Oracle of DelphiReveals your opponent’s hidden trap.
GreeceApollo
Greece · Style Time
ApolloThe god of light
Apollo reveals hidden traps, lets a piece move twice and can even undo your opponent's last move. The god for players who like to think ahead.
Reveals traps, moves twice and turns back time. For forward thinkers.
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Who is Apollo?
The god of light sees what is coming and turns back time if he must.
Apollo is the god of light, music and prophecy, and he is very pleased with himself. Every morning he drives the sun chariot across the sky, with perfect hair, of course. His oracle at Delphi tells him where danger lurks. And should anything go wrong after all, he simply turns back time a little and claims he planned it that way.
Before the first move, Apollo hides the Sun trap on the board. If your opponent moves onto the square, the sun blinds him: the piece has to go back and his move is lost. It does not trigger while he is in check.
Powers
Apollo's three powers
Every move earns 1 favor, every captured piece adds its value on top. Instead of moving, you use a power. After that it needs a few moves before it is ready again.
- Oracle of Delphi
Reveals your opponent’s hidden trap.
- Sun Chariot
One of your pieces (not the king) moves twice in a row without capturing.
- Time Reversal
Ultimate power: Takes back your opponent’s last move. He has to play something else.
In mythology
Who was Apollo really?
Apollo was the son of Zeus and Leto and the twin brother of Artemis, goddess of the hunt. He was born on the island of Delos. The Greeks saw him as the god of light, music, poetry, healing and prophecy. At Delphi he slew the serpent Python and founded the most famous oracle in Greece, where the priestess known as the Pythia spoke his answers. His symbols are the lyre, the bow and the laurel. In later times he was also identified with the sun god. In the game this makes him a god who sees ahead, drives the sun chariot and turns back time.
Tactics
How to win with Apollo
Oracle first, then attack
Oracle of Delphi reveals your opponent's hidden trap. For just 6 favor you know which square to avoid before you charge in.
Double move to an outpost
Sun Chariot moves one piece twice, without capturing. Perfect for rushing a knight to a strong outpost.
Save Time Reversal for disaster
Time Reversal is once per game and costs 25 favor. Keep it for the move that takes your queen or sets up a nasty fork.
A sun trap guarding your king
The Sun trap sends the piece back and costs your opponent a move. Hide it on a square he needs to attack your king.
Quips
Apollo has something to say about everything
The oracle already told me how this ends. Spoiler: I win.
at the startThat was not in the oracle.
after a lossWell played. I shall leave it out of my ballad.
after a defeatMy oracle is fired.
caught in a trap
Every mythology has a god of the Time style: Thoth and Odin play a similar game with very different powers.
AthenaProtection and strategy
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HadesUnderworld and banishment
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HephaestusSmithcraft
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Good to know
Questions about Apollo
The download is free. Apollo can be bought on their own in the game, or together with every other god in the Key of the Gods.
The ultimate power Time Reversal. It costs 25 favor, works only once per game and does this: Takes back your opponent’s last move. He has to play something else.
Every mythology has one god for the Time style. Besides Apollo, these are Thoth (Egypt) and Odin (The North).
24: eight each from Greece, Egypt and the North, each with a play style of their own. Zeus is playable right away, Gaia and Hermes join you after three wins.