How to Play

Cyclades: Legendary Edition

2-6 players 60-90 min 8.1 Board Game Geek Rating

Players compete for divine favor in ancient Greece's Cyclades archipelago through strategic bidding to secure gods' support. Each turn, you bid for one deity's unique abilities to develop cities, deploy creatures, and battle opponents. The modular board uses landscape tiles for varied gameplay. Victory requires controlling three metropolises first, achieved through balanced resource management and tactical decisions.

Published 2024

Get Ready

Setup the game with these step-by-step instructions before diving into your turn.

Draw Monument cards

Randomly draw a number of Monument cards equal to the number of players before the game starts

Display available Monuments

Place the drawn Monument cards face-up next to the game board

Prepare miniatures

Take the corresponding Monument miniatures for the drawn cards

Remove unused components

Return all unused Monument cards and miniatures to the box

Note on Titans Expansion

With "Free Positioning" rules, players may start with two buildings and can potentially build a Monument right from the start

On Your Turn

What you can do during your turn.

Check construction eligibility

As soon as you control two buildings shown on one of the available Monument cards, you may build that Monument

Build the Monument

Place the Monument miniature in one of your territories when you control both required buildings

Take the card

Collect the corresponding Monument card as a reminder of its effect

Timing of construction

Building can occur after constructing the second required building or after taking control of a territory containing a needed building

Required buildings remain

The two buildings used to construct a Monument stay on the board

Missed construction opportunity

If you forget to build when eligible, you may do so later while resolving your god's actions (not during Apollo), if you still have both buildings and no one else built it

Monument placement

A Monument does not occupy a building space; it is placed in the territory like a figurine that will not move

Benefit from effects

Each Monument provides a special effect to the player who controls the territory it occupies

Change of ownership

When a player takes control of a territory with a Monument, they take the corresponding card from the former owner

Giant restriction

The Giant cannot be used to destroy a Monument

Theater restriction (Hades)

The Theater cannot be used to construct Monuments; players must have the required buildings shown on the card