It wasn’t hard to really understand, everything made sense, but I’m also excited to learn more about it. The revelation drove him mad and he soon burned the company's archives, while a letter in which he explained his discovery would fall into the hands of one of the possessed refugees fleeing their lost universes. While you can keep your options open if you have enough money coming in, this setup does add a bit more randomness to the game.

Aphrodite has never flinched at getting her perfectly manicured hands dirty, and she’s not about to start now―even if that means marrying Olympus’s enemy number one, the new Hephaestus. It has one of my favorite themes, tense and exciting gameplay, and excellent replay value with the different scenarios. Also, if you like this post, let me know in the comment section, it really helps me figure out what content you guys appreciate. Neon Gods, the first installment in Robert’s new series Dark Olympus, follows Persephone Dimitriou, a society darling who wants nothing to do with her mother’s ambitions. Zeus is terrifying enough in the ancient mythology, but in here, he’s downright omnipotent, it seems.But from the moment I crossed the River Styx and fell under his dark spell…he was, quite simply, mine. Finally, the battle step only happens if you have pieces on a square that also contains an opponent’s piece or an Andy token. If we were different people in different circumstances, I would get down on my knees and beg you to stay at the end of the winter. With no options left, Persephone flees to the forbidden undercity and makes a devil’s bargain with a man she once believed a myth… a man who awakens her to a world she never knew existed. Confused by his reaction to Psyche, he does the only thing he can think of to keep her safe: he marries her.

By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Like the Scarlet King, the Neon God bears resemblance to the Idea of Evil from Berserk, being a living idea that affects reality created by humanity's dark desires. Yet even as their fake relationship takes a wicked turn for the scaldingly hot, a very real danger surfaces… threatening not only Cassandra and Apollo, but the very heart of Olympus itself. The other issue was the Analysis Paralysis problem I mentioned, especially if you’re planning on a four-player session. I'll say one thing for sure: I never thought I'd be trying to use the world Blurp so seriously in public.As of 2023, there will be five published books in the Neon Gods/Dark Olympus series with one published novella. Eurydice Dimitriou has always been the innocent sister, but she’s finally ready to step out of the long shadow cast by her powerful family…and the ex who shattered her heart.

I’m not even sure if Blurp is a noun or a verb, so for now I’m just going to assume that it works like Smurf. The Neon God was so far successful in converting countless worlds into one connected city while the inhabitants either tried to flee or succumbed to it, leaving them as lifeless people who simply lived in the newly formed city. Achilles Kallis may have been born with nothing, but as a child he vowed he would claw his way into the poisonous city's inner circle. Minthe, another member of Hades’s security team, rather than an individual Persephone turns into a plant. But when the maddeningly gorgeous and kind Apollo asks her to go undercover as his plus-one at a week-long party hosted by a dangerous new power player…Cassandra reluctantly agrees to have his back.They share a lot of similar traits—they’re both cunning when they have to be, sarcastic and quick-witted, and smart beyond measure. If you need me, I’ll be in my room, silently begging Katee Robert to give me the rest of the Dark Olympus series before I spontaneously combust.