Adventure · Ancient

Arete: The Philosophy Board Game

The time periods covered in the game are Ancient, Classical, Hellenistic and Roman Greece.

2–4 players180 minages 18

About the game

What is Arete: The Philosophy Board Game

The time periods covered in the game are Ancient, Classical, Hellenistic and Roman Greece.

The theme and focus of the game is on Ancient Philosophy and the various schools of philosophy that flourished in these periods, e.g., the Academics, the Stoics, the Epicurean Atomists, etc.

Players take control of a scholarch, or headmaster of a school, and will explore Athens and the world defined by these time periods. Players will move pawns through nodes and pathways on a board representing Ancient Athens. Landing on event spaces will allow players to draw and play from nine different decks of cards, with each card containing both historically and philosophically flavored text and mechanics to implement in-game. Additionally, some spaces will grant players access to various in-game functions, such as a market to buy and sell item cards, a gymnasium to restore health or a temple to supplicate and bid for the help of the gods.

The goal of the game internally is to be the player with the most virtue points. Virtue points are earned by triumphing over other players in the in-game battle system, Dialectics; successfully completing events; recruiting pupils; being in possession of specific items.

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