Santorini with Gods vs AI
Draft two gods, then use yours to be the first to climb to the third level.
How to play
The goal: be the first to move one of your workers up onto the third level of a tower. Some gods win other ways too.
The draft (as in Board Game Arena's Arena mode):
- Six gods are drawn at random.
- Player 1 picks two of them. Some pairs are banned together, and can't both be picked.
- If one of the two is Nyx, six Night Powers are drawn, and player 1 picks one for her.
- Player 1 picks which of the two gods moves first (Bia always does).
- Player 2 chooses which of the two gods to play, and player 1 plays the other.
Setting up: each player has a female worker and a male worker (some gods have more). The first mover places theirs, female first, then the other player does.
Your turn: move one of your workers, then build with it. A worker moves one square in any direction, onto a square with no worker and no dome, climbing up at most one level and stepping down any number. It then builds next to where it stands: a level on any square without a worker or a dome (a dome on a third level). A player who can't take a turn loses.
The gods change these rules: each card says how. A god's power can let you do more (move again, build twice, force other workers), hold back your opponent, or win another way.
This page: the panel above the board always says what you're asked, and anything outlined in white can be clicked. Click a worker, then a square to move it there; click a square to build, place or remove. A square with β― has more than one choice, and opens a menu. A β wins at once. Choices that aren't on a square (declining a power, a direction) are buttons under the board. Press Esc to put a worker down. Undo (Ctrl+Z) takes back your last decision and the computer's moves since. The god whose power is in play is outlined in gold on the right, and the log lists every decision, with what it set off.
The pieces: a female worker (with a bun), a male worker. Tokens appear in a square's corner: a Whirlpool (Charybdis) or a coin (Clio); Talus (Europa) is the bronze statue. Marks on a worker: z Hypnus stops it this turn, β₯ it's bound by Aphrodite, β Adonis has paired it.
The rules follow Board Game Arena's Arena mode, with its 62 gods. Like there, nothing is hidden and nothing is left to chance after the draft. The supply of blocks is unlimited.