Glen Slagle
@powertrout.bsky.social
Terminal hobbyist and dilettante.
5: Now all upgrades count for a points. In the picture, Green got 1 for the Favor cube in the market, 2 for moving their Fort up twice, 3 and 4 for additional Meeples and Cargo spaces, and 5 for Ambrosia and Trophies, for a total of 15. I need to make it easier to track...
February 2, 2026 at 2:33 AM
5: Now all upgrades count for a points. In the picture, Green got 1 for the Favor cube in the market, 2 for moving their Fort up twice, 3 and 4 for additional Meeples and Cargo spaces, and 5 for Ambrosia and Trophies, for a total of 15. I need to make it easier to track...
4: More Expedition tweaks. Thematically, Pan curses you more for trespassing deeper into his territory. You don't want to get caught by Medusa (or do you?), so it's possible to sneak by her entirely with luck or clever use of The Fates. Dionysus throws a party that ends with terrible violence.
February 2, 2026 at 2:33 AM
4: More Expedition tweaks. Thematically, Pan curses you more for trespassing deeper into his territory. You don't want to get caught by Medusa (or do you?), so it's possible to sneak by her entirely with luck or clever use of The Fates. Dionysus throws a party that ends with terrible violence.
2: I tweaked a couple offering cards and added Harvest (Demeter) and Cornucopia. I'm not keeping the current effects of either. The gist of Harvest is that it allows you to gather resources from the board in a non-standard way. Cornucopia is only useful if acquired in the beginning of the game.
February 2, 2026 at 2:33 AM
2: I tweaked a couple offering cards and added Harvest (Demeter) and Cornucopia. I'm not keeping the current effects of either. The gist of Harvest is that it allows you to gather resources from the board in a non-standard way. Cornucopia is only useful if acquired in the beginning of the game.
2: 12 islands didn't last a week of playtesting. Back to 9! One good thing that came out of it was adding a meeple exchange to the end of the map (Zeus). Surviving meeples can be transformed into your choice of resources, wine or Ambrosia. It's a tire patch solution that I'll keep working on.
February 2, 2026 at 2:33 AM
2: 12 islands didn't last a week of playtesting. Back to 9! One good thing that came out of it was adding a meeple exchange to the end of the map (Zeus). Surviving meeples can be transformed into your choice of resources, wine or Ambrosia. It's a tire patch solution that I'll keep working on.
1: Trophies are neat but create a significant first player advantage. If you are in the lead on an upgrade, you get a temporary point until someone else passes you. BUT, if all they do is tie, you'll have a chance on your next turn to widen the gap again. I might cut them by the next update.
February 2, 2026 at 2:33 AM
1: Trophies are neat but create a significant first player advantage. If you are in the lead on an upgrade, you get a temporary point until someone else passes you. BUT, if all they do is tie, you'll have a chance on your next turn to widen the gap again. I might cut them by the next update.
A Greek Tragedy, Designer Diary, January '26
Another month of removing almost everything I added last month, and new stuff that will likely be axed in February!
Another month of removing almost everything I added last month, and new stuff that will likely be axed in February!
February 2, 2026 at 2:33 AM
A Greek Tragedy, Designer Diary, January '26
Another month of removing almost everything I added last month, and new stuff that will likely be axed in February!
Another month of removing almost everything I added last month, and new stuff that will likely be axed in February!
6. For January, I'm focusing on balancing Dionysus (new god), the pesky 2:1 exchange rate, and what happens when players reach the 12th and final island. Each surviving meeple on your boat can be transformed at your discretion. 1 Meeple = 1 Resource. 2 Meeples = 1 Wine. 4 Meeples = 1 Ambrosia.
January 4, 2026 at 9:21 PM
6. For January, I'm focusing on balancing Dionysus (new god), the pesky 2:1 exchange rate, and what happens when players reach the 12th and final island. Each surviving meeple on your boat can be transformed at your discretion. 1 Meeple = 1 Resource. 2 Meeples = 1 Wine. 4 Meeples = 1 Ambrosia.
5. I picked up Agent Avenue recently, and was inspired by how clean card layout was. So, I got rid of the text description (it can live in the rule book) and cleaned up the effect icons. Black borders provide resources (or nothing) without hurting you. Red borders curse your soldiers like normal.
January 4, 2026 at 9:21 PM
5. I picked up Agent Avenue recently, and was inspired by how clean card layout was. So, I got rid of the text description (it can live in the rule book) and cleaned up the effect icons. Black borders provide resources (or nothing) without hurting you. Red borders curse your soldiers like normal.
4. Players tend to delay ending the game on their own. They'll engine-build indefinitely, maxing out every upgrade, unless and until someone guns for points. Games can run really long... So, I made the game 6 rounds long (ex, orange marker around "3"). Most points wins. Simple and effective!
January 4, 2026 at 9:21 PM
4. Players tend to delay ending the game on their own. They'll engine-build indefinitely, maxing out every upgrade, unless and until someone guns for points. Games can run really long... So, I made the game 6 rounds long (ex, orange marker around "3"). Most points wins. Simple and effective!
3. I still wanted a wild resource, and I want Favor to be different from the other upgrades. So, I replaced gold and silver coins with Wine. Ply the merchants with wine and they'll look on you with Favor, and give you a better price than other players.
January 4, 2026 at 9:21 PM
3. I still wanted a wild resource, and I want Favor to be different from the other upgrades. So, I replaced gold and silver coins with Wine. Ply the merchants with wine and they'll look on you with Favor, and give you a better price than other players.
2. Treasure was in the game as a generic/wild resource. Now they're in the role of the old 4-slot Ambrosia tokens. It takes up A LOT of room on your boat, but they're still worth a point, and you don't have to work as hard to get them. Ambrosia is rarer but easier to carry back (only 2-slots).
January 4, 2026 at 9:21 PM
2. Treasure was in the game as a generic/wild resource. Now they're in the role of the old 4-slot Ambrosia tokens. It takes up A LOT of room on your boat, but they're still worth a point, and you don't have to work as hard to get them. Ambrosia is rarer but easier to carry back (only 2-slots).
1. Trophies are a type of point that you gain by having the most of a certain upgrade. They will get acquired in the normal course of the game, but they make the holder a target for other players. Passing someone and claiming their trophy is a good way to even out the score of a runaway leader!
January 4, 2026 at 9:21 PM
1. Trophies are a type of point that you gain by having the most of a certain upgrade. They will get acquired in the normal course of the game, but they make the holder a target for other players. Passing someone and claiming their trophy is a good way to even out the score of a runaway leader!
Instead of buying Offering cards out-right, any resources you spend on upgrades go into a bowl. At the end of your turn, you can respend them to draw an Offering card for each set of Stone/Wood/Pig you in the bowl. From the pic, they can draw 2 cards because they have 2 stone (Silver is wild).
November 30, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Instead of buying Offering cards out-right, any resources you spend on upgrades go into a bowl. At the end of your turn, you can respend them to draw an Offering card for each set of Stone/Wood/Pig you in the bowl. From the pic, they can draw 2 cards because they have 2 stone (Silver is wild).
I also added four "Trophy" points that go to whoever has the most Favor, Meeples, Cargo Spaces, or the highest Fort position. If another player passes the leader, they take the point. They're easy to get, but they're very hard to keep.
November 30, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I also added four "Trophy" points that go to whoever has the most Favor, Meeples, Cargo Spaces, or the highest Fort position. If another player passes the leader, they take the point. They're easy to get, but they're very hard to keep.
A Greek Tragedy, November '25 Update
Good progress!
I've been focusing on points and how they're scored. Picking up Ambrosia from the board took too much commitment, so I redid them as 2-space pieces (instead of 4). I really like how they turned out! They remind me of the charms from Diablo II.
Good progress!
I've been focusing on points and how they're scored. Picking up Ambrosia from the board took too much commitment, so I redid them as 2-space pieces (instead of 4). I really like how they turned out! They remind me of the charms from Diablo II.
November 30, 2025 at 11:52 PM
A Greek Tragedy, November '25 Update
Good progress!
I've been focusing on points and how they're scored. Picking up Ambrosia from the board took too much commitment, so I redid them as 2-space pieces (instead of 4). I really like how they turned out! They remind me of the charms from Diablo II.
Good progress!
I've been focusing on points and how they're scored. Picking up Ambrosia from the board took too much commitment, so I redid them as 2-space pieces (instead of 4). I really like how they turned out! They remind me of the charms from Diablo II.
A further wrinkle I've been playing with is "Favor" tokens. For a price, you can replace a generic cost token with one of your color (blue & red cubes). When you buy an upgrade, you ignore your own cubes. ex, Cargo would cost Red 4 wood, but everyone else would pay 5 wood.
November 1, 2025 at 4:27 AM
A further wrinkle I've been playing with is "Favor" tokens. For a price, you can replace a generic cost token with one of your color (blue & red cubes). When you buy an upgrade, you ignore your own cubes. ex, Cargo would cost Red 4 wood, but everyone else would pay 5 wood.
1. I changed the upgrades from the basic "4 pigs for a meeple" to fluctuating costs, marked by tokens (green cubes). Whenever an upgrade is purchased, the player moves a token from a DIFFERENT upgrade to the one they just purchased, raising the cost of one, while effectively discounting the other.
November 1, 2025 at 4:27 AM
1. I changed the upgrades from the basic "4 pigs for a meeple" to fluctuating costs, marked by tokens (green cubes). Whenever an upgrade is purchased, the player moves a token from a DIFFERENT upgrade to the one they just purchased, raising the cost of one, while effectively discounting the other.
A Greek Tragedy, October '25
There are 2 things that bug me about where AGT is at.
1. When purchasing upgrades, there is often a "right" answer.
2. Reaching a point threshold triggers the end game, but if no takes points, there's no incentive to pivot from engine building to securing points.
There are 2 things that bug me about where AGT is at.
1. When purchasing upgrades, there is often a "right" answer.
2. Reaching a point threshold triggers the end game, but if no takes points, there's no incentive to pivot from engine building to securing points.
November 1, 2025 at 4:27 AM
A Greek Tragedy, October '25
There are 2 things that bug me about where AGT is at.
1. When purchasing upgrades, there is often a "right" answer.
2. Reaching a point threshold triggers the end game, but if no takes points, there's no incentive to pivot from engine building to securing points.
There are 2 things that bug me about where AGT is at.
1. When purchasing upgrades, there is often a "right" answer.
2. Reaching a point threshold triggers the end game, but if no takes points, there's no incentive to pivot from engine building to securing points.
Where it's at now:
I wanted to add more agency and player interaction, but the ideas I had kept leaning into Incan Gold too much for my comfort. However, I'm happy with how it turned out. There are definitely similarities, but I think it's different enough.
I wanted to add more agency and player interaction, but the ideas I had kept leaning into Incan Gold too much for my comfort. However, I'm happy with how it turned out. There are definitely similarities, but I think it's different enough.
September 5, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Where it's at now:
I wanted to add more agency and player interaction, but the ideas I had kept leaning into Incan Gold too much for my comfort. However, I'm happy with how it turned out. There are definitely similarities, but I think it's different enough.
I wanted to add more agency and player interaction, but the ideas I had kept leaning into Incan Gold too much for my comfort. However, I'm happy with how it turned out. There are definitely similarities, but I think it's different enough.
August 2025 update.
Not a lot happened with A Greek Tragedy. Tweaked some text on cards. That's about it.
I DID however work on "Fear", a placeholder name for a questionably themed press-your-luck game. Fowers has words, Hargrave has nature, Clair has transparent cards, and I have press-your-luck.
Not a lot happened with A Greek Tragedy. Tweaked some text on cards. That's about it.
I DID however work on "Fear", a placeholder name for a questionably themed press-your-luck game. Fowers has words, Hargrave has nature, Clair has transparent cards, and I have press-your-luck.
September 5, 2025 at 2:05 AM
August 2025 update.
Not a lot happened with A Greek Tragedy. Tweaked some text on cards. That's about it.
I DID however work on "Fear", a placeholder name for a questionably themed press-your-luck game. Fowers has words, Hargrave has nature, Clair has transparent cards, and I have press-your-luck.
Not a lot happened with A Greek Tragedy. Tweaked some text on cards. That's about it.
I DID however work on "Fear", a placeholder name for a questionably themed press-your-luck game. Fowers has words, Hargrave has nature, Clair has transparent cards, and I have press-your-luck.
Typically I chamfer the edge of coins so they slide up onto each other easier. But the "coins" in this game are often stacked, like poker chips, so I notched the edges inward to make grabbing a stack easier.
August 27, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Typically I chamfer the edge of coins so they slide up onto each other easier. But the "coins" in this game are often stacked, like poker chips, so I notched the edges inward to make grabbing a stack easier.
I made some new point tokens for a small press your luck game I'm working on. This is my go-to way to make coins and tokens.
I roughly paint the indentation, print a jig (which could be deeper...) to hold the shape, then wet-sand the face smooth. The jig isn't necessary, but it makes it easier.
I roughly paint the indentation, print a jig (which could be deeper...) to hold the shape, then wet-sand the face smooth. The jig isn't necessary, but it makes it easier.
August 27, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I made some new point tokens for a small press your luck game I'm working on. This is my go-to way to make coins and tokens.
I roughly paint the indentation, print a jig (which could be deeper...) to hold the shape, then wet-sand the face smooth. The jig isn't necessary, but it makes it easier.
I roughly paint the indentation, print a jig (which could be deeper...) to hold the shape, then wet-sand the face smooth. The jig isn't necessary, but it makes it easier.
Change #5 - I made a spreadsheet for tracking game data! I start with a hypothesis, and end with a review of what actually happened. It tracks deck composition, resources taken, upgrades purchased, when certain events are triggered, and how many rounds a game takes. About 8, as it turns out.
August 9, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Change #5 - I made a spreadsheet for tracking game data! I start with a hypothesis, and end with a review of what actually happened. It tracks deck composition, resources taken, upgrades purchased, when certain events are triggered, and how many rounds a game takes. About 8, as it turns out.
Change #4 - I added "The Curse is Lifted" to the Offering Deck, which adds healing to the game for the first time. I like what it does so far, but it's a little particular, and it produces an edge case that I haven't resolved yet.
August 9, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Change #4 - I added "The Curse is Lifted" to the Offering Deck, which adds healing to the game for the first time. I like what it does so far, but it's a little particular, and it produces an edge case that I haven't resolved yet.
Change #3 - Centaurs! Like a bolt out of heaven, it came to me. Top half human. Bottom half horse! I don't know, I think it's cute...
Each complete Centaur you collect is worth a point.
Each complete Centaur you collect is worth a point.
August 9, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Change #3 - Centaurs! Like a bolt out of heaven, it came to me. Top half human. Bottom half horse! I don't know, I think it's cute...
Each complete Centaur you collect is worth a point.
Each complete Centaur you collect is worth a point.