Cleruchy is a game of colonization and battle between two opponents, a board game in the spirit of chess and othello. The setting is ancient Greece, with each player representing a different city-state (polis) competing for territory on a vacant patch of land. Players attempt to found colonies (cleruchies) in key locations in a bid to capture the balance of power in the region. Campaigns against the opponent can be launched to destroy their major cities using specialized military units. Play ends when the resources available for colonization have run dry on both sides, and the winner is the player who has more cleruchies under his or her control. Depending on the strategy of the individual players, the game can unfold peacefully or turn into outright war. Cleruchy will have a different look and feel every time. New version 0.94 now here! The board has been completely overhauled, with new special squares added: mountains, water, arid land, and existing colonies. A map editor is packaged with the name,
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