GREEK GAMES

INTRODUCTION
Card game for 2-4 players. 
Ancient Greek Olympics Theme. 
Players try to win the most Events. 

VICTORY
The player with the most Victory Points at the end of the game wins. 

THE DECKS
There are 2 Decks: 
The Event Deck
The Ability Deck

ABILITY DECK
The Ability Deck has a total of 60 cards. 
There are 12 Suits of Cards. 
Each Suit has 4 to 6 cards per the Ability Deck Card List. 
Each card in a Suite has its own unique Scoring Value. 
For Example the Ride Suite has 4 cards with Scores of 1, 2, 3, and 4. 
The Fight Suite has 6 cards with Scores of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7.

SETUP
Put all 12 cards of the Event Deck face up in a line in the center of the table. 
Shuffle the Ability Deck. 
The player with the Best Classical Physique goes first in the first turn. 

MARKERS
Each player needs 12 Markers of a unique color. 
For example: Player A has 12 Red Cubes and player B has 12 Blue Cubes. 
These are used to denote ownership of cards stacked under them at each Event. 

TURN SEQUENCE
Each Turn is divided into 3 Phases:
1. Ability Phase
2. Exertion Phase
3. End Phase

ABILITY PHASE
Each player is dealt 5 random cards from the Action Deck. 

EXERTION PHASE
Each player in turn, starting with the Leader and going clockwise, gets to 
put one card from their hand at any one Event that accepts that type of card. 
Use Markers to denote which cards are yours at an Event. 
Continue until all players have placed all 5 cards from their hands. 
The Event Deck Card List shows which Ability cards apply to which Events. 
Note the Physique cards can be used at any Event. 

END PHASE
If there are no cards left in the deck, the game ends: Go on to the Scoring Round. 
If cards remain, continue on with another turn. 
The player to the left of the current Leader becomes the new Leader. 

SCORING ROUND
Score at the End of the Game when all Ability cards have been placed. 
Check each Event in Turn: 
Highest Total Ability Card Score = Gold Medal = 5 Victory Points. 
Second Highest Total Ability Card Score = Silver Medal = 3 Victory Points. 
Third Highest Total Ability Card Score = Bronze Medal = 1 Victory Points. 


EVENT DECK CARD LIST
Event:			Skill		Body		Trait
Discus			Throw 		Arms 		Power
Javelin			Throw	 	Arms 		Technique
Wrestling		Fight 		Arms 		Power
Boxing			Fight 		Arms 		Speed
Pankration		Fight 		Arms 		Endurance
Chariot Race		Ride 		Arms 		Technique
Horse Race		Ride 		Legs 		Endurance
Marathon       		Run 		Legs 		Endurance
Sprint			Run 		Legs 		Speed
Hoplite Race		Run 		Legs 		Power
Long Jump		Jump	 	Legs 		Speed
Triple Jump		Jump 		Legs		Technique

ABILITY DECK CARD LIST
Name:		Cards:	
Arms		1-6	
Legs		1-6	
Fight		2-7	
Run		3-8	
Throw		3-6	
Ride		1-4	
Jump		2-5	
Power		3-7	
Technique	1-5	
Speed		2-6	
Endurance	4-8	
Physique       	1-4	






LINKS
Wikipedia
Olympics


PASS THE HAND VARIANT 
by Marcello
Changes apply to Exertion Phase: 
-Play a card from your hand
-Rotate hands (Pass to the Left)
-Do it until each player has played 3 cards
-Discard the 2 cards left
-Begin a new turn

CONTINUOUS SCORING VARIANT
Score at the end of every Turn. 
Score Double for the last Turn.