{"id":18258,"date":"2026-02-02T12:16:35","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T11:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/mecanique\/non-classifiee\/thessaloniki-daniele-tascinis-next-strategic-challenge-arrives-in-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T12:16:56","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T11:16:56","slug":"thessaloniki-daniele-tascinis-next-strategic-challenge-arrives-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/news\/thessaloniki-daniele-tascinis-next-strategic-challenge-arrives-in-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Thessaloniki: Daniele Tascini\u2019s Next Strategic Challenge Arrives in 2026!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-path-to-node=\"3\">Attention fans of heavy Eurogames and ancient history! Renowned designer <b data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"73\">Daniele Tascini<\/b> (the mastermind behind <i data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"112\">Tzolk&#8217;in<\/i> and <i data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"125\">Teotihuacan<\/i>) is taking us back to the 4th century at the heart of the Roman Empire with his upcoming release: <b data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"235\">Thessaloniki<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\">Scheduled for <b data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"14\">2026<\/b> from publisher Board&amp;Dice, this title plunges players into the bustling atmosphere of a strategic port city during the era of the Tetrarchy.<\/p>\n<h3 data-path-to-node=\"5\">\u2693 Become the Most Influential Patrician<\/h3>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6\">In <i data-path-to-node=\"6\" data-index-in-node=\"3\">Thessaloniki<\/i>, you step into the sandals of an ambitious merchant fighting for wealth and political prestige. The game promises a rich blend of management and tactics:<\/p>\n<ul data-path-to-node=\"7\">\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"7,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"7,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Intense Trading:<\/b> Manage shipments of grain, oil, and grapes to fulfill lucrative contracts.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"7,1,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"7,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Political Influence:<\/b> Don\u2019t just sell your wares! Climb the Influence track to sway the popularity of destinations and maximize your rewards.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"7,2,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"7,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Sharp Optimization:<\/b> With a complexity rating of <b data-path-to-node=\"7,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"48\">2.67\/5<\/b>, the game targets a &#8220;medium-plus&#8221; weight\u2014offering deep strategic layers while remaining accessible to a wide range of players.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Attention fans of heavy Eurogames and ancient history! Renowned designer&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18256,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[347],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18258"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18258\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18259,"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18258\/revisions\/18259"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}