Overview

Attika is a tile-placement strategy game set in ancient Greece. Each player leads a Greek city-state, constructing buildings across a shared landscape. Players win by either being the first to place all 30 of their buildings on the board or by connecting any two shrines with a chain of their buildings. The game combines hand management, resource management, and spatial planning.

Components

• 22 game board tiles (hexagonal landscape tiles)
• 4 shrines (assembled from 2 parts each)
• 5 amphorae tokens
• 4 player storage boards
• 120 building tiles (30 per player, in 4 different colours)
• 60 landscape cards

Setup

1. Place 4-8 game board tiles face-up (depending on player count), along with 2-4 shrines positioned on the board.
2. Each player takes their 30 building tiles.
3. Sort tiles into stacks: 1 stack of 6 main buildings and 3 stacks of 8 other buildings. Each stack is placed face-down.
4. Draw the top tile from each stack and place them face-up on your player board.
5. The starting player draws 4 landscape cards. The second player draws 5, the third draws 6, and the fourth draws 7.

Turn Structure

On each turn, a player performs one of two options:

Option A: Draw 2 New Buildings

• Draw 2 building tiles from the tops of your face-down stacks.
• For each tile drawn, you may either:
  • Pay the building cost to place it immediately on the game board, OR
  • Keep it on your player board for later.

Option B: Build 3 Buildings

• Select up to 3 building tiles from your player board.
• Pay the construction cost for each and place them on the game board.

Actions

Placement Rules

• A building may be placed on any empty space on the game board, regardless of whether the space has a landscape symbol.
• Buildings of the same player must form connected groups where possible.

Construction Costs

• Each building tile shows a cost in landscape symbols.
• The cost is reduced by landscape symbols on the building’s destination space plus adjacent empty spaces.
• Remaining costs are paid using landscape cards from your hand.
• Any two landscape cards may substitute for one required card of a different type.

Free Building (Arrow Sequence)

• Buildings can be constructed for free by following the arrow sequence on the player board.
• The prerequisite building (the one the arrow points from) must already exist on the game board.
• The new building must be placed adjacent to the prerequisite building.

Streets

• Streets cost 5 landscape cards (reduced by applicable landscape symbols).
• Streets are built free when placed adjacent to an existing street.

Settlements

• New settlements (disconnected groups) incur an additional cost of 1 landscape card per existing settlement you have on the board.
• Buildings connected through shrines do not form a single settlement.

Amphorae

• When all buildings of a group are connected on the game board, the player earns 1 amphora.
• An amphora can be spent to either:
  • Add 1 extra draw or build action to your turn, OR
  • Draw 1 landscape card.
• Multiple amphorae may be used in a single turn.

Board Expansion

• When a player draws the last building tile from one of their 4 stacks:
  1. Place that tile on the board (paying the building cost).
  2. Draw a new game board tile from the stack and add it to the board, connected to existing tiles or shrines.

Forfeiting Actions for Cards

• Instead of drawing buildings or building, a player may forfeit draw/build actions to draw landscape cards.
• 1 card per forfeited action, or 3 cards if forfeiting all actions for the turn.

Scoring / Victory Conditions

The game ends immediately when either victory condition is met:

1. Construction Victory: A player places all 30 of their buildings on the game board.
2. Connection Victory: A player creates an unbroken chain of their buildings connecting any two shrines.

The player achieving either condition wins immediately.

Special Rules & Edge Cases

• Shrine connections: Shrines do not unify settlements. A chain through a shrine for victory purposes must consist entirely of the player’s buildings.
• Two-card substitution: When paying construction costs, any 2 landscape cards of any type can substitute for 1 required card.
• Board tiles and shrines: New board tiles must connect to existing tiles or shrines when placed.
• Settlement cost: The extra cost for new settlements makes it advantageous to keep buildings connected.
• Group completion bonus: Plan to complete building groups for amphorae bonuses.

Player Reference

Turn Options:

• A) Draw 2 buildings (may place immediately or keep)
• B) Build up to 3 buildings from player board

Victory Conditions:

• Place all 30 buildings, OR
• Connect any 2 shrines with your buildings

Free Building: Follow arrow sequence on player board; place adjacent to prerequisite

Amphorae Uses: +1 action OR draw 1 landscape card

Settlement Penalty: +1 landscape card per existing settlement when starting a new one

Card Substitution: Any 2 cards = 1 required card