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In Helios, players are high priests in a distant world of the sun god AHAU, and the power of the sun drives everything in the game as players try to build temples, expand cities, and make their civilization flourish.
Development can succeed, though, only if you've secured a supply of the limited raw materials available, and the more that you've built of your temple, the more expensive the remaining parts will be. Glass manastones are the game's currency, and with them you can acquire people, increase the number of points you'll score, and more.
Year Published
2014
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All You Can Board general_discussion at 10:16 sentiment: neutral
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Pros
- Compact, two-player focused design
Cons
- Limited availability and unclear publishing details
- Not much detail provided in the discussion about mechanics
Thematic elements
- Two-player strategy with focused interaction
- Two-player abstract/strategy game
- abstract/strategy
Comparison games
- Dos Rios
- Fjords
- Container
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Two-Player Only — Designed specifically for two players; not multiplayer.
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Quotes (from this video)
- the rivers will always flow from high ground to low ground
- it's so fighty and kind of weird
- this river thing is just so cool. I've never seen anything quite like it
- First plays are for discovery
- fun is much more important than winning in board games
- gatekeeping is the worst part of the hobby
- do not listen to recommended player count or reviews on board game when you make a board game purchase
- cards are better than dice
- minimaxing kills games
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