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Hexes of Sygon

Hexes of Sygon

2026·Alec Cacheris

Videos
6
Creators
4

Mainly how-to-play. Hexes of Sygon is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 1 reviews, 3 how-to-play guides, 1 recorded sessions, and 1 other video.

2 - 4 players
50 - 100 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting

From BoardGameGeek

Your wizards gaze across the mystical planet of Sygon. Volatile volcanoes have blazed away much of the world, except for a precious clearing of land. Here lies the various landscapes of Sygon: meadows, swamps, dunes, mountains, forests, and caves. Each landscape hosts a unique spell component crucial to developing civilization on Sygon. Collect gold and the various spell components - flower, elixir, spice, powder, mushroom, and crystal - and maneuver your wizards to conjure towns, workshops, and markets to quickly advance your civilization. Use alchemy or forage to obtain components outside your grasp. Sygon relies on you to bring prosperity to its ravaged lands. However, you are not alone. Wizards loyal to other civilizations plot to loot you and compete for control of the planet. Be wary of where you place your towns and wizards and build walls to protect them against thieving wizards and volcano eruptions. Rise from the ashes and bring glory to your civilization on Sygon. For the game setup, the players will construct the randomly generated hexagonal game board of flower, elixir, spice, powder, mushroom, and crystal hexes and randomly assign a gold value to each hex. Players will begin the game by placing 2 towns in snake draft order. Each town is placed on an unsettled hex of choice with either 1 or 2 walls in the same hex. A player places their 3 wizards in hexes with their towns on their first turn. On a player's turn, they will move their wizards, conjure buildings, and cast spells in order. Each building type (town, workshop, market, and wall) contains a unique resource combination, and a player's wizard must be in a hex for them to build there. Action spells consist of wizards foraging component cards from the various landscapes of Sygon, stealing gold from nearby opponents, and protecting from stealing. Additional spell cards (charm, fissure, vanish, blizzard, power trip, & foresight) may be added to this base 2-4 player game. The goal of Hexes of Sygon is to accumulate enough and the most sorcery points (SP) of all players at the end of a round of turns to win, where SP are awarded through buildings. -description from the publisher

Hexes of Sygon

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Learn to play

Hexes of Sygon - BGG How to Play9:46

Hexes of Sygon - BGG How to Play

BoardGameGeek

BoardGameGeek

Review

Hexes of Sygon Board Game Review | A Strategic Civilization Game with Volcanoes (Is It Like Catan?)9:34

Hexes of Sygon Board Game Review | A Strategic Civilization Game with Volcanoes (Is It Like Catan?)

Tabletop For World

Tabletop For World

Watch it played

Hexes of Sygon PLAY THROUGH1:26:03

Hexes of Sygon PLAY THROUGH

TableTopVibes

TableTopVibes

Which Hexes of Sygon video should I watch?

Hexes of Sygon has 6 videos from 4 creators: 1 review, 3 how-to-play guides, 1 playthrough and 1 other video. They date from 2025 to August 2026.

To learn the rules, start with "Hexes of Sygon - BGG How to Play" by BoardGameGeek, which runs 10 min.

For an opinion before you buy, start with "Hexes of Sygon Board Game Review | A Strategic Civilization Game with Volcanoes (Is It Like Catan?)" by Tabletop For World. To see it played, watch "Hexes of Sygon PLAY THROUGH" by TableTopVibes.

If you like it, try Oranienburger Kanal, The Quest for El Dorado, Battles for the Ardennes or Cytress, which share several of its mechanics.

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Hexes of Sygon - BGG How to PlayHow to play9:46

Hexes of Sygon - BGG How to Play

BoardGameGeek

BoardGameGeek

Hexes of Sygon: How to PlayHow to play15:46

Hexes of Sygon: How to Play

Box Collector

Box Collector

Hexes of Sygon Game & Component Improvements!2:59

Hexes of Sygon Game & Component Improvements!

Tabletop For World

Tabletop For World

How to Play Hexes of Sygon & Full PlaythroughHow to play1:17:05

How to Play Hexes of Sygon & Full Playthrough

Tabletop For World

Tabletop For World

Hexes of Sygon PLAY THROUGHPlaythrough1:26:03

Hexes of Sygon PLAY THROUGH

TableTopVibes

TableTopVibes

Hexes of Sygon Board Game Review | A Strategic Civilization Game with Volcanoes (Is It Like Catan?)Review9:34

Hexes of Sygon Board Game Review | A Strategic Civilization Game with Volcanoes (Is It Like Catan?)

Tabletop For World

Tabletop For World

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About Hexes of Sygon

From BoardGameGeek:

Your wizards gaze across the mystical planet of Sygon. Volatile volcanoes have blazed away much of the world, except for a precious clearing of land. Here lies the various landscapes of Sygon: meadows, swamps, dunes, mountains, forests, and caves. Each landscape hosts a unique spell component crucial to developing civilization on Sygon. Collect gold and the various spell components - flower, elixir, spice, powder, mushroom, and crystal - and maneuver your wizards to conjure towns, workshops, and markets to quickly advance your civilization. Use alchemy or forage to obtain components outside your grasp. Sygon relies on you to bring prosperity to its ravaged lands. However, you are not alone. Wizards loyal to other civilizations plot to loot you and compete for control of the planet. Be wary of where you place your towns and wizards and build walls to protect them against thieving wizards and volcano eruptions. Rise from the ashes and bring glory to your civilization on Sygon. For the game setup, the players will construct the randomly generated hexagonal game board of flower, elixir, spice, powder, mushroom, and crystal hexes and randomly assign a gold value to each hex. Players will begin the game by placing 2 towns in snake draft order. Each town is placed on an unsettled hex of choice with either 1 or 2 walls in the same hex. A player places their 3 wizards in hexes with their towns on their first turn. On a player's turn, they will move their wizards, conjure buildings, and cast spells in order. Each building type (town, workshop, market, and wall) contains a unique resource combination, and a player's wizard must be in a hex for them to build there. Action spells consist of wizards foraging component cards from the various landscapes of Sygon, stealing gold from nearby opponents, and protecting from stealing. Additional spell cards (charm, fissure, vanish, blizzard, power trip, & foresight) may be added to this base 2-4 player game. The goal of Hexes of Sygon is to accumulate enough and the most sorcery points (SP) of all players at the end of a round of turns to win, where SP are awarded through buildings. -description from the publisher

Designer

Alec Cacheris

Artists

Tony Harrop, John Harrop

Publisher

Hexes of Sygon LLC

Categories

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