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The largest Roman city north of the Alps in the late Roman Empire was Augusta Treverorum. Founded in the times of Caesar Augustus and built up by generations of Roman architects, this was the Emperor's residence and a world city during this period. The remains of these most impressive structures can still be visited today. Foremost of these great achievements in the city is the massive "Porta Nigra", a large Roman city gate located in Trier, Germany that dates to the 2nd century.
The game Porta Nigra (which translates as "black gate") is set in that place and time with the players taking on the roles of Roman architects working on the city gate of Porta Nigra. Each player commands a master builder, who moves around a circular track on the game board, enabling you to buy or build only where this master builder is located. Moving the master builder to farther locations along the track is expensive, so players must plan their movements and builds carefully. The number and type of actions that may be performed on your turn comes from cards in your personal draw deck.
Buildings are erected physically at the various locations around the city using 3D building pieces.
- Interesting original theme
- Prototype version has different rules
- Production version may have issues
- Original theme might be better
- Tourist traps
- Route 66
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- Maybe, just maybe, no one wants your $200 dice, or knockoff stickers.
- Quit trying to tear down conventions when the problem isn't them.
- You're controlling titans and there's like this whole Titan thing where you're training them. They're like God of War, the board game.
- I mean, it's just uh it's crazy stuff out there, man.
- The whole world's on fire. Nobody cares, you know.
- It's walking money.
- The attendance is like around, isn't it like 20,000 or 30,000?
- I feel like the work is worth it, you know?
- But people saw the front cover of After the Empire and they were like, "What is this?"
- And then they want to buy it.