{"id":20980,"date":"2021-01-05T06:05:36","date_gmt":"2021-01-05T14:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crystalcommerce.com\/blog\/?p=20980"},"modified":"2021-01-10T12:43:42","modified_gmt":"2021-01-10T20:43:42","slug":"the-war-over-who-would-be-the-regent-or-successors-to-alexanders-empire-will-begin-on-april-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crystalcommerce.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/05\/the-war-over-who-would-be-the-regent-or-successors-to-alexanders-empire-will-begin-on-april-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"The war over who would be the Regent or &#8220;Successors&#8221; to Alexander&#8217;s empire will begin on April 2021!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cf.geekdo-images.com\/YlDLNXpqv1AKGE_TZsNPDg__imagepage\/img\/MSjp2jvd0yAb0YC_SICFjN6zS0I=\/fit-in\/900x600\/filters:no_upscale():strip_icc()\/pic4919647.jpg\" alt=\"Successors, PHALANX, 2021 \u2014 front cover, fourth edition (image provided by the publisher)\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>Successors<\/em>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When Alexander the Great died in 323 BC, he left no clear heir to the immense empire he had conquered. It was not long after his death that the Macedonian generals began to war among themselves over who would be the regent or successor to Alexander&#8217;s empire. By 305 BC they had given up on succession and began to carve out their own kingdoms.&nbsp;<em><strong>Successors<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;is a 2-4 player game based on those wars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Successors<\/em>&nbsp;was first published in 1997 by Avalon Hill. Some years later a second edition rulebook was published that gave more options for the Tyche cards.&nbsp;<em>Successors III<\/em>&nbsp;built on the foundation of the&nbsp;<em>Successors II<\/em>&nbsp;rules set plus expansion cards that appeared in the&nbsp;<em>Boardgamer<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4>Successors (Fourth Edition)<\/h4><div class=\"wp-productfinder-shortcode\" data-img-url=\"\/\/crystalcommerce-assets.s3.amazonaws.com\/photos\/6618439\/large\/Sucessors.jpg?1609792961\" data-img-class=\"aligncenter\" data-product-id=\"6618439\" data-product-name=\"Successors (Fourth Edition)\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cf.geekdo-images.com\/W-wdeE0oRn3oYcO9_2Y-1A__imagepage\/img\/hwOv4pmxecWZXxb7ZYVq56hN_ws=\/fit-in\/900x600\/filters:no_upscale():strip_icc()\/pic4905811.jpg\" alt=\"Successors game setup (fourth edition). Check out the preview page here: http:\/\/bit.ly\/KickstarterSuccessor\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The fourth edition of&nbsp;<em>Successors<\/em>&nbsp;includes more generals, more scenarios, new Tyche cards, plenty of new components, and a changed map, with Libya and Cyrene being merged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Make sure to pre-order today!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Happy Gaming! <\/p>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/www.crystalcommerce.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/pic4919647.jpg\" class=\"ss-hidden-pin-image\" data-pin-url=\"https:\/\/www.crystalcommerce.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/05\/the-war-over-who-would-be-the-regent-or-successors-to-alexanders-empire-will-begin-on-april-2021\/\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.crystalcommerce.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/pic4919647.jpg\" data-pin-description=\"The war over who would be the Regent or &#8220;Successors&#8221; to Alexander&#8217;s empire will begin on April 2021!\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Successors&nbsp; When Alexander the Great died in 323 BC, he left no clear heir to the immense empire he had conquered. It was not long after his death that the Macedonian generals began to war among themselves over who would be the regent or successor to Alexander&#8217;s empire. By 305 BC they had given up &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crystalcommerce.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/05\/the-war-over-who-would-be-the-regent-or-successors-to-alexanders-empire-will-begin-on-april-2021\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The war over who would be the Regent or &#8220;Successors&#8221; to Alexander&#8217;s empire will begin on April 2021!<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/www.crystalcommerce.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/pic4919647.jpg\" class=\"ss-hidden-pin-image\" data-pin-url=\"https:\/\/www.crystalcommerce.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/05\/the-war-over-who-would-be-the-regent-or-successors-to-alexanders-empire-will-begin-on-april-2021\/\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.crystalcommerce.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/pic4919647.jpg\" data-pin-description=\"The war over who would be the Regent or &#8220;Successors&#8221; to Alexander&#8217;s empire will begin on April 2021!\"\/>","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":20981,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33,815],"tags":[1286,1325],"class_list":["post-20980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-catalog","category-board-games","tag-phalanx-games","tag-successors"],"crystal_rest_feed":{"author":"Eena","id":20980,"featured_image":{"original":"https:\/\/www.crystalcommerce.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/pic4919647.jpg","medium":"https:\/\/www.crystalcommerce.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/pic4919647-300x300.jpg","large":"https:\/\/www.crystalcommerce.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/pic4919647.jpg","thumb":"https:\/\/www.crystalcommerce.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/pic4919647-150x150.jpg"},"title":"The war over who would be the Regent or &#8220;Successors&#8221; to Alexander&#8217;s empire will begin on April 2021!","link":"https:\/\/www.crystalcommerce.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/05\/the-war-over-who-would-be-the-regent-or-successors-to-alexanders-empire-will-begin-on-april-2021\/","date":"2021-01-05T06:05:36","content":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSuccessors&nbsp;\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhen Alexander the Great died in 323 BC, he left no clear heir to the immense empire he had conquered. It was not long after his death that the Macedonian generals began to war among themselves over who would be the regent or successor to Alexander&#8217;s empire. By 305 BC they had given up on succession and began to carve out their own kingdoms.&nbsp;Successors&nbsp;is a 2-4 player game based on those wars.\n\n\n\nSuccessors&nbsp;was first published in 1997 by Avalon Hill. Some years later a second edition rulebook was published that gave more options for the Tyche cards.&nbsp;Successors III&nbsp;built on the foundation of the&nbsp;Successors II&nbsp;rules set plus expansion cards that appeared in the&nbsp;Boardgamer.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSuccessors (Fourth Edition)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe fourth edition of&nbsp;Successors&nbsp;includes more generals, more scenarios, new Tyche cards, plenty of new components, and a changed map, with Libya and Cyrene being merged.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMake sure to pre-order today!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHappy Gaming! \n","excerpt":"Successors&nbsp; When Alexander the Great died in 323 BC, he left no clear heir to the immense empire he had conquered. It was not long after his death that the Macedonian generals began to war among themselves over who would be the regent or successor to Alexander&#8217;s empire. By 305 BC they had given up &hellip;\n  The war over who would be the Regent or &#8220;Successors&#8221; to Alexander&#8217;s empire will begin on April 2021! 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