FAQ

You can download the rulebook here: RULEBOOK

The game is available for worldwide shipping. Alternatively, you can pick it up in Brussels, Belgium for no extra costs. Send me a message at olympus.races@gmail.com and I’ll let you know about your options.

Unfortunately, not at this time. I am, however, planning to work on some translation sheets: a printable PDF listing all the different elements in the game, translated into the corresponding language. The first language sheet would be in French, which I hope to have ready in the first quarter of 2022.

No.

Zap cards may only be played instantly, as soon as another player uses one of their Pantheon cards. You may therefore instantly Zap a Muse card as soon as that player tries to add it to a Temple. This includes Terpsichore, as her Zap-blocking effect is activated only if she has been successfully added to that player’s Temple.

However, Muse cards already installed in a player’s Temple may not be Zapped on any subsequent turn. These cards may only be discarded by playing another Muse card in that Temple, or by using specific Pantheon cards which allow the player to do so.

Yes.

No.

You may only use your action to discard a Pantheon card from your hand. This can be helpful when you wish to free some space in your hand to draw more Pantheon cards (e.g. by landing on a Pantheon space or as a Bestiary card bonus effect).

Alternative rule : Discarding a Pantheon card is no longer considered an action. This means that you may first discard, then play a Pantheon card during your ACTION phase.

Take an extra turn grants you an additional, complete turn after your current one. You must first complete your current turn (finish your DRAW phase), then you immediately begin a new turn (ACTION – MOVEMENT and DRAW phases).

Think of this effect as the equivalent of All other players skip one turn.

Having the last Territory on the gameboard does seem to offer a slight advantage. With their Territory immunity and Temple card, that player is given more opportunity to dash unhindered on the last stretch and quickly reach Mount Olympus.

This in no way guarantees a victory, but players should be aware of this advantage to properly prepare for it: anticipating that player’s strategy, saving their Pantheon cards to hinder and counter them, creating temporary alliances with other players etc. In a regular game, awareness and proper preparation should be enough to give all players an equal opportunity of victory.

Extra mitigation : Adding a neutral Territory to the gameboard, and placing it as the last Territory before Mount Olympus effectively nullifies any player’s advantage. Note, however, that this will also make the game longer.

Alternative rule : The last player to choose their God or Goddess also gets to place their Territory last on the gameboard. Therefore, the Territory advantage is balanced by a slight disadvantage at the beginning of the game, as that player will have a limited choice of Gods to play with.

Yes.

Hecate subtracts 3 points from the value of a player’s Bestiary card. The final value may end up zero, in which case the player “jumps in place”, or below zero, in which case they must move backwards that respective number of spaces.

For instance, if a player uses a Bestiary card with a value of 2, they must move 1 space backwards (2-3=-1).

Demeter is the only character whose powers do not harm other players in any way. The Epimelides usually channel the energy of all other players to push her forward.

When you use Momos you take away her immunity, so if she lands on a Charm space she activates it and the effect is reversed: all other players may instantly move forward 0-4 spaces.

Any player vs. Any other player

Any player : The card may be used on any player, including yourself.

Any other player : The card may only be used on other players, but not on yourself.

All players / every player : The card affects all players, including yourself.

All other players / every other player : The card affects all other players, but not yourself.

Choose vs. Randomly choose

Choose : Look at the respective cards, then make your choice.

Randomly choose : Select “blindly”, without looking at the cards.