Byzantium Autokrator Package, English Edition

Description

This product will ship in the mid-afternoon of 2026. See Gamefound for full details. 

A deep set of themed and highly detailed miniature board games set in the shadowed halls of imperial power.

In In Byzantion , you take on the role of one of the four great Demoi, powerful factions that influenced the fate of the Eastern Roman Empire during the reign of Autokrator Ioustinianos. Across nine rounds, players face a series of nine random historical events (ensuring replayability), revealed at the start of the game, allowing for long-term strategic planning and political maneuvering.

At the beginning of each round, factions come to influence the Emperor's decisions. Through a bidding system, players attempt to sway Justinian toward one of two possible responses to each crisis:

"Should we pay ransom to the pirates ravaging our shores, or raise a fleet to crush them? Should we send the clergy to pacify a rebellion, or unleash the army to drown it in blood?"

Each decision reshapes the course of the Empire and history itself. Once a path is chosen, all factions must contribute to its execution. Success rewards the most committed faction; failure punishes the least. Your ability to anticipate, adapt, and manipulate will offer your Victory points and determine your legacy.

To meet the challenges ahead, you will recruit renowned personalities and specialists of the team from all kinds of trades. “Build your engine“ and secure the required resources to meet the challenges that history will unveil.

But this is the Byzantine court, where daggers are as clear in the shadows as on the battlefield.

Use diplomacy to align rival interests with your own.

Employ espionage to outmaneuver your enemies.

Strike alliances, break them, and strike again, at just the right moment.

At the end of the game, unveil the secret objectives you've fulfilled, adding their value to your accumulated Victory Points. Only then will it be revealed that the truly powerful faction behind the veil, the unseen hand that shaped the Emperor's will and directed the destiny of Byzantium, is the one truly in control.

The Autokrator Bundle includes the Oversized Neoprene Mat, Byzantion Board Game, all 101 Miniatures, Wooden Components, and Clay Chips.