2 person card game where players race to win the title of Marathon, the fastest messenger in Greece.

15 - 25

Minutes

$29.99

Price

8+

Suggested Age To Play

This is an image of a greek god who has as angry stare on his face while he is looking into the eyes of the other greek god.

Greek Man number 2 is a character in the marathon game. The red outline of the man shows this scruffy beard, short curly hair, and angry stare.

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Our Game

Race as messengers during the first Peloponnesian War in 430BC. Players must use a combination of travel cards and action cards to cover the treacherous lands of Ancient Greece as quickly as possible. Whoever can retrieve intel from the battlefield and return to the Home Card first is the winner and given the title of Marathon, the fastest messenger in Greece.

SHOP

Jump On

This image shows the front face of the Terrain and Travel cards. It shows a red chariot in a red dessert with the mountains and moon in the background.

Action Cards

8 x per player

Use the action cards to move your token forward quicker, sabotage your opponent, or change the Terrain Cards (board). Examples: Pick + 2, Delete, Swap, Steal, Toll, Not Today, Move Opponent Backwards, etc.

16

This is the back side of the action card which is red and features Greek man number 1 on the front and the classic greek flowers. Use the action cards to move your token forward quicker, sabotage your opponent, or change the Terrain Cards (board). Examples: Pick + 2, Delete, Swap, Steal, Toll, Not Today, Move Opponent Backwards, etc.

Feed the Cat

This is a photo of a black trident in front of a white and blue mountain scape. This image is featured on the terrain and travel cards.

50 Travel Cards

1 Shared Pile

Manoeuvre your way around the board as quickly as possible using the Travel Cards.
Hint: Two Travel cards of the same colour can be used as a Wild card.

This photo is the back of the travel cards which are used in the Marathon board game to Manoeuvre your way around the board as quickly as possible using the Travel Cards.
Hint: Two Travel cards of the same colour can be used as a Wild card.

Ripple Delete

This image features a horse standing in a dessert with a yellow orange coloured background. This is featured on the Terrain cards . At the beginning of the game, all the terrain cards are laid out in a circle. These are the cards that the players move over with their player tokens.
Hint: Lay less cards down for a shorter game.

30 Terrain Cards

Players race in opposite directions over these cards

At the beginning of the game, all the terrain cards are laid out in a circle. These are the cards that the players move over with their player tokens.

Hint: Lay less cards down for a shorter game.

This is the back of the Terrain cards which features both of the greek men and greek leaves and is black and blue in colour. There is a large gold text which says Terrain on the the card just like every card in the deck.

This is the design for the wild card. The wild card can be used to move the player forward to the next terrain card regardless of the colour of the terrain card. The wild travel card has all 5 colours of terrains on it and can be picked up either player from the travel draw pile at anytime by chance.

All

Games

Include everything you need to set up, learn, and play.

This is the cover of the rule book for the Marathon Board Game. It has all the contents of the game listed on the front which is 30 Terrain Cards, 50 Travel Cards, 5 Wild Travel Cards, 1 home card, 16 action cards, 2 players tokens, and 1 game pamphlet.

Matt, Canada

“Thank you Keaton and Calvin for the fun times. My partner and I have battled it out well over 30 times in the last 2 weeks. Well done guys."

Erin, Australia

"Bought the game because it's compact and easy to travel with. So much fun and an absolute hit with other travellers!"

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Breanne, Canada

"Great for all ages! I purchased Marathon for my kids ( 8 and 11 years old) and they love playing just as much as we do! It's been a riot having the game for family days!"

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