Winter Grepolympia

Winter Grepolympia

Nike, goddess of victory, heralds the start of Winter Grepolympia. Do you have what it takes to win in 4 challenging competitions and make her proud?

Experience the sporty winter spirit of ancient Greece through Winter Grepolympia! There are four different disciplines taking place over 5 days each. With each discipline, you have an athlete that you can train each day and enter into the competitions. The prizes for participation are laurels, and these can be traded in the event shop for additional resources, spells or other effects. The best alliances will win unique effects at the end of each discipline. In order to be the best and come out on top, you will need to teach your athletes the skills to win through the use of training points.

Disciplines

Days 1-5	Days 6-10	Days 11-15	Days 16-20
Shield Luge	Biathlon	Figure Skating	Ski Jumping

Training

For each discipline, you have an athlete that you can train. In order to train him, you need units (land or mythical units) to assist. You can rely on any unit from any city to help with the training, but be warned - Units used for training will be permanently taken from the army.

The Training Grounds offers 2 free training slots, and another 2 can be purchased for 100 and 200 gold respectively. These slots remain active throughout all disciplines. The number of units that can be trained in each slot is limited, and this results in the training time being 2 hours per slot.

Once you begin training your athlete, you cannot cancel it and you cannot get the units back. Think carefully whether you wish to use that unit. Each unit used will provide training points for your athlete, and each unit provides a different amount.

The table below provides information about each unit and the training points given. You can also use gold to allow your athlete to train 20% more effectively over 24 hours. This allows you to gain more training points than would be normal. This effect carries over to the next discipline if started towards the end of the discipline's time frame.

Unit	Shield Luge	Biathlon	Figure Skating	Ski Jumping	All Competitions
	Points/Unit	Points/Unit	Points/Unit	Points/Unit	Unit Limit/Slot
	69	53	53	53	44
	58	70	75	58	40
	58	75	58	58	40
	80	67	67	67	36
	213	213	256	234	12
	284	284	284	284	8
	196	178	196	231	14
	2185	1986	1986	1986	2
	2223	2223	2223	2445	2
	2147	2362	2147	2147	2
	1678	1678	1846	2014	2
	1768	1945	1768	1768	2
	1621	1945	1621	1621	2
	1805	1805	2166	2166	2
	2383	1986	1986	1986	2
	2223	2445	2223	2223	2
	1964	1785	1785	1785	2
	2119	2119	2331	2331	2

• The values for training points are relative to the game speed (formula: training points*1,4/game speed).

• The amount of units per training slot is also relative to game speed (formula: units*world speed).

Skills

There are 3 skills for each discipline which your athlete can learn. Your goal should be to gain as many skill points as quickly as possible and to distribute them amongst the different skills. This is the only way for your athlete to perform better. For every 1000 training points you will receive 1 skill point.

Event	Shield Luge	Biathlon	Figure Skating	Ski Jumping
Skill Sets	Balance, Control, Speed	Accuracy, Speed, Endurance	Technique, Performance, Balance	Technique, Speed, Focus

• Note: As there is a different skill set for each discipline, the training points gained from each discipline will reset after the completion of the discipline.

If the distribution of your skill points is not working, you can reset them for 50 gold. This lets you find the optimum distribution of points to help your athlete reach the top of the table.

Competition

Your athlete can enter into a competition once every 24 hours. If you wish to use gold you can enter as often as you like, however, entry costs will increase with each entry. The outcome of the competition will depend on how many skill points you have allocated during training. You'll have to try your best to find the optimal combination.

Depending on how well your athlete performed in the competition, you will receive laurels as a reward. The laurels can be exchanged in the shop for various items. The table below shows how many laurels your athlete will receive based on their performance.

Laurels	Shield Luge	Biathlon	Figure Skating	Ski Jumping
70	0 - 574 m	0 - 499 pts	0 - 54 pts	0 - 25 m
80	575 - 674 m	500 - 849 pts	55 - 64 pts	26 - 31 m
90	675 - 774 m	850 - 1119 pts	65 - 74 pts	32 - 39 m
100	775 - 874 m	1120 - 1549 pts	75 - 79 pts	40 - 45 m
110	875 - 974 m	1550 - 1999 pts	80 - 89 pts	46 - 57 m
120	975 - 1074 m	2000 - 2349 pts	90 - 99 pts	58 - 67 m
130	1075+ m	2350+ pts	100+ pts	68+ m

Rankings

The player ranking is based on the athlete's best result from the competitions, so each player will appear only once in the ranking.

For the alliance ranking, the results from the competitions for the ten best athletes of an alliance will be considered, and an average value will be calculated. In case there are less than 10 alliance members taking part in a discipline, each missing member will account for "0" points in the calculations.

Rewards

In addition to the rewards alliances and players can receive, there are various awards that can be earned as well during the Games.

Player Rewards

Depending on the results of the competition, a player's athlete will earn a certain amount of laurels based on their performance. These laurels can then be exchanged in the shop for personal reward items.

Alliance Rewards

At the end of each discipline, the top 10 alliances will receive an 'effect' as a reward. This effect is tied to membership within the alliance. When joining or leaving the alliance, the effect is thus activated or deactivated respectively. The strength, or intensity, of this effect will depend on where the alliance places in the rankings. Duration: 21 Days from the enactment of the reward.

Event	Reward	Effect
Shield Luge	The Olympic Torch	Grants up to +20% defensive bonus in all cities 1st Place: 20% 2nd Place: 15% 3rd Place: 10% 4-10th Places: 5%
Biathlon	Olympic Senses	Grants up to +40% battle points 1st Place: 40% 2nd Place: 30% 3rd Place: 20% 4-10th Places: 10%
Figure Skating	Olympic Merchant	Grants up to +40% resource production 1st Place: 40% 2nd Place: 30% 3rd Place: 20% 4-10th Places: 10%
Sky Jumping	The Olympic Sword	Grants up to +20% attack strength, land or naval 1st Place: 20% 2nd Place: 15% 3rd Place: 10% 4-10th Places: 5%

Shop

After your athlete begins to earn laurels, you can take them to the shop and exchange them for the various items listed below:

Item	Price	Description
Archer Reinforcement V	30 Laurels	Your city will continuously receive Archers
Hoplite Reinforcement V	30 Laurels	Your city will continuously receive Hoplites
Swordsman Reinforcement V	30 Laurels	Your city will continuously receive Swordsmen.
Mixed Resource Package	30 Laurels	The gods grant you some resources. Your currently selected town will instantly receive wood, stone, and silver coins.
Light Ship Reinforcement IV	35 Laurels	Your city will continuously receive Light Ships.
Bireme Reinforcement V	35 Laurels	Your city will continuously receive Biremes.
Improved troop movement X	100 Laurels	Units from your city are traveling faster than usual.
Tyche’s Encouragement I	100 Laurels	Tyche animates your troops to defend your city with a vengeance. Defending units in the city are 5% more efficient for 7 days.
Tyche’s Enlightenment I	100 Laurels	Tyche ignites the inner flame of your troops. Attacking units in the city are 10% more efficient for 7 days.
Tyche’s Celebration of Joy I	100 Laurels	Tyche lifts the morale and evokes the joy of living amongst your people. The cost of city festivals is reduced by 20% for 7 days.
Harpy Reinforcement IV	150 Laurels	Your city will continuously receive Harpies.
Manticore Reinforcement I	150 Laurels	Your city will continuously receive Manticores.
Eriny Reinforcement I	150 Laurels	Your city will continuously receive Erinys.
Great Land Expansion	500 Laurels	100 extra population will be permanently available in your town. Limit: 300 population per city
Heightened Senses	500 Laurels	Preternatural energy flows through the bodies of your troops, giving them particularly keen senses for the following hours. The battle points you receive will be multiplied by 2 for the next 12 hours. This effect is applied to all of your cities.

After the Grepolympia ends

If you still have laurel leaves left over at the end of the Grepolympia, don't worry because you can still spend your remaining laurels for a little while afterwards! The shop will remain open for 2 days after the event has ended to give you time to decide which items you want to buy.