"Fantasy Realms holds the distinction of the most played game in my collection. This is partly because it's a go-to travel game; I have played it on trains, and I have played it on planes. I've played it in many a house, though never with a mouse. Fantasy Realms is also an adaptable filler, satisfactorily accommodating 2-6 players and loaded with surprisingly interesting decisions given the 1-minute teach. Most importantly, it's an addictively fun push-your-luck experience with endless replay value."
"So, I was obviously intrigued when I heard of the follow-up title: Fantasy Realms: Greek Legends by the same designer, Bruce Glassco. It's still a card-based game where 2-6 players attempt to tactically optimize a hand of 7 cards over 10-20 minutes. This rendition of the game, however, features new artwork, a larger deck, and a couple of new mechanics. Is the gameplay as Godly as the theme?"
Fantasy Realms: Greek Legends is a card-based 2–6 player game where each player receives seven cards and works to optimize that hand in 10–20 minutes. Each card has one of six suits (God, Hero, Quest, Monster, Item, Location), 0–4 tags among 13 possibilities, a base point value, and potential scoring bonuses, penalties, or end-game effects. Players draw either blindly from the deck or openly from a common discard marketplace, then discard back to seven cards. Certain cards can be sent to a personal afterlife area, expanding the effective hand and causing a random card to move to the common discard. The game ends when the common discard contains ten cards; end-game effects and penalties are then resolved, with each afterlife card imposing a ten-point deduction.
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