There are, however, additional factors at play in this challenge that make the other paths to victory viable. As Harald Hardrada, your leader and civilization abilities and unique units steer you toward a Domination Victory, as does starting in an era when you reach your power spike: explore the surrounding islands, train Viking Longships and Berserkers en masse, capture your closest neighbor's Capital, heal and upgrade your units as necessary, and repeat until you win. You have three different victory conditions you can pursue in this challenge: Domination, Religious, and Diplomatic.

Will you allow another to rise to prominence in your place? But the water provides its bounty not just to you - the people of the island world have discovered ways beyond your imagination to reap benefits from the rivers, beaches, lakes, and depths.

As Viking tales of glory and victory empower your civilization, you'll be able to recruit heroes of legend. Will you charter a merchant fleet that carries bountiful resources from the water, or build a navy to dominate trade routes connecting the world?Īs the classical era dawns, your people have already charted maps of most of the world's seas. Take to the seas as Harald Hardrada in this Challenge of the Month! Explore small, mountainous island chains in a vast ocean as you bring peace or ruin to distant lands. That sea air sure smells like Domination, though! During the Seven Seas challenge, played in Heroes & Legends mode, the victory condition you pursue is entirely up to you. You've already explored most of the ocean, your Viking Longships are unrivaled in naval combat, and you have the unique ability to pillage your enemies' coastal tiles. Playing as the Norwegian leader Harald Hardrada, you find yourself at an advantage. Civilizations persist, scattered across the mountainous islands that remain, but for some it will prove nigh impossible to thrive in this unfamiliar environment. The continents have been consumed by oceans.

Seven seas card game