I don't have much to say beyond what you have already heard from the other reviewers. I do want to say I like games with glue in, though, there's something very satisfying about the physical building of the map. Are there enough strips for everyone, though? how many copies would we need to print off for sufficient routes?

The Odyssey references scattered through make me happy (and make me feel clever for spotting them). It's interesting that there are several wanderers, and I like that you have the possibility of discovering traces of each others' wanderings when someone dies. Is there a mechanic for saying hello if routes connect?

I like the picture, too. Thank you for the game!

Very cool idea, and very original 😄 My comments and questions:

1. I was going to ask if the Home/Exile were Father/Demigod, as I first I thought the Home/Exile sheets were missing. Then I saw your comment, doh!
2. The mechanics with throwing the coin and such I could only understand with the image. Great that you made that explanation image, but even better if you put it where you explain that mechanic! Also, that mechanic almost felt like taken from a party game? Not necessarily a bad thing, but very surprising!
3. It says that the hint/question on the route is used to describe the found place, but most of the questions don't seem to have any connection to the place they arrived at? Am I misunderstanding something?
4. What does it mean to choose from ship, crew, supply, hubris, or memories, in "Land in sight!"? As in, what is the implication or what difference does it make? Is the player supposed to tick one of the boxes when one is chosen?
5. Is "Memories of home" = "Nostalgia"? Also, why doesn't "Hubris" appear in the Unknown list, can't they choose it? Also, is maybe the Unknown player who ticks one of the boxes?
6. Writing everything in uppercase was probably a bad idea 😩
7. I have to admit I had lots of problems understanding the text and the rules 🙁 In fact, I didn't even manage to finish reading through. They were too many things that I didn't understand so I had the impression that finishing the text wouldn't make any difference. I don't think it was so much your English, but the inconsistent names, possibly the structure of the text, and the visual structure of the character sheet. I didn't understand the relationships between elements or how they impacted the story, the gameplay, or players' decisions 🙁
8. A full example definitely would have helped a lot! Not necessarily a full game of course, but at least one full round.

I know that the author is Italian and I answer first in this language, but immediately after I leave a version in English (since the rules are in English and other participants in the jam might want to read it).

Ciao Gabriele!

Credo tu abbia creato veramente una buona idea. Ha bisogno di qualche playtest, ma la base c’è e mi piace da morire!

Ti lascio alcune note:

• Ho visto solo dopo aver cominciato il regolamento il tuo commento su “home/exile sheet”. Tieni in considerazione di rendere coerenti i termini, altrimenti il lettore si perde. Comunque è giusto una nota a margine ;-)
• Ho trovato molto interessante la suddivisione dei ruoli. Alla sola lettura mi è sembrata un po’ ostile all’eroe: il giocatore di turno avrà alla destra mostri, tentazioni e pericoli da gestire, mentre alla sinistra avrà il fato, la ragione e tutto ciò che è vero. Mi pare quindi che non ci sia scampo per l’eroe, nessun aiuto e nessuna “cosa bella”, giusto? Il viaggio per Ithake è una rotta verso la distruzione dove solo l’eroe riuscirà a venirne fuori.
  Se ho interpretato corretto, direi che hai fatto centro con il mito del povero Ulisse.
  Mi piacerebbe vedere o provare quanto i ruoli siano “cattivi”.
• Tracking the Route: Bravo! L’idea di spostarsi a seconda di dove cade la moneta, per indicare il viaggio di Ulisse, è veramente una figata. Bell’idea!
  Come hai scritto in risposta al commento di Sam, ha senso provare ad usare un dado. Ti dico solo che ho provato a usare una moneta e questa è rimbalzata oltre e ho dovuto rincorrerla :-)
• Tra l’altro mi è parso di capire che usando i ritagli di carta per segnare le rotte, i giocatori potrebbero o incontrarsi o andare lontanissimi da Itaca. Sul primo punto, non credo sia un problema, anzi si potrebbe sfruttare in gioco, sul secondo forse terrei dei “limiti” per evitare che si finisca fuori dal tavolo (prova a leggerti come funziona Vektorace)
• Buona idea mettere anche i suggerimenti per i ruoli a fine regolamento. Ho apprezzato parecchio.

A valle di tutto questo ti dico ancora: bravo.
Spero tu abbia voglia di continuare a lavorarci su, perché ha veramente un buon potenziale e se nel regolamento venissero inseriti rimandi, aiuti e altro per portare i miti omerici al tavolo, avresti creato un buon gioco su Ulisse.

Hi Gabriele!

I think you’ve created a really good idea. It needs some play-testing, but the base is there and I love it!

I’ll leave you some notes:

• I only saw your comment on “home/exile sheet” after I started the rulebook.Please consider to make the terms consistent, otherwise the reader gets lost. Anyway, it’s just a side note ;-)
• I found the division of roles very interesting. Just reading it seemed a bit hostile to the hero: the player on the right will have monsters, temptations and dangers to deal with, while the left will have fate, reason and all that is true. So it seems to me that there is no escape for the hero, no help and no “good things”, right?The journey to Ithake is a route to destruction where only the hero will escape.
  If I’m reading this correctly, I’d say you’ve hit the jackpot with the myth of poor Ulysses.
  I’d like to see or try out how “bad” the roles are.
• Tracking the Route: Bravo! The idea of moving according to where the coin falls, to indicate Ulysses’ journey, is really cool. Great idea!
  As you wrote in response to Sam’s comment, it makes sense to try using a dice. I’m just telling you that I tried to use a coin and it bounced over and I had to chase it :-)
• By the way, I understand that by using the paper clippings to mark the routes, players could either meet or go very far away from Ithaca. On the first point, I don’t think it’s a problem, in fact it could be used in game, on the second maybe I’d keep some “limits” to avoid ending up outside the table (try reading how Vektorace works).
• It is a good idea to also put tips for roles at the end of the rules. I really appreciate it.

After all that, I’ll say again, bravo.
I hope you want to keep working on it, because it has a really good potential and if the rules included cross-references, aids stuff and more to bring Homeric myths in play, you would have created a good game about Ulysses.

Hey, thanks for the submission. With the big caveat that I haven’t actually played the game, just read it, here’s my review. 

Theme

This design addresses the theme: instead of multiple maps, there is one map, but many views into it through the different routes of each player character's ship. That's a neat way to approach it.

Maps

It appears from my reading that the maps act as an artifact of play (recording what has happened), and tracking the route the heroes take. However, it doesn't seem that the map itself (its topology, layout, design, etc.) directly affects the mechanics. To me, that is an important part of a map game, but I understand that doesn't meet everyone's definition.

Tone and style

I personally found the all-caps font hard to read. I would personally use normal capitalization font. There were a few style language issues that I had to think about for a second, e.g. a “cross” instead of "tails" on a coin flip, but that's pretty small. I would say that some of the sections feel a bit redundant. A copy-editor could help with that. Other than that, I think the text does a good job setting the tone of Homeric myth. It has a fun and jovial tone that I like a lot.

Elegant

I wouldn't say throwing the coin is an elegant mechanic! It's sort of fun though. However, with most dexterity-based mechanics, it can be ableist. Perhaps you can put in an alternative rule for those who aren't able to throw a coin (or are bad at it), such as rolling a coin or rolling dice that determine an angle and distance, etc. 

Overall the mechanics sound fun, choosing which resources to draw down is a really nice mechanic that gives the player choice without being overwhelming.

Easy to understand

I did have a bit of trouble understanding the game. I think some of that might be the understandable fact that it wasn't written by a native English speaker. Thanks for sharing in English though! I certainly would have a lot of trouble reading it in Italian. Even after re-reading a few sections, there are still some mechanics I don’t understand, for example, Hubris. After reading and rereading some sections, I also don’t understand where the route map actually goes. I can see that is clarified a bit below - adding clarity there in a revision would be great. I can surmise there is one for each player (though that could be made more explicit). However, the end condition that isn't running out of Hubris was not super clear to me - how do you actually reach Ithake? I also don’t understand where the "Exile" sheet is located.

Thanks for sharing your submission! I enjoyed reading it.

Un piccolo chiarimento per "visualizzare" come ho usato le diverse mappe:

In Ithake non ci sono 2 mappe, ma tante mappe quanti sono i giocatori. Infatti ogni eroe assembla le proprie routes in una linea sghemba a rappresentare il loro viaggio da Troia a Itaca ( stesso viaggio, luoghi visitati diversi).  Queste mappe alla fine del gioco (o prima se un eroe è perduto per sempre) convergono in una unica mappa che fa capo a Itaca. In pratica viene fuori una medusa, con la testa che è Itaca e i vari tentacoli sono le rotte degli eroi

after I'll write an english version, little explanation of how I used the concept of "different maps"