">In order to break the alliance between Athens </p> +<p style="top:92.1pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">and Sparta, Persia wanted to propose a separate </p> +<p style="top:108.6pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">peace to Sparta. <b>Pausanias</b> would have served as a </p> +<p style="top:125.1pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">secret intermediary, but the attempt failed.</p> +<p style="top:151.1pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.7pt"><b>#11: </b><b><span style="color:#84504b">Melas Zomos</span></b></p> +<p style="top:168.1pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt"><i>Melas Zomos</i> is a black soup or broth consumed </p> +<p style="top:184.6pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">by the Spartans, made by mixing boiled pig’s feet </p> +<p style="top:201.1pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">with blood, salt and vinegar. Fortunately the exact </p> +<p style="top:217.6pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">recipe is unknown.</p> +<p style="top:243.6pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.7pt"><b>#11: </b><b><span style="color:#3e4b6f">Sudden Death of the Great King</span></b></p> +<p style="top:260.7pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">During the Greco-Persian wars, two Persian </p> +<p style="top:277.2pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">kings died.</p> +<p style="top:297.9pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">After the failure of two campaigns, <b>Darius I </b></p> +<p style="top:314.4pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">decided to attack Greece with an even larger </p> +<p style="top:330.9pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">army, but he died suddenly of disease in 486 BCE </p> +<p style="top:347.4pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">in the middle of the preparations.</p> +<p style="top:368.1pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">The failure of <b>Xerxes I</b>’s expedition, his construc-</p> +<p style="top:384.6pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">tion of the pontoon bridge over the Hellespont </p> +<p style="top:401.1pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">and the Gate of All Nations in Persepolis, and the </p> +<p style="top:417.6pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">financial pressure of major construction works led </p> +<p style="top:434.1pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">to the decline of Persia. For this reason, <b>Xerxes I</b> </p> +<p style="top:450.6pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">was assassinated in 465 BCE by his close adviser, </p> +<p style="top:467.1pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Artabanus.</p> +<p style="top:493.0pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.7pt"><b>#12: </b><b><span style="color:#ba3535">Molon Labe</span></b></p> +<p style="top:510.2pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">At the Battle of Thermopylae, when <b>Xerxes</b> asked </p> +<p style="top:526.7pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">him to lay down his arms, <b>Leonidas</b> replied </p> +<p style="top:543.2pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">“<i>Molon labé!</i>” (“Come and take them!”).</p> +<p style="top:563.8pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">This was not a response to the demand for the </p> +<p style="top:580.3pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Tribute of Land and Water, but this card enables </p> +<p style="top:596.8pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">the Persian demand to be declined.</p> +<p style="top:622.8pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.7pt"><b>#12: </b><b><span style="color:#3e4b6f">Defection of Thebes</span></b></p> +<p style="top:639.9pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt"><i>Th</i><i>ễ</i><i>bai</i> in Ancient Greek. A city-state which allied </p> +<p style="top:656.4pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">itself with the Persians during the Greco-Per-</p> +<p style="top:672.9pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">sian Wars but whose soldiers fought alongside </p> +<p style="top:689.4pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">the Greeks in the Battle of Thermopylae before </p> +<p style="top:705.9pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">finally surrendering to the Persians. </p> +<p style="top:731.8pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.7pt"><b>#13: </b><b><span style="color:#ba3535">Triremes</span></b></p> +<p style="top:749.0pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Ships with three rows of oars. The Greek navy </p> +<p style="top:765.5pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">employed these ships, as did the Phoenician navy </p> +<p style="top:781.9pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">of the Persians. A ramming maneuver using a </p> +<p style="top:798.4pt;left:25.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">bronze ram on the front of the galley below the </p> +<p style="top:58.7pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">waterline, which could penetrate the hull of enemy </p> +<p style="top:75.2pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">ships in order to sink them, was very effective.</p> +<p style="top:100.9pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.7pt"><b>#14: </b><b><span style="color:#ba3535">Support from Syracuse</span></b><b> / </b><b><span style="color:#3e4b6f">Alliance with </span></b></p> +<p style="top:118.9pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.7pt"><b><span style="color:#3e4b6f">Carthage</span></b></p> +<p style="top:136.1pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">This card represents diplomacy that takes place </p> +<p style="top:152.6pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">off the map. Syracuse was a Greek colony and </p> +<p style="top:169.1pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">the offer of its fleet to the Greeks was expected. </p> +<p style="top:185.6pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">However, Carthage (a Phoenician colony), with </p> +<p style="top:202.0pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">the encouragement of Persia, blocked aid from </p> +<p style="top:218.5pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Syracuse to the Greeks (Carthage attacked Syr-</p> +<p style="top:235.0pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">acuse in 480 BCE).</p> +<p style="top:261.0pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.7pt"><b>#15: </b><b><span style="color:#84504b">300</span></b><b> </b><b><span style="color:#84504b">Spartans</span></b></p> +<p style="top:278.1pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">This event reproduces the situation that forced </p> +<p style="top:294.6pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">the Persians to use the Pass of Thermopylae. The </p> +<p style="top:311.1pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">situation would probably have been similar in the </p> +<p style="top:327.6pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">event of an attack on Corinth.</p> +<p style="top:353.5pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.7pt"><b>#15: </b><b><span style="color:#3e4b6f">Acropolis on Fire</span></b></p> +<p style="top:370.6pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">When <b>Themistocles</b> evacuated the Athenians, </p> +<p style="top:387.2pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">some people clung to the words of the <b>Delphic </b></p> +<p style="top:403.7pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt"><b>oracle</b> about a “wooden wall” and took refuge in </p> +<p style="top:420.2pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">the Acropolis. Of course, it was easily destroyed </p> +<p style="top:436.7pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">by the great Persian army.</p> +<p style="top:462.5pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.7pt"><b>#16: </b><b><span style="color:#ba3535">Desertion of Greek soldiers</span></b></p> +<p style="top:479.5pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Part of the Persian army was composed of Greeks </p> +<p style="top:496.0pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">forcibly conscripted from the occupied territories </p> +<p style="top:512.5pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">of Asia Minor and their fighting spirit was not </p> +<p style="top:529.0pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">strong. The victory of the Greeks at the Battle of </p> +<p style="top:545.5pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Plataea was followed by a series of Greek con-</p> +<p style="top:562.0pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">script desertions.</p> +<p style="top:588.0pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.7pt"><b>#16: </b><b><span style="color:#3e4b6f">Pacification of Babylon or Egypt</span></b></p> +<p style="top:605.1pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Frequent rebellions occurred in the territory </p> +<p style="top:621.6pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">of the Persian Empire. An Egyptian rebellion </p> +<p style="top:638.1pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">occurred in 486 BCE during the preparations for </p> +<p style="top:654.6pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">a new campaign against Greece by <b>Darius I</b>. The </p> +<p style="top:671.1pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Babylonian revolt in August 479 BCE forced the </p> +<p style="top:687.6pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Persians under <b>Xerxes I</b> to fight on two fronts.</p> +</div> +<div id="page16" style="width:629pt;height:893pt;background-image:url('rules16.jpg')"> +<p style="top:61.3pt;left:34.5pt;font-size:16.5pt"><b><span style="color:#ba3535">The Greco-Persian Wars</span></b></p> +<p style="top:80.8pt;left:34.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">At the beginning of the 6th century BCE, the </p> +<p style="top:97.4pt;left:34.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Persians shook off the rule of their Median </p> +<p style="top:113.9pt;left:34.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">overlords. Cyrus II the Great, after tak-</p> +<p style="top:130.4pt;left:34.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">ing over the realm of the Medes, rapidly </p> +<p style="top:146.9pt;left:34.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">extended his new empire in every direction. </p> +<p style="top:163.4pt;left:34.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">In 546 BCE, the conquest of Lydia by Cyrus </p> +<p style="top:179.9pt;left:34.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">brought the Persians into contact with the </p> +<p style="top:196.4pt;left:34.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Greek colonies of Ionia in Asia Minor: Miletus, </p> +<p style="top:212.9pt;left:34.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Ephesus, Halicarnassus, Phocaea... The Persian </p> +<p style="top:229.4pt;left:34.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">yoke was not heavy to bear, as the King of Kings </p> +<p style="top:245.9pt;left:34.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">was content with the nominal recognition of his </p> +<p style="top:262.4pt;left:34.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">authority. Fifty years later, Darius I wanted to </p> +<p style="top:278.9pt;left:34.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">expand his empire and built a bridge of ships </p> +<p style="top:295.4pt;left:34.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">on the Hellespont. He obtained the support of </p> +<p style="top:311.9pt;left:34.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">the King of Macedonia and part of Thrace. In </p> +<p style="top:328.4pt;left:34.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">499 BCE, Miletus and the Ionian cities revolted </p> +<p style="top:344.9pt;left:34.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">against Persian authority. They called for help </p> +<p style="top:361.4pt;left:34.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">from the cities of Greece. However, only Athens </p> +<p style="top:377.9pt;left:34.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">and Eretria sent a few ships as reinforcements. </p> +<p style="top:394.3pt;left:34.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Darius was quick to react. Ephesus was con-</p> +<p style="top:410.8pt;left:34.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">quered in 497 BCE, and Miletus was destroyed </p> +<p style="top:427.3pt;left:34.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">in 494 BCE. Darius then decided to obtain the </p> +<p style="top:443.8pt;left:34.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">submission of the cities of Greece. His general </p> +<p style="top:460.3pt;left:34.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Mardonius invaded Thrace in 492 BCE. To </p> +<p style="top:476.8pt;left:34.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">punish Athens for its support of the Ionians, the </p> +<p style="top:493.3pt;left:34.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Persians landed at Marathon in 490 BCE where </p> +<p style="top:509.8pt;left:34.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">they were crushed by the Athenian hoplites. </p> +<p style="top:79.3pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Darius died while preparing another campaign </p> +<p style="top:95.8pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">against Greece.</p> +<p style="top:116.7pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">His son Xerxes took up the torch and attacked </p> +<p style="top:133.2pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">jointly by land and sea in 480 BCE. Many </p> +<p style="top:149.7pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Greek cities chose neutrality while Athens, </p> +<p style="top:166.2pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Sparta and Corinth were at war. The defense </p> +<p style="top:182.7pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">of the Pass of Thermopylae by the Spartan king </p> +<p style="top:199.2pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Leonidas slowed down Xerxes, but his sacrifice </p> +<p style="top:215.7pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">did not save Athens. The city was occupied and </p> +<p style="top:232.2pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">its population and fleet took refuge on the island </p> +<p style="top:248.7pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">of Salamis. The Athenian triremes then were </p> +<p style="top:265.2pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">joined by those of its allies. A daring maneuver </p> +<p style="top:281.7pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">by the Athenian strategist Themistocles offered </p> +<p style="top:298.2pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">the Greeks a naval victory, as unexpected as it </p> +<p style="top:314.7pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">was complete, over the Persian fleet. Since it was </p> +<p style="top:331.2pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">already late autumn, Xerxes decided to return to </p> +<p style="top:347.7pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Persia but left a powerful army in Thessaly under </p> +<p style="top:364.2pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">the command of Mardonius. Mardonius was </p> +<p style="top:380.7pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">defeated at Plataea in the spring of 479 BCE by </p> +<p style="top:397.2pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">the coalition troops led by Sparta. At the same </p> +<p style="top:413.7pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">time, the Greek fleet destroyed a Persian fleet at </p> +<p style="top:430.2pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Cape Mycale, not far from Miletus. In the after-</p> +<p style="top:446.7pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">math, the Ionian cities were liberated, the last </p> +<p style="top:463.2pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Persian garrisons in Greece surrendered, and the </p> +<p style="top:479.7pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Hellespont bridge was destroyed. The Persians </p> +<p style="top:496.2pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">now abandoned all their military ambitions for </p> +<p style="top:512.7pt;left:322.5pt;font-size:13.0pt">Greece.</p> +<p style="top:643.0pt;left:34.5pt;font-size:11.7pt"><b>Author: </b>Yasushi Nakaguro</p> +<p style="top:661.7pt;left:34.5pt;font-size:11.7pt"><b>Testers:</b> Yasushi Shikauchi, Satoshi Haneda, Nao Kawamura, </p> +<p style="top:675.9pt;left:34.5pt;font-size:11.7pt">Hiroyuki Yamada, Florent Coupeau, Guillaume Sandance</p> +<p style="top:694.3pt;left:34.5pt;font-size:11.7pt"><b>Historical consultant:</b> Jean-Philippe Gury</p> +<p style="top:712.8pt;left:34.5pt;font-size:11.7pt"><b>English translation: </b>Carolyn Gates-Gury</p> +<p style="top:731.4pt;left:34.5pt;font-size:11.7pt"><b>Proofreaders:</b> Angus Clarke, Scott Moore</p> +<p style="top:749.8pt;left:34.5pt;font-size:11.7pt"><b>Cover illustration: </b>Antonio Stappaerts</p> +<p style="top:768.3pt;left:34.5pt;font-size:11.7pt"><b>Graphics: </b>Nicolas Roblin</p> +<p style="top:786.9pt;left:34.5pt;font-size:11.7pt"><b>Layout: </b>Julia Brétéché</p> +<p style="top:805.3pt;left:34.5pt;font-size:11.7pt">© 2018 Bonsai Games & © 2020 Nuts ! 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