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Age of Rome: English Version (Kickstarter – Emperor Pledge)

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  1. 9 out of 10

    Best game of the Spiel 23 fair so far. A lazy susan used in a medium heavy civ game. I think being made by greeks it has a thematic amount of Roman backstabbery. The game just flows, and the provinces develop while you try to reap the maximum edge.

  2. 8 out of 10

    A really cool and astonishingly beautiful game that manages to offer quite a lot of variety within a surprisingly short amount of game time! Some interesting choices to make between turns that all stay fresh and interesting from one turn to the other. This is all thanks to not only how the turn order changes, but also that the board itself constantly changes - both through luck and player-made choices! Offers kind player interactions and take-that moments as well as some good catch-up mechanics, both random such as well as those triggered by the game's mechanics. I do wish that the game would actually only take 30-60 minutes though. I don’t really see this happening, even on two players due to all the choices available, and the more followers (workers) you get the longer each round will take. Thus I would’ve liked to see that the game ended after 7 or even 6 turns rather than 9!

  3. 4 out of 10

    If the Roman Empire assigned provinces as randomly as this game does, it's no wonder they went under... More seriously, the game seems to be designed around the gimmick of the rotating board but the way it is implemented, it pretty much shoots down any ideas of following a strategy and forces players to adjust to turn-to-turn changes instead. The system also doesn't work at all well with player counts different from four. The game also injects random factors at every step of the way, and it routinely asks players to fall on their own swords in order to stop others which I am very much not fond of.

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Includes:
Age of Rome (KS Edition)
All Unlocked Stretch Goals
All Campaign Add-ons

Become the new emperor of Rome in this strategic worker placement game set in 44 BC, Rome. Each turn, you will build structures in different provinces assigned to you through a rotating board. Balance war, politics, trade, and religion while scheming against your rival players.

In Age of Rome, each player is assigned a hero with their respective player board, then are given secret quests and starting resources of Denarii, Followers, Scheme tokens, Legions, and Votes. Then they spend nine rounds competing on a rotating board to earn Glory Points.

Each round consists of four phases:
1) Scheme phase: An Event card is revealed and turn order is determined; players activate Schemes in turn order.
2) Building phase: Players build structures in turn order.
3) Action phase: Players take actions by placing Followers in turn order.
4) Income phase: Players receive Income and the Provinces board is adjusted.

Players can earn Glory Points in various ways. They may build structures, place Followers to vote and win a majority, send Legions to conquer regions, trade or collect items, or even build a Pantheon. Completed secret quests also earn Glory Points. After the 9th round, the game ends. The final score is determined and the player with the most Glory Points is declared the new Emperor of Rome.

Ages

14+
Players

Solo, 2 Players, 3 Players, 4 Players
Play Time

60m – 90m
Designer

Antonios Yannopoulos, Vangelis Efthimiou
Mechanics

Area Majority / Influence, End Game Bonuses, Events, Income, Map Deformation, Open Drafting, Push Your Luck, Solo / Solitaire Game, Victory Points as a Resource, Modular Board, Set Collection, Take That, Worker Placement
Theme

City Building, Economic, Political, Ancient
Publisher

CMON Global Limited, Gém Klub Kft., Strohmann Games, Teetotum Game Studios, Maldito Games
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