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You are summoned by the Roman emperor to hear about his great plans for expansion. He wants you to found the next great Roman city and bring glory to the Roman Empire!
Carefully plan your city and efficiently connect neighborhoods to gain valuable resources! Spend coins and employ population to build magnificent monuments! Use legions to conquer distant lands for the Emperor! Produce valuable luxuries to use for scoring points! Gain the Will of the Gods and use it to empower your city! Glory is within your grasp!
Build the greatest Roman cities and bring glory to Rome in this tile-placement, city builder board game for 1-4 players!
In Magna Roma, the objective is to make the most points at the end of the game by building your city efficiently! To do so, players take turns to place city tiles in their city. A newly placed tile must be connected to at least one of the previously placed tiles. When a player places a tile, the connection with the adjacent tiles will result in producing one or more resources for the player. For example, connecting two half-circles found on the tiles produces a coin, a rectangle and triangle produce population, a rectangle and half-circle produce a legion etc. What's more, if the connected shapes are of the same color, the game rewards the player with double the resources.
With these resources, players will be able to play the other actions in the game, such as: build different monuments in your city, gain a Luxury Good, gain the Gods' Favor tiles, conquer new provinces for the Emperor all serving the same goal - to gain the most points at the end of the game and build the greatest Roman city that ever existed!
—description from the publisher
- Juicy tile placement
- Simple rules
- Light to medium complexity
- Six linking bonuses
- Varied end-game scoring options
- Ancient Rome theme
- Requires tough tile placement decisions
- Prototype components shown; rules and artwork are not final
- Urban planning and city-building in a Roman setting with religious/gods' influence
- Ancient Rome
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- End Game Bonuses — six linking bonuses that grant different benefits (military advancement, gods' favor, coins, population meeples, etc.).
- end_game_scoring — scoring points via various bonuses; end-game points depend on city composition and bonuses.
- exchange_resources — exchange resources when tokens advance below market tiles.
- linking_bonuses — six linking bonuses that grant different benefits (military advancement, gods' favor, coins, population meeples, etc.).
- military_cards — military cards provide different objectives each game.
- monument_tiles — monument tiles can be placed on top of neighborhood tiles to grant extra points.
- Multi-Use Cards — military cards provide different objectives each game.
- random_market_tiles — some tiles and cards are randomly selected each game, like market tiles.
- Resource Management — gaining bonuses from linking and style bonuses, managing coins and population meeples.
- resource_management — gaining bonuses from linking and style bonuses, managing coins and population meeples.
- rotation_of_tiles — rotating tiles to connect symbols for bonuses.
- Tile Placement — placing neighborhood tiles to form a 5x5 city; tiles placed on your city each turn.
- tile_drafting — drafting/picking tiles and selecting the next tile within reach (one or two distance away).
- tile_placement — placing neighborhood tiles to form a 5x5 city; tiles placed on your city each turn.
- Tile/Map Shifting — rotating tiles to connect symbols for bonuses.
Video topics + discussion points
Quotes (from this video)
- Do all roads lead to Rome?
- Do different tactics lead to victory?
- I think so.
- You can specialize, say on military, and
- The game itself has simple rules, but
- juicy tile placement game.
- 5 by 5 grid city,
- Check out Magna Roma on Kickstarter.
- The components featured in this video are prototype, so rules and artwork are not final.