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Byzantion: The Justinian Era
2026Aiollus, Siber, SPAGY
- Videos
- 7
- Creators
- 6
Mainly reviews. Byzantion: The Justinian Era is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 4 reviews, 1 how-to-play guides, and 2 recorded sessions.
1 - 4 players
30 - 120 min
From BoardGameGeek
Byzantion is a deeply thematic, highly detailed competitive miniature board game set in the shadowed halls of imperial power. In Byzantion, you assume the role of one of the four great Demoi, powerful factions that influenced the fate of the Eastern Roman Empire during the reign of Autokrator Justinian. Across nine rounds, players face a series of nine randomized historical events (ensuring replayability), revealed at the start of the game, allowing for long-term strategic planning and political maneuvering. At the beginning of each round, factions vie for influence over the Emperor's decisions. Through a bidding system, players attempt to sway Justinian toward one of two possible responses to each crisis. Each decision reshapes the course of the Empire and history itself. Once a path is chosen, all factions must contribute to its execution. Success rewards the most committed faction; failure punishes the least. Your ability to anticipate, adapt, and manipulate will offer your Victory points and determine your legacy. To meet the challenges ahead, you will recruit renowned personalities and specialists of the time from all kinds of trades. “Build your engine“ and secure the required resources to meet the challenges that history will unveil. But this is the Byzantine court, where daggers are as sharp in the shadows as on the battlefield. Use diplomacy to align rival interests with your own. Employ espionage to outmaneuver your enemies with your intrigue cards. Strike alliances, break them, and strike again, at just the right moment. At the game's end, unveil the secret objectives you've fulfilled, adding their value to your accumulated Doxa (Victory Points). Only then will it be revealed which faction truly ruled from behind the veil, the unseen hand that shaped the Emperor's will and steered the fate of Byzantion. -description from the designer
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Which Byzantion: The Justinian Era video should I watch?
Byzantion: The Justinian Era has 7 videos from 6 creators: 4 reviews, 1 how-to-play guide and 2 playthroughs. They date from November to December 2025.
To learn the rules, start with "Byzantion - Tutorial & Playthrough" by Gaming Rules!, which runs 2 h 49 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Byzantion Live Play" by The Dice Tower. 4 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "Byzantion Gameplay - No One Said History Was Friendly" by BoardGameCo, one of 2 playthroughs.
If you like it, try Disrupt, Age of Inventors, Dark Blood and Fairytale, also by Aiollus.
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About Byzantion: The Justinian Era
From BoardGameGeek:
Byzantion is a deeply thematic, highly detailed competitive miniature board game set in the shadowed halls of imperial power. In Byzantion, you assume the role of one of the four great Demoi, powerful factions that influenced the fate of the Eastern Roman Empire during the reign of Autokrator Justinian. Across nine rounds, players face a series of nine randomized historical events (ensuring replayability), revealed at the start of the game, allowing for long-term strategic planning and political maneuvering. At the beginning of each round, factions vie for influence over the Emperor's decisions. Through a bidding system, players attempt to sway Justinian toward one of two possible responses to each crisis. Each decision reshapes the course of the Empire and history itself. Once a path is chosen, all factions must contribute to its execution. Success rewards the most committed faction; failure punishes the least. Your ability to anticipate, adapt, and manipulate will offer your Victory points and determine your legacy. To meet the challenges ahead, you will recruit renowned personalities and specialists of the time from all kinds of trades. “Build your engine“ and secure the required resources to meet the challenges that history will unveil. But this is the Byzantine court, where daggers are as sharp in the shadows as on the battlefield. Use diplomacy to align rival interests with your own. Employ espionage to outmaneuver your enemies with your intrigue cards. Strike alliances, break them, and strike again, at just the right moment. At the game's end, unveil the secret objectives you've fulfilled, adding their value to your accumulated Doxa (Victory Points). Only then will it be revealed which faction truly ruled from behind the veil, the unseen hand that shaped the Emperor's will and steered the fate of Byzantion. -description from the designer
Designers
Aiollus, Siber, SPAGY
Artist
Charis Papadimitriou
Publisher
Meeple Pug
Categories
MedievalPolitical
Mechanics