A game by Jay Cormier and Sen-Foong Lim

Akrotiri places you in the role of an explorer in Classical Greek times, combing the then-uncharted Aegean sea for
legendary Minoan temples. You have not only heard the rumors of their locations from other mariners -
you have some of the secret maps thought to be myth!
In order to fund your voyages into the unknown and excavate the ancient temples, you will have to first ship resources found
on surrounding islands back to the resource-poor island of Thera. Then, using landmarks to guide your way, follow your maps
maps, and unearth the forgotten temples before time forgets them, and may the gods forever bless you with favorable winds!

COMPONENTS
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32 Resource cubes 15 x 1-Drachma 10 x 5-Drachma
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(8 x 4 different colors) pieces pieces
1 Market board
2 SETS OF THE FOLLOWING COMPONENTS
IN EACH PLAYER COLOR:
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frEE actions

1 Starting Board with the 1. placE 1 tilE

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movE
Empty boat=
2 movEs

load boat
shipping routE or portagE
sEll rEsourcEs
at thEra
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2

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4

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max 3 rEsourcEs

island of Thera
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in boat

unload rEsourcEs
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ExcavatE
2. add rEsourcEs only onE
tEmplE pEr island
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buy maps 1 3 7 Akrotiri punch 3 front

at thEra
icon color
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1 map 2 maps 3 maps gamE End

36 Land tiles + +
3

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GOAL

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any color
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rEquEst draw tilEs ExcavatEd goal 1 point for Each

tErrain icon to gEt icon tEmplEs cards 10 drachmas

actions pEr turn

3 4 5
draw 2 draw 2

last
GOAL

GOAL

kEEp 1 kEEp 1
turn

1 player board 1 boat 6 temples

1 First Player marker 6 Action markers GOAL

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explore the Aegean Sea, shipping resources back
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1 3 7
HARD

GOAL

to Thera to get the funds necessary to uncover the hidden

EASY

MED

5 temples on the surrounding islands. Keep an eye on your

secret Goal card as well, for they can turn the tides to give you
12 Easy 12 Medium 12 Difficult 12 Goal a victory! The player with the most points at the end is the
Maps Maps Maps Cards winner!

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SET UP
1 Place the Starting board with Thera in the middle of the
table with ample room around it. Players should sit opposite
one another.

2 Place the Market board within easy reach of both players;

place all 32 Resource cubes on it. Each cube should cover a
square of the same color, indicating the selling value of each.

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EASY
EASY
EASY
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1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5

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4 Each player places all their temples on

their player board: 1 over each square
in the bottom but leaving the 1st square

3 Give each player a set of items in their color with a 3 visible.

(1 boat, 6 temples, 1 player board) and 2Drachmas each. Each turn actions Akrotiri punch 3 front
frEE actions
Determine a first player with the method of your choice. 1. placE 1 tilE movE
Empty boat=
sEll rEsourcEs
at thEra
2 movEs

That player takes the First Player marker.

1 2 2 3 3 4 4
shipping routE or portagE 1 2 2 3 3 4 4

load boat
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1 2 2 3 3 4 4

1 2 2 3 3 4 4

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max 3 rEsourcEs
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in boat

unload rEsourcEs
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ExcavatE
2. add rEsourcEs only onE
tEmplE pEr island
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buy maps 1 3 7
at thEra
icon color
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1 map 2 maps 3 maps gamE End

+ +
3

oraclE

GOAL
+1 (oncE pEr turn) Ak

First Player any color

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rEquEst draw tilEs ExcavatEd goal 1 point fo

tErrain icon to gEt icon tEmplEs cards 10 drach

marker actions pEr turn

3 4 5
draw 2 draw 2

las
GOAL

GOAL

kEEp 1 kEEp 1
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 5 Each player takes a Land tile and beginning with the starting player, each player adds
their Land tile to the board. Once placed, that player also places 2resources onto that
Land tile. The first resource will be the color of the Terrain icon on that Land tile and 1 2 2 3 3 4

it will be placed on the island where that Terrain icon is located. Thesecond resource 1 2 2 3 3 4
can be any resource that the player wishes and must be placed on a different island than
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where the first resource was placed, but it must be on the Land tile that was just placed
1 2 2 3 3 4
(following the placement rules on page 4).

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 fter placing the initial Land tiles, shuffle each set of

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Map cards separately and give each player 1Easy and

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1 Medium Map card. Place the rest of the Map cards

MED
in 3face-down piles off to the side: Easy (Bronze),
Medium (Silver), Hard (Gold)
HARD
HARD

GOAL
HARD

GOAL
MED
MED

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MED

Shuffle the Goal cards and give each player 2Goal

cards. Each player keeps 1 and places the other

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on the bottom of the pile. This card should remain

GOA
GOA
secret from the other player.

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8 Each player places their boat onto a dock on the island

of Thera.
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Place the Land tile deck face down within reach of both players.
st Each player is dealt 1 Land tile that they should keep secret from the other.
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frEE actions
1. placE 1 tilE movE sEll rEsourcEs
Empty boat= at thEra

HOW TO PLAY
2 movEs
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shipping routE or portagE
After this is completed, the Active Player enters his Action
load boat
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max 3 rEsourcEs
in boat

unload rEsourcEs
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ExcavatE
On his turn, the active player must first: 2. add
How rEsourcEs
many actions a player has is determined at the beginning only onE
tEmplE pEr island
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1. Play their Land tile attach a Land tile to the map by of a players turn. The rightmost
buy maps 1 3
number
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at thEra

placing it next to another tile, or to the Starting board such icon color gamE the
the bottom of each players player board indicates Endnumber
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1 map 2 maps 3 maps

+ +has is
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of +1actions a player has. The number of actions a player

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dependent on how many Temples he has excavated.

any color
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rEquEst draw tilEs

placed such that it is connected orthogonally with at least one tErrain icon to gEt icon
ExcavatEd
tEmplEs
goal
cards
1 point for Each
10 drachmas

other tile. Players are motivated to play their tiles in locations actions pEr turn

3 4 5
that can either help them get more money from shipping draw 2 draw 2

last

GOAL

GOAL
resources, or in locations that will help them fulfill their Map turn
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card requirements.
Example: This player has built 1 Temple in a previous
turn and now has 4 actions this turn.
Example: A Land tile always has
shipping routes on all 4 sides as well Note : We have included 6 Action markers to help you keep
as 1 Terrain icon. track of how many actions youve used during a turn.

2. Place resources on tile immediately after playing the tile,
the active player must put 2 Resource cubes on each tile. The
player must first place 1 Resource cube of the same color as the
icon, next to it. Then he chooses a second resource cube (of
any color) and places it on a different island that is on the same
tile that was just played. Ensure Terrain icons are not covered
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MOVE
(COST OF 1 ACTION FOR EACH OF THE FOLLOWING)
M
 ove via Shipping Route: Move a boat from a dock on
one island to a dock on another island, following a depicted
shipping route. Players may freely turn at any intersections,
and boats do not need to stop at docks that they pass.

by the resources as players need to be able to see all Terrain Move via Portage: Move a boat from a dock on one island
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icons throughout the game. overland to another dock on the same island. Akrotiri punch 3 front

In both cases, the required resources cubes are taken from the
1 2 board.
leftmost spaces on the Market 2 3 3 4 4 5

1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5

1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 Empty Boat: If a boat is not carrying any resources, then it

can move up to 2 times per action. If you stop after 1move
to perform a non-moving action, then that movement action
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is complete.

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Example: After placing a Land tile, this player places the
green resource next to the tree, then chooses the orange
resource and places it on a different island.
NOTES:
Only one boat can stop at a dock at a time.
It is possible to move through a dock with another boat,
but it costs one extra action. This can be useful when
moving via portage.

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LOAD BOAT (1 ACTION)
Load boat with up to 3 resources - any resources on the
island can be loaded, regardless of how far away the resources
are from the docked boat on that island. The active player
may choose to load some resource cubes and not others when
performing this action. A boat can never carry more than
3resources.
 opposite where Player 1 is sitting. For Player 2, the same
EXCAVATE A TEMPLE (1 ACTION)
1. The active player turns the Map card of the Temple they are
excavating face up to show the other players.
2. The active player places a Temple on the island where that
players boat is docked. The active player takes their leftmost
available temple from their player board and places it on the
island where the boat is docked. She must then prove that
the Temple can be found on the island her boat is on.
3. If the Temple has been legally located, the active player pays
the cost of the excavation, as noted at the top left on each
Map card to the supply.
4. The active player places that Map card face up next to her
player board to indicate the number of points scored for
excavating the Temple (top right corner of each card).
5. After excavating a temple, a player checks their player board
to see what bonus was exposed from removing the temple.
If its a number, then that indicates how many actions that
player will get on her next turn. If its a picture of a Goal
card, then the player can pick up 2 new Goal cards, then
place 1 of them at the bottom of the deck.
NOTES:
No two Temples can be on the same island!
If an island with a Temple becomes connected to another
island with a Temple later on in the game, then that is fine.
No Temples can be found on the island of Thera.
How to prove that a Temple is located on an island:
Each Map card has a Temple located in the middle and a
variety of Terrain icons around it. The Map card indicates
where a Temple is located. Each Map card is specific to
where a player is sitting. For Player 1, the top of the Map
card is the same as the part of the board that is directly
is true but from their perspective.
A Temple is located on an island that is surrounded in
the appropriate direction of the Terrain icons on the Map
Card.
The Temple does not need to be in a direct line from each
of these Terrain icons just in that general direction.
To help determine if a Terrain icon is in the needed
direction of a Temple, use the dotted lines printed on the
Land tiles and Starting Board.
Resource cubes are not Terrain icons, and an icon that is
in the same 1/4 of the tile as a Temple is not counted, so
be careful when planning your excavation!
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Example of a legally located temple:
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If a Map Card has a Volcano
ABOVE the Temple, then as long
as the Volcano Terrain icon on
the board is above the line that is
directly above the Temple then it
is true regardless of how much to
the right or left it is located.
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BUY MAP CARDS (1 ACTION) FREE ACTIONS
For 1 action, a player can buy new Map cards when that The following actions are Free Actions:
players boat is at Thera. When buying new Map cards a player
can choose any level of difficulty they want. A player can Selling Resources - this can only be done if a players boat
choose this action multiple times on their turn if they wish. is at Thera. To sell a resource, take a resource from a players
Aplayer can choose to buy: boat that is docked at Thera and place it back on the Market
board in the rightmost available location of that color. The
1
 Map card for 1 Drachma
Market pays the player the amount indicated on this location.
2
 Map cards for 3 Drachmas If multiple resources of the same type are sold at Thera, they
should be sold back to the Market one unit at a time as the
3
 Map cards for 7 Drachmas
price per unit can change as the demand for that resource
CONSULT THE ORACLE decreases.
(1 ACTION - CAN ONLY BE DONE ONCE PER TURN)
If there are no more resources available at the Market, then that
1. The active player verbally requests a Terrain icon: Lake, resource is currently depleted, and no more will be placed. It is
Tree, Mountain or Volcano. possible that only 1 resource might be placed on a Land tile if
2. The active player flips up the top Land tile and if it contains the depleted resource is the one matching the Terrain icon on
the Terrain icon that she requested, then that player takes that Land tile.
this Land tile as her tile to be played next turn.
3. If the Land tile does not contain the Terrain icon requested,
then the player keeps flipping up more tiles until one is
found.
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If no Land tile is found that has the requested Terrain icon,
then the active player takes the last tile that was turned face up
instead. 1 2 2 3 3 4 4
A player can only ever have one Land tile in their hand at a
time.
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All rejected tiles are placed in a discard pile. Once the Land Example: If a player were to sell 2 Blue and 1 Green
tiles run out, shuffle the discarded tiles and form a new pile of resources this turn, he would place those cubes on the circled
Land tiles. 1 3+3+2,
spaces and that player would make 2 2or 8 3Drachmas.
3 4 4
Unloading Resources - a player can unload as many resources
onto an island that they are docked at for free. Take the
resources off the boat and place them onto the island where
the boat is docked.

END OF TURN
A player who has not consulted the Oracle picks up a Land tile
at the end of their actions. This does not cost an action. Play
passes to the next player in clockwise fashion.
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The game ends when a player has excavated their 6th temple.
If that player was the starting player, then the other player gets
one more turn, otherwise the game is over at the end of the
players turn. Players then count their final scores. The player
with the most points is the winner.
SCORING
There are 3 ways to score points: Map cards, Goal cards and
Drachmas.
3 1 1. Map cards: Each player adds up the points for
each of their Temples they found using their
Map cards, as indicated in the top right of each
Map card.
2. Goal cards: Each player reveals their Goal
cards and adds any points for achieving these
Goals.
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3. Drachmas: Players score 1 point for every
10Drachmas they have.
NOTES:
Any Map cards that have not been found yet, or unsold
resources, are not counted towards a players score.
Ties are broken by the player with the most Drachmas.
If there is still a tie, then players rejoice in their shared
victory.
STRATEGIST VARIANT
For those looking for a more planned game with regards to
Goal cards, change the rules as follows:
As step 10 of the setup, place 4 face-up Goal cards as a display.
Whenever a player builds their 3rd and 5th temple, that player
chooses 1 Goal card among those remaining in the display.
This replaces the Draw 2, keep 1 that is indicated on the
player boards.
CREDITS
Sen and Jay would like to thank their awesome play testers that
helped bring Akrotiri to the game that it finally became: Xavier
Cousin, Matt Musselman, Don Kirkby, Peter Grant, Graeme
Jahns, Sean Ross, Rida Vanderkam, Dave Woodrow, Andrew
Morris, Andrei Filip, Adam Fleming, Al Cormier, Hugh James,
Dani Steele, Greg Bride, Tim Reinert, Katherine Cummings,
Kevin Wilson, Jennifer Wilson, Sarah Matchett, Laurie Ward,
Darren Wilson, Brian Jamieson, Herb Regalo, Jeff Temple, Elly
Boersema, Brian J. Malott, Steve Malott, Daryl M. Andrews,
Abe Oudshoorn, Lydia Kelly, Logan Kelly, Brett Richards, Kevin
Jacobi, Josh Cappel, Boyd Blundell, Daniel Rocchi, Ken Maher,
Mike Dodgson, Jonathan Lavallee, Stacey Haan, the Game
Artisans of Canada. Sen and Jay would also like to thank the
team at Z-Man Games for all their work in getting this game
developed and published: Chris Quilliams,
Jean-Franois Gagn, Sophie Gravel and Zev Shlasinger.
Game design: Jay Cormier and Sen-Foong Lim
Development: Team Z-Man Games
Artwork: Chris Quilliams
2014 Z-Man Games Inc.
31 rue de la Cooprative
Rigaud QC J0P 1P0
Canada
info@zmangames.com
www.zmangames.com
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APPENDIX: GOAL CARDS
Score 3 points for each of your Temples that are
exactly 1 portage away from Thera. If the Temple
can be connected using other Shipping Routes that
brings this down to no portage, then that Temple
3 2
does not score.
Score 5 points for each of your Temples that are 3
exactly 2 portages away from Thera. If the Temple
can be connected using other Shipping Routes
that bring this down to 1 or no portage, then that
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Temple does not score.
Score 3 points for each of your Temples located on
an island with no Terrain icons on it.
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Score 2 points for each of your Temples located on
an island with a Volcano Terrain icon.
2 1
Score 2 points for each of your Temples located on
an island with a Lake Terrain icon.
2 2
Score 2 points for each of your Temples located on
an island with a Tree Terrain icon.
2 2
Score 2 points for each of your Temples located on
an island with a Mountain Terrain icon.
Score 6 points for each of your Temples located on
an island with at least 3 different Terrain icons on
it: Volcano, Mountain, Lake or Tree.
Score 2 points for each quadrant in which your
Temples are located. Divide the board right in the
middle of the island of Thera as depicted on this
Goal card. This card maxes out at 8 points.
Score 1 point for each tile that makes up the
biggest completed island that contains one of
your Temples. A completed island is an island
completely surrounded by water and therefore
cannot be added to at all. The Starting board
counts as 1 tile.
Score 2 points for each of your Temples that are not
directly connected to islands with your other Temples.
As soon as an island with one of your Temples becomes
connected to an island with another one of your Temples,
neither of those Temples will score you any points. Islands
that are connected only through the island of Thera do
not count as connected for the purposes of this card.
Score 2 points for each of your Temples that are
on islands that are not completed. This means that
there is still the possibility of adding a tile to make
the island bigger.