Overview

Antike is a civilization-building strategy game set in the ancient world. Players lead nations (Greeks, Romans, Germanic tribes, Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Persians, Arabs, Egyptians, Babylonians) by producing resources, building temples, recruiting armies, advancing technology, and founding cities. Victory is achieved not by territorial conquest but by earning ancient personages (kings, scholars, generals, citizens, navigators). The first nation to collect the required number of personages wins. The game uses a rondel action-selection mechanism with no dice or cards.

Components

• Double-sided game board (West: Roman Empire / East: Alexander’s Empire), each with 50 provinces
• 12 nation cards
• 35 ancient personage cards (9 kings, 8 scholars, 7 generals, 6 citizens, 5 navigators)
• 1 “starting player” card
• Resource chips: iron (blue), marble (white), gold (yellow) in 1-, 2-, and 5-unit denominations
• 30 coins (substitute for any 1-unit resource)
• 20 white temples
• 150 city stones (25 per nation color)
• 102 legions in 6 colors, 102 galleys in 6 colors
• 36 octagonal game stones (for rondel, score, progress)
• 4 short rule cards, rule book

Setup

1. Choose board side (West or East) and number of players.
2. Sort personage cards into 5 stacks. Set up resource chips, coins, and temples as the bank.
3. Distribute nation cards (draw randomly or draft starting with youngest). Nations participating depend on player count and board side.
4. Each nation receives starting resources: 1 iron, 2 marble, 3 gold.
5. Each nation gets 17 legions, 17 galleys, 25 city stones, and 6 game stones.
6. Place city stones on 3 starting cities (1 marble, 1 iron, 1 gold per nation card).
7. The nation with the red dot on its card starts; at the start of each round, all nations receive 1 coin.

2-player variant: Each player manages 2 nations independently. The game ends when any nation reaches 9 personages.

Turn Structure

Each turn has 3 steps in order:

1. Action Selection (Rondel): Move your game stone clockwise on the 8-wedge rondel. The first 1-3 wedges are free; each additional wedge costs 1 resource of any type. You cannot stay on the same wedge two turns in a row (repeating costs 8 wedges = 5 resources).
2. Found Cities (optional): Found cities in provinces where you have military units. Cost: 1 marble + 1 iron + 1 gold per city, plus 1 coin per adjacent city producing the same resource.
3. Win Personages: Collect any personages whose requirements you now meet.

Actions

The rondel has 8 wedges in 3 categories:

Production Actions

| Wedge | Effect | |——-|——–| | Marble | Gain 1 marble per marble city (3 per marble city with temple) | | Iron | Gain 1 iron per iron city (3 per iron city with temple) | | Gold | Gain 1 gold per gold city (3 per gold city with temple) |

Production can be increased by know-hows: Market (+1 per city) and Currency (+2 per city).

Utilization Actions

| Wedge | Effect | |——-|——–| | Temple | Build temples: 5 marble each. Triples city production, arming capacity, and defense. Max 1 temple per city. Max 20 temples on board. | | Arming | Recruit legions/galleys: 1 iron each. Place in provinces with your cities. 1 unit per city without temple, 3 per city with temple. | | Know-How | Buy advances with gold. 8 know-hows across 3 tracks (see below). |

Military Action

| Wedge | Effect | |——-|——–| | Maneuver (appears twice) | Phase 1: Move all units 1 border (2 with Road/Navigation know-how). Phase 2: Conquer enemy cities. |

Movement Rules:

• Legions cross red (land) borders; galleys cross blue (sea) borders. Some borders are both.
• Each unit moves up to 1 border (2 with Road for legions, Navigation for galleys).
• If a legion and enemy legion meet, or galley and enemy galley, they destroy each other 1:1.

Conquest:

• A city’s defense = 1 (3 with temple). Attackers need more legions/galleys than the defense value.
• Defending military units in the province add to the defense.
• Conquering destroys the temple (if any) and replaces the city stone with the attacker’s color.

Know-How Track (8 advances)

| Track | Know-Hows | Cost | |——-|———–|——| | Technical | Road (legions move +1), Navigation (galleys move +1) | 1st: 1G, 2nd: 4G | | Economic | Market (production +1), Currency (production +2) | 1st: 3G, 2nd: 8G | | Political | Democracy, Republic, Theocracy (and more) | Various gold costs |

Exact costs increase along each track. Owning all 8 know-hows earns a bonus personage.

Scoring / Victory Conditions

Personage	Requirement	Available
King	Every 5 cities owned	9
Scholar	Each new know-how learned	8
General	Each enemy temple destroyed	7
Citizen	Every 3 temples owned	6
Navigator	Every 7 seas with your galley at turn end	5

Personages to win by player count:

Nations	Personages Needed
6	7
5	8
4	9
3	10

Once won, personages can never be lost, even if the conditions are no longer met.

If all 35 personages are awarded with no winner, the first nation to destroy a temple thereafter wins.

Special Rules & Edge Cases

• Coins substitute for any 1-unit resource at any time.
• At the start of each round, every nation receives 1 coin.
• A province can hold unlimited military units of any nation.
• Foreign units do not prevent founding cities or arming.
• Only galleys go in sea-only provinces; only legions in land-only provinces.
• If a game material runs out (legions, galleys, city stones, temples), no more can be created until some return to supply.
• Resource chips are unlimited; use substitutes if needed.

Player Reference

Action	Cost	Effect
Found city	1M + 1I + 1G + coins for adjacency	Place city stone
Build temple	5M	Triple production/defense/arming at city
Recruit unit	1I each	Place at city (1 per city, 3 with temple)
Buy know-how	Gold (varies)	Permanent nation advance
Military move	Free (on Maneuver)	Move all units 1-2 borders

Rondel Movement	Cost
1-3 wedges	Free
4+ wedges	1 resource per extra wedge
Same wedge twice	8 wedges = 5 resources