Olympos: Oikoumene

About this expansion

Olympos: Oikoumene is an expansion module set for 2–5 players that adds fresh content to the Olympos base game, with play lasting about 90 minutes. It can be used only with the base game.

In Olympos, players spend time, the game’s currency, to take actions. They can expand by bringing new settlers onto the game board, or develop their position through the discovery board.

Development lets players buy scientific discoveries, such as medicine or phalanxes, or build architectural wonders. Discoveries provide new powers, including increased military strength from the phalanx, while wonders earn victory points.

Olympos: Oikoumene introduces new tiles that can be combined with the contents of the base game. Before play, some of the discovery and wonder tiles are discarded, creating a selected pool of available options for the game.

• New Discovery tiles: Mix them with the base game’s discoveries, then discard some before play.
• New Wonder tiles: Add further architectural options to the development board.
• Five objective tiles: Randomly choose two before the game begins.

The objectives create an additional race during the game. The first player to meet an objective’s stated requirement claims its tile, and each claimed objective is worth 3 victory points at the end of the game.

Designed as a compact content expansion, Oikoumene adds variety to the discoveries and wonders available in Olympos while giving players new goals to pursue alongside expansion and development.