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At the height of its power, the Roman Empire covered a vast amount of territory and brought major advancements in engineering, architecture, science, art, and literature. Corruption and economic crisis has made the empire unstable and paved the way for aggressive barbarian tribes to attack.
andrewrothfuss
Mixing up the Pandemic formula in some interesting ways. Dice rolls, legion recruitment, barbarians migrating from their homelands. Not quite as different as Rising Tide, but still very cool.
airjudden
When I heard this was coming out, I thought it would be a ridiculous Eurogame with another theme pasted on to Pandemic. Well, there is plenty of Pandemic in it: Epidemics are now called revolts and outbreaks are declines in the empire. However, they add legions for your sides, dice (!), and a lot of new ideas and they manage a decent amount of history. I was impressed enough to buy the game the day I played it. This is the game that [thing=65532][/thing] was trying to be: a more thematic Pandemic with dice. While that game does have some great plastic, it is too bloated for what it is. This gets it just right (well, except no plastic).
Ben_Bos
I like the game. I don’t like Pandemic, but this theme is a bit better and dice rolling is much needed or else Pandemic games are simply too dry. I would rate the Cthulhu game just above it as the spreading mechanic is packed into a more thematic appearance of the next Boss in Cthulhu which suits that game even better. I would say around a 6 Great time filler and not easy but not a wargame.