Multiple game boards change replayability and multiple variants, including Sea Monsters, Maelstroms, Lighthouses, and more, are included to make the game easier or harder, according to the players' preferences.' The Navigator players have to guess where they are, using the information they get from Poseidon, to trace their course to the Sacred Island. The Poseidon player uses his storms to secretly move one or all of the ships, then gives information to the Navigators about what they see around them. Odyssey: Wrath of Poseidon uses two boards, hidden from each other. As Poseidon, set obstacles on the course of the Navigators and throw powerful storms against their ships, driving them off-course and confounding them, so they cannot reach the Sacred Island in time. but the irascible Poseidon will use all his powers to prevent them from getting there!Īs one of up to four Navigator players, command the Greek ships, sail through endless storms and dangerous sea monsters, blind to all around you, trying to gather clues to your whereabouts to stay on course. They need to reach the Sacred Island to make offerings and prayers to the gods. To do so, they must beg forgiveness of the wrathful sea god, Poseidon, who sided with Troy during the war.

Review Summary: Puzzly, deductive, lightish, and ultimately entertaining, be it for two players or for more.īlurb from the publisher: 'The Trojan War is over, and the Greek ships are trying to sail back to their homeland after a long absence.

Wrath of poseidon