Today marks the beginning of an important and positive change that will, in some way, impact the gameplay in Gods of War: Togo. In the fleet creator (https://gmboardgames.com/togo/ab/), the ships have received a new points value!

Where does this change come from, and why is it happening?

Firstly, when designing the game, we were aware that the more games players play, the more valuable feedback they will have, including on the point costs of certain ships. At the same time, when introducing new, improved cards, we wanted these cards to last for a very long time—changing cards is usually a very undesirable operation. Therefore, the cards do not include the point costs of ships; these are only available in the fleet creator, making it very easy to adjust in a completely non-intrusive way for every player. This is crucial because it’s impossible to foresee everything during the design and testing phases, so the ability to adjust point costs is an important element in supporting the game’s development.

The ships in the game were originally valued according to a points system developed during the work on the first edition of the game, which was later only modified. The release of the revised edition (which was translated into English), and above all the new ships cards, coupled with the experience of hundreds of games by many players, led us to the conclusion that it was time to change the valuation of the ships. And this needed to be done comprehensively, starting with the development of a completely new, advanced tool that not only calculates the costs of armour, hull points, gun characteristics, ship features, and many other factors, but also manipulates them in a sophisticated manner. Here, special thanks are due to Marcin Szymankiewicz, who created this wonderful tool for us.

Based on our own observations and, most importantly, on the feedback from players over the past few months, we concluded that battleships needed to become more expensive, while the cost of smaller ships needed to be reduced. The previous price differences not only didn’t fully reflect the differences in potential between different types of vessels, but they also made it simply uneconomical to include many ships. After all, these models were created so that players could enjoy them as much as possible!

You can see the detailed points changes for each ship in the table below, which shows the ship’s name, class, and type, as well as the new and old prices and the change in price. What’s important in correctly interpreting this table is the RELATIVE change. In general, a lot of ships have become more expensive, with battleships being the most affected. This means that, for example, armoured cruisers, which also usually increased in cost, will now be cheaper relative to battleships. The same applies to other classes.

The main goal of these changes was to ensure that players’ fleets would naturally be more diverse. Cheap fourth-class ships will encourage everyone to field torpedo boats and destroyers, which in turn will make it worthwhile to field third-class cruisers to counter them, with larger cruisers being their opponents, and so on. Additionally, we made sure that the differences between individual ships are significant enough for the player to have a real choice in which vessel to field. For example, the price difference between a Forel-class destroyer armed with four torpedoes and a Buinyi-class destroyer armed with six torpedoes is a full 20 points, which makes it worth considering which one to deploy. This applies to other vessels as well.

We hope that players will enjoy these changes. They will be in effect for the Polish Championships in October 2024.

This change also means that the size of a typical engagement will likely increase from 1,500 to 1,600 points.

Ship	Class	Type	NEW price	OLD price	Change
SPAIN
Cristóbal Colón	2	Armoured Cruiser	380	352	28
Pelayo (1898)	2	Battleship	375	330	45
Pelayo (1888)	2	Battleship	370	335	35
Emperador Carlos V	2	Armoured Cruiser	300	271	29
Infanta Maria Teresa-class	2	Armoured Cruiser	285	255	30
Reina Regente	3	Protected Cruiser	170	197	-27
Alfonso XIII-class	3	Protected Cruiser	155	156	-1
Numancia (1900)	2	Ironclad	150	164	-14
Furor-class	4	Torpedo Boat Destroyer	125	136	-11
Numancia (1885)	2	Ironclad	115	125	-10
Reina Cristina-class	3	Unprotected Cruiser	110	109	1
Ariete-class	4	Torpedo Boat	90	99	-9
Rapido	2	Auxiliary Cruiser	90	83	7
Isla de Luzon-class	4	Protected Cruiser	90	94	-4
Castilla-class	4	Unprotected Cruiser	85	74	10
Aragon	4	Unprotected Cruiser	80	71	9
Infanta Isabel-class	4	Unprotected Cruiser	75	87	-12
Velasco-class	4	Unprotected Cruiser	65	82	-17
TRANSPORT SHIPS
SS Columbia	3	Transport Ship	65	44	21
SS Arizona	3	Transport Ship	55	35	20
SS Hitachi Maru	3	Transport Ship	55	37	18
SS Clan MacKay	3	Transport Ship	40	28	12
Effie M. Morrissey	4	Transport Ship	20	28	-9
JAPAN
Mikasa	1	Battleship	810	663	148
Asahi	1	Battleship	790	665	126
Shikishima-class	1	Battleship	770	651	119
Izumo-class	2	Armoured Cruiser	420	372	48
Azuma	2	Armoured Cruiser	410	359	51
Kasuga	2	Armoured Cruiser	380	347	33
Nisshin	2	Armoured Cruiser	375	337	38
Naniwa-class (1900)	3	Protected Cruiser	155	146	9
Naniwa-class (1886)	3	Protected Cruiser	150	148	3
Chiyoda	3	Protected Cruiser	135	118	17
Harusame-class	4	Torpedo Boat Destroyer	135	147	-12
Niitaka-class	3	Protected Cruiser	120	125	-5
Hayabusa-class	4	Torpedo Boat	115	133	-18
39-Go	4	Torpedo Boat	110	116	-6
Katsuragi-class (1900)	4	Steam Corvette	85	89	-4
Katsuragi-class (1887)	4	Steam Corvette	80	82	-2
RUSSIA
Tsesarevich	1	Battleship	735	632	102
Borodino-class	1	Battleship	710	633	77
Pobeda	1	Battleship	630	538	92
Peresvet-class	1	Battleship	610	526	84
Askold	2	Protected Cruiser	260	233	27
Admiral Nakhimov	2	Armoured Cruiser	250	212	38
Admiral Ushakov-class	2	Coastal Battleship	250	220	30
Varyag	2	Protected Cruiser	250	234	16
General-admiral Apraksin	2	Coastal Battleship	230	182	48
Pallada-class	2	Protected Cruiser	215	200	14
Novik	3	Protected Cruiser	150	134	15
Izumrud-class	3	Protected Cruiser	145	135	10
Kit-class	4	Torpedo Boat Destroyer	145	148	-3
Buinyi-class	4	Torpedo Boat Destroyer	140	142	-2
Forel-class	4	Torpedo Boat Destroyer	120	134	-14
No. 208-class	4	Torpedo Boat	100	105	-4
Korietz-class	4	Gunboat	95	91	4
Terek	2	Auxiliary Cruiser	90	80	10
UNITED KINGDOM
King Edward VII-class	1	Battleship	950	842	107
Formidable-class	1	Battleship	850	664	186
Majestic-class	1	Battleship	740	587	154
Drake-class	2	Armoured Cruiser	440	460	-20
Monmouth-class	2	Armoured Cruiser	290	273	17
Eclipse-class (1905)	3	Protected Cruiser	190	204	-15
Eclipse-class (1897)	3	Protected Cruiser	170	168	1
River-class	4	Torpedo Boat Destroyer	145	152	-7
125 Footer-class (T)	4	Torpedo Boat	140	132	9
Daring-class	4	Torpedo Boat Destroyer	140	142	-2
Apollo-class	3	Protected Cruiser	135	128	7
Dryad-class	4	Torpedo Gunboat	100	108	-8
125 Footer-class (G)	4	Torpedo Boat	100	106	-6
HMS Polyphemus	4	Torpedo Ram	80	94	-14
USA
Maine-class	1	Battleship	830	692	138
Iowa	1	Battleship	600	459	141
Indiana-class	1	Battleship	580	430	151
Brooklyn	2	Armoured Cruiser	320	286	35
Texas	2	Battleship	240	214	25
Olympia	3	Protected Cruiser	215	211	3
Cincinnati-class	3	Protected Cruiser	150	133	17
Baltimore	3	Protected Cruiser	140	136	4
Bainbridge-class	4	Torpedo Boat Destroyer	140	157	-17
Philadelphia	3	Protected Cruiser	140	129	11
Atlanta-class	3	Protected Cruiser	105	96	9
Ericsson-class	4	Torpedo Boat	100	103	-2
Gloucester	4	Yacht	60	76	-16
Vixen	4	Yacht	55	72	-17

We hope that players will enjoy these changes and, of course, we welcome any feedback!

The cost of one upgrade for ships has also changed—high-quality powder has increased by $5.

Full steam ahead!

Bolter & GM Boardgames team