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

Board Game Geek Reviews

1. 10 out of 10

   MoDroJoJo_

   Just playtested this game and had a blast! Loved the ever changing dynamics of the game. Even with all the crazy mechanics going on the turns and fast and learning the game is very intuitive. Each turn or move has you engaged ready to react or plan your next move. Very excited to get my hands on this game!

2. 10 out of 10

   evkefalas

   The game really shines through this phenomenal idea of a rotating board, giving you a lot of challenges, opportunities, and need for ahead simple planning. it is a very slick design. Emperor all in pledge

3. 7 out of 10

   gloesch

   FIRST IMPRESSION (will update after a more plays) Let’s start with artwork & components: There is just one thing you can say about it: AMAZING! Really premium material, a great insert, amazing metal coins ... that is how games should be! Regarding the game itself: We all play a leader in the ancient Rome (each with asymmetric abilities) and we have to build and enlarge different buildings on the map. These buildings are then slots to place workers to do different actions - the better the building the more workers can be placed and the more tax income I will get. The twist: the board is turning around after each round - so you never play two rounds on the same city and the buildings you just upgraded will not be available for you in the next round. There are already some negative opinions: too luck driven, no real impact, unbalanced events and so on. I have now just played it one time and only with two players but that was really cool. Yes for sure there are luck elements - but on the other hand side the game itself is also not a heavy euro but a very accessible game and it plays really fast (our two player match took a bit more than an hour). In combination with the amazing material this is for me a great gateway game. And there are definitely interesting decisions to make - for sure it is more tactical than strategic - but you have enough influence here to be able to win the game. I can understand that the typical euro player that wants not luck at all and no player interaction will not like this one - but to rate it in a way it was done by some other content creators so far is not fair in my opinion. For me the first impression score would be a solid 7/10. And I think this might even get better when I play it with four players.