

Special actions work a bit differently in the solo campaign, so we will go over them. In the player phase, like the multi-player, perform any or all of the regular actions and one special action. The solo game consists of two phases per turn a player phase and an event phase. Do not return the used action tokens to the supply. Place the card in the quest area and the tokens in the appropriate region. These are the only 3 quests available for the game. Next draw 3 random action tokens, comparing their values to Table B. Place the monster in the region indicated on the monster card. This will indicate what 2 monsters start in the game. In the prologue of Act 1, draw 2 action tokens and compare their values to table A in the campaign book. Finally, assemble all 3 monuments and place them on their respective spaces on the board. In addition, take the quest tokens and set them next to the quest event cards.

Take all of the action tokens and place them in a face-down random pile. Place 2 green hoplites in the Chalkidiki region. The 4 priests are Xerxes spies and place them on spaces 2 thru 5 of the command track. Take the Xerxes board and place the green control tokens on the first spaces of the Invasion and Mobilization tracks. Place 6 temples on the board and the Oracle of Delphi in the Phocis. Take all of the monsters, monster trays, damage counters monsters die and artifacts setting them aside. You will only use the cards with the solo player for all decks (combat, artifact, blessings) so shuffle each and place them on the board where indicated. Take the 5 glory tokens and place them in the neutral space on their respective colors on the population attitude track. You will separate the events deck into the quests and the monsters. You will play Achilles and start with 2 blue hoplites your hero, and a blue control token in Laconia. Take the blue (Sparta), yellow (Greeks), and green (Persian) armies. To start, set the board on the solo side.

Sparta awaits your lead, oh mighty Achilles! In the solo experience in Lords of Hellas, you are Sparta and with one set of Greek allies, you face off against the Persian invasion in a two Act campaign. The movie “300,” while not historically accurate, is definitely a powerful story based on history where the Greeks faced off against the overwhelming onslaught of the Persian army.
