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7 Wonders Duel: Agora

Game ID: GID0008616
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2020
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7 Wonders Duel: Agora features a new board called the Senate, comprising six separate chambers that provide players with benefits once they take possession of the area. Players can obtain a Senate chamber by taking senator cards. Should any player successfully take control of the majority of Senate chambers then they automatically win the game.

1 Senate board
24 Influence cubes (12 bronze and 12 silver)
13 Senator cards (7 Politicians and 6 Conspirators)
2 Wonder cards
16 Conspiracy cards
16 Decree tokens
2 Progress tokens
4 Military tokens
1 score pad
1 Player Aid card
1 rulebook

Description

7 Wonders Duel: Agora features a new board called the Senate, comprising six separate chambers that provide players with benefits once they take possession of the area. Players can obtain a Senate chamber by taking senator cards. Should any player successfully take control of the majority of Senate chambers then they automatically win the game.

1 Senate board
24 Influence cubes (12 bronze and 12 silver)
13 Senator cards (7 Politicians and 6 Conspirators)
2 Wonder cards
16 Conspiracy cards
16 Decree tokens
2 Progress tokens
4 Military tokens
1 score pad
1 Player Aid card
1 rulebook

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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • Addresses science victory problem
  • Adds third sudden victory condition
  • Introduces hidden information
  • Creates competition for influence
  • Adds value to civic buildings
  • Significant addition without high overhead
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Thematic elements
  • Political influence and city building
  • Ancient World
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • Conspiracy Cards — Powerful one-time effects, prepared face down and triggered later, introducing hidden information and potent actions.
  • Senate Board — A new board with six chambers players compete to control using influence cubes, granting decrees with various benefits.
  • Senator Cards — Placed into the age card pyramid, these can be conspirators that allow players to acquire conspiracy cards.
  • Third Sudden Victory — Controlling all six Senate chambers triggers a new sudden victory condition.
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  • Nine expansions that actually fix their base games.
  • Every game on this list passes that test for us.
  • These are the versions the games were always working toward.
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