Board to be Wild Reviews:
Khora Rise of an Empire
It’s state versus state in this game rooted in Greek history, racing to dominate the land with philosophy and pointy spears.
TL;DR:
In this civilisation building game, you develop your Greek city state by climbing a number of tracks while maintaining a healthy level of military might to explore far and wide to gain knowledge and glory.
A round in a brief:
- Roll your 2 dice to determine what actions you have access to
- Allocate an action (from a set of 7) to each die
- Simultaneously reveal actions, and resolve according to action order
- Pay to progress up the civilisation tracks (economy, culture & military)
We would have liked more:
- Consistently refined artwork (Love the box, but check out the Spartans!)
- Tzatziki (we do love Greek food)
We would have liked less:
- Political correctness (explore rather than conquer?!)
- Reliance on military strength (you really can’t ignore it)
- Historical events (felt a bit forced and unbalanced)
We liked just the way it was:
- Reasonable play time (under 2 hours)
- Action selection neatly balanced
- Simultaneous play for most of the round
- Asymmetric city state powers
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