(or here’s a list of what launched yesterday that might deserve a closer look)

Project:  Hellenica: Leaders & Legends

Designer:  Scott DeMers (Hellenica, Story of Greece, Realm of Heroes)

Artist:  Marco Primo (Automobiles, Carcassonne: The City, Police Precinct)

Publisher:  Mr. B Games (Days of Ire: Budapest 1956, Perudo, Posthuman)

Genre/Mechanisms:  4x, area majority/influence, area movement, betting and bluffing, city building, dice rolling, die icon resolution, events, expansion, hidden victory points, interrupts, modular board, solo/solitaire game, territory building, tile placement, variable player powers, worker placement

Player Count:  1-7

Solo Mode:  yes

Complexity:  heavy

Risk:  medium-high

Summary:  “Hellenica: Story of Greece is a 3.5X civilization game in which you harness the powers of one of seven beginning city-states to dominate the world around you. Your goal is to become the preeminent symbol of Greece for all posterity by completing a combination of secret and public goals.  Leaders & Legends is an expansion for Hellenica: Story of Greece that adds unique leaders to the game allowing players to modify the characteristics of their city-state. Each leader confers a special bonus on the city-state that recruits them.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping):  $49

All-In (w/shipping):  $292, also include the base game and the Mythic expansion

Campaign Ends:  6/26

Game Ships:  Sep. 2021

Funding Status: Funded; currently at 174%, with 23 days to go.