Ichor

The dark monsters of Greek mythology have gathered for one final assault on Mount Olympus. The Greek gods are prepared to defend their sacred ground. Who will prevail in this decisive battle of blood and ichor?

Ichor is an asymmetric strategy game for two players by Reiner Knizia. In this mythological battle of wits, one player controls the Greek gods while the other controls the Greek monsters. On your turn, you move one of your figures in a straight line as far as you wish, leaving behind a trail of your tokens on each space you pass over. You can never move onto or over a space containing another figure, but you can replace opposing tokens with your own. The first player to get all of their tokens on the board wins.

Turns are dead simple — move a character or spend its ability as you race to lay out your tokens first. Keep the pressure on your opponent by blocking their figures and laying your tokens on difficult-to-reach spaces. Pull the trigger on your character abilities when they are most effective, and carefully prepare for your opponent’s character abilities. Then, in the second game when you have switched sides, gleefully use your opponent’s strategies against them as you scramble to prevent them from doing the same to you.

Thanks to the 2 game boards, 24 characters, and 8 gate tiles (with the Reinforcements & Gates expansion), Ichor boasts nearly 50 million possible setups. You can rest assured that no two plays of Ichor will ever feel alike.

Ichor is the second game in the Mythos Collection, a line of two-player titles by Bitewing Games featuring strategy and mythology.