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A guide would be very useful, thanks Jubal

At present the quests are simply a reward for achieving a certain milestone. The Song of Orpheus, for example, rewards a player who has a certain quantity of hero pieces on the board (5 in a two player game, fewer for multiplayer games). The nature of the game means they couldn't really be location-specific. I'm not happy with the current system though. They basically reward a player for doing things they otherwise have no intention of doing, so players aren't bothering. I'm working on a new version though.

Changing the quantity of victory points is a common piece of feedback. "Perhaps each player has one specific artefact on the board worth, for them, not one but two victory points". It's an option, and could possibly be implemented in the quests. The challenge there is that the boards are currently balanced based on available VP's, so they may need re-jigging.

Thanks for the tip Jubal - yes the page is a bit sparse at the moment but I'm gradually adding things when I get the time. I think the game needs a proper "overview" document.

Red and Yellow vie for control of Crete.

Five players.

Maneuvering to capture Athens.

A selection largely from my phone so the quality is not great at present, again this will hopefully improve!

One of the figures from the manual - uploaded separately due to its large size. It corresponds to Figure 3 in the uploaded manual.

This is the current rulebook, though it is quite out of date and very rough. I used for the text Lyx (https://www.lyx.org/ and Inkscape for the figures (https://inkscape.org/en/). I have uploaded it in MS word format so the formatting is not great, I will try to address this in future.

A place where I will keep details of gameplay and update the rulebook.

https://masterofolympus.wordpress.com/2017/09/18/diary-13-to-the-land-of-the-geek/

Updates about the project are posted here - please feel free to leave comments, questions or suggestions.

Master of Olympus is a board game which, if all goes well, I will self-publish in 2018. Players take on the role of Greek Gods and use heroes, armies and creatures to collect artefacts and conquer cities. The ancient world is represented by a hexagonal grid, and all players take their turns simultaneously as they fight to control strategic areas.

Master of Olympus was inspired by films about the Greek myths, which often include scenes where the Gods are sitting on Mount Olympus and watching the story unfold. The Gods see the story and its characters as a board game.

Find out more about how the game has evolved here: https://masterofolympus.wordpress.com/2017/05/02/first-blog-post/.

Interesting read, thanks Daniel. I like your comparison to learning a language, including the fact that you had to learn from your mistakes. I've had similar experiences making board games, and as a result I've picked up a lot of skills, such as using graphic design software, I wouldn't otherwise have touched. Have you found the skills you have picked up through your work on Innkeep to be transferable?