Wouter Schoutteten
Belgium
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Hey all,
I'm realy enjoying my first (loooong)Hellenes game, but I got some questions from time to time. I've checked the updated rulebook and the FAQ on BGG.
For example, can there be multiple 'Tax Raised' cards in play at the same time? (now, my girlfriend got Pericles +1, and two +1 Tax Raised cards in front of her, giving her +3 actions when playing actions)
I think revolts are the key to a spartan victory, but I doesn't seems like I, the spartan player, can take much advance out of these two cards in play (by playing spreading revolts).
Secondo: If a boat moves out of a CITY (not a port) in a coastal province to the sea, does this counts already as one step in their movement? And do they have to stop upon entering the first water'hex'?
Cheers
DW
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Franck Labrut
France
Verdun
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Hi,
1. You can play several "Tax Raised", be careful with the revolts !
2. Revolts are a good way to earn quickly victory points. Provided that the Athenian does not crush them too easily.
3. Fleets may enter or leave a coastal Province via any adjacent sea. Each boat has a movement range in areas, land area or sea area. And, no, your boat does not have to stop upon entering the first water's hex, unless there is an enemy fleet (rule 5.4).
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Craig Besinque
Canada
New Denver
BC
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DubWarrior87 wrote: Hey all,
I'm realy enjoying my first (loooong)Hellenes game, but I got some questions from time to time. I've checked the updated rulebook and the FAQ on BGG.
For example, can there be multiple 'Tax Raised' cards in play at the same time? (now, my girlfriend got Pericles +1, and two +1 Tax Raised cards in front of her, giving her +3 actions when playing actions)
I think revolts are the key to a spartan victory, but I doesn't seems like I, the spartan player, can take much advance out of these two cards in play (by playing spreading revolts).
Secondo: If a boat moves out of a CITY (not a port) in a coastal province to the sea, does this counts already as one step in their movement? And do they have to stop upon entering the first water'hex'?
Cheers
DW
Hi,
1. If your girlfriend has 2 Athens Raises Taxes cards out, with the right Revolt card you can play a devastating multiple Revolt. At best you could put 3 revolt garrisons in Byzantium(3), Abydos (2) and Ephesus (3).
One out of every 4 cards is a Revolt card, so the chances are pretty good you will have 2 Revolt cards in your hand. 2 Revolt cards could generate Revolts in 6 different Cities (totaling 13 points) in a single year.
Hard to imagine Athens squashing them all before Winter, especially if they are played late in the year. Even after losing a couple, this should yield a hefty (maybe even winning) Prestige gain for the year.
OTOH, if you have no Revolt cards or a poor one, your girlfriend may get away with her high Taxes this time. It's a risk, though. Once 1 Revolt is in existence, Spreading Revolts come into play, multiplying the risk.
2. Correctly answered above.
Best, Craig
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