Thessaloniki is a game set in the dynamic merchant age of the 4th-century Roman Tetrarchy. Players step into the roles of driven traders, completing contracts, gathering goods, and conducting trade with allied cities.
Strive to sell your products at the most profitable prices or secure valuable shipments to destinations that yield the highest rewards. As the game progresses, you can participate in chariot races and influence the popularity of trade routes, gaining additional benefits by aligning your shipments strategically.
Fulfilling contracts that grant powerful advantages is essential on your path to becoming the most influential merchant in Thessaloniki.
- 1 MAin Board
- 1 Side Board
- 1 Port Board (2 Parts)
- 2 Festival Reminder Tokens
- 8 +VP Tokens
- 1 First Player Marker
- 52 Denarii Tokens
- 4 Player Boards
- 12 Demand Tiles
- 1 Salt Merchant Meeple
- 30 Tier 1 Contract Cards
- 30 Tier 2 Contract Cards
- 8 Family Cards
- 1 Festival Contract Card
- 8 Player Aid / Setup Cards
- 24 Ship Tiles
- 1 Festival Ship Tile
- 125 Good Tokens
- 25 Grain (Yellow)
- 25 Meat (Pink)
- 25 Olives (Green)
- 25 Grapes (Purple)
- 25 Salt (White)
In each Player Colour: (Green, Pink, Purple, Yellow)
- 1 Wooden Patrician Meeple
- 2 Wooden Merchant Meeple
- 1 Wooden Scoring Marker
- 1 Wooden Chariot Marker
- 10 Wooden Mosaic Tokens
- 10 Wooden Statute Meeple
Thessaloniki is played over a flexible number of rounds, determined by the pace set by the players. In each round, every player takes one turn, beginning with the starting player and continuing clockwise around the table. The turn order remains fixed throughout the entire game.
On your turn, you will perform the following steps:
- Move
- Gain Goods
- Resolve the Alcove
- Resolve the Sunset
MOVE
The main board features 7 Alcoves where your Workers conduct their businesses. On your turn, move one Worker clockwise by 1–2 spaces, or pay 1 Denarius to move 3 spaces.
Moving your Patrician is free; moving a Merchant costs 1 Denarius.
Place your Worker in the rightmost empty spot of the destination Alcove. If it’s full, push the rightmost Worker forward to the next available Alcove, shifting others right to make space. Whenever any Worker is pushed, its owner gains 1 Denarius.
GAIN GOODS
For each Worker in the Alcove you moved to (including your own), gain 1 Raw Good matching their colors.
RESOLVE THE ALCOVE
Gain Mosaic bonuses from each Alcove you pass through or stop on where you have a Mosaic. Then, gain the Alcove bonus of your destination.
Receive action points equal to those shown in the Alcove. Spend them to perform Alcove actions or take a Contract. Actions can be repeated and you may pay 1 Denarius for an additional action point. Unused Action Points are lost.
ALCOVES EFFECTS:
- Officium – Spend an action point to gain a Mosaic or Place a Mosaic
- Taberna – Spend an action poin to gain a Statue or Place a Statue
- Officina – Spend an action point to refine Goods
- Forum – Spend an action point to place a statue or fulfill the contract
- Port – Spend an action point to sell any number of Goods of the same color
- Legatio – Spend an action point to fulfill a contract or place a Mosaic
- Mercatus – Spend an action point to Filfil a contract or refine any 3 Goods
RESOLVE THE SUNSET
Most Alcoves feature a Sunset effect, resolved at the end of your turn. This effect is mandatory and must always be carried out – even if your turn only involved taking Contract cards.
The endgame is triggered when 2 out of 4 conditions are met. The player with the highest score wins!
Height: 29.5 cm
Length: 29.5 cm
Width: 7.5 cm
Weight: 2 kg
Barcode: 5904087090907
