![]() First, you’ll create a playing area of water and island spaces by arranging the 12 board tiles. The setup for a game of OoD is a little convoluted, so I’ll try to be as succinct as possible. If you’d like to get more in depth about the game’s nuances, click on the bar below. ![]() The first person to accomplish all 12 of their tasks and return to Zeus will win the game. Along the way, the players will receive assistance from the gods in the form of helpful, one-shot rule breaking abilities and will also receive favor tokens that will allow them to alter their dice results if they come up unfavorably. There will always be 3 specific colored monsters to defeat, 3 statues to erect at the randomly arranged building sites, 3 offerings to be delivered to specific colored temples, and 3 shrines to be erected on islands matching your player color.īefore starting the game, you will get 3 dice that have six different symbols (colors) on their faces and these dice will dictate which colors you will have at your disposal to carry out actions on your turn actions such as moving your ship, collecting an offering from an island, or fighting a monster. In The Oracle of Delphi (OoD), Zeus has set out 12 different tasks for you to complete and you are racing to be the first person to accomplish all twelve. Whereas all of Feld’s other titles are won by the person with the most victory points or money, The Oracle of Delphi is won by the first person to reach the finish line. As of this writing, it still stands out as Feld’s first, and only, racing game. Out of those 3, The Oracle of Delphi was the only one that wasn’t a reimplementation of his earlier work. Today we’re going to talk about 2016’s The Oracle of Delphi, his 24th game.Ģ016 was a big year for Stefan Feld with the release of 3 different titles - The Castles of Burgundy: The Card Game, Jórvik, and this one. ![]() It’s my hope that by the time I get to writing about that title I’ll own it too. With the exception of 1 of his older games, I have hunted down and collected every title he has ever put out. In this series of reviews, I am working my way backwards through Stefan Feld’s entire catalogue. ![]()
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