Antares Kingdoms (2022)

Antares Kingdoms is an euro-style kingdom builder card game set in a medieval fantasy world. Players each represent one of twelve factions vying for the claim of Serpens’ Champion, a title awarded to the kingdom deemed greatest by an elusive dynasty with great influence.

The game develops over three decades of opportunities, warfare and harvest. Each year players perform two actions to Build, Draw, Rank up and Foresee Future, and can use gold to Expedite and buy Dominions to better navigate the unknown yearly events.

Players strive to construct buildings and units relating to the six facets of their kingdom (Common Goods, Township, Resources, Military, Special and Wealth), earning achievements for progression in each. When a decade concludes, progress is carried over into the next as the board resets.

By the end of the third decade, players engage in comparing their achievements in the end game challenge. Here, outsmarting your opponent can be exercised with Dominion cards - which boost achievements secretly - keeping other players guessing whether they will win in a category or not.

After comparing all achievements earned throughout the game and Dominions at the end, the player with the most victory points (or Truemark Points) wins the title of Serpens' Champion!