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2025
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Description
Lead Rome to greatness and become its first Emperor!
In Triumph, you want to turn the Roman Republic from a small city into a vast empire as the leader of a great noble family. Vie for dominance on every front of the Republic's life, and outmaneuver your rivals as you compete for power and prestige. Vanquish all external enemies and secure new provinces for the glory of Rome. Will you rise to the challenge and lead your family to ultimate triumph?
With a deck of cards representing your family's most illustrious figures, you'll bid to secure the offices of consuls, praetors, and censors. Those will, in turn, provide you with clients, gold, and legions to govern provinces, lead successful military campaigns, and control key sites within Rome itself – all to gain enough prestige to proclaim yourself the first Emperor of Rome!
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Let's Table It Crowdfunding Report at 1:39 sentiment: mixed
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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
- attractive theme
- pretty production value
Cons
- bidding mechanics may be off-putting
- price may be high for what is offered
Thematic elements
- area control with bidding for locations
- fantasy area-control fighting off barbaric hordes
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Area Control — players compete for control of locations on the board
- Auction / Bidding — bidding to hold or acquire locations
- bidding — bidding to hold or acquire locations
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Quotes (from this video)
- it's a maybe
- print and plays are always problematic
- the great thing about the deluxe is it has the custom game trays and stuff like that
- we might backing this week
- it's not the cheapest but it could be a lot worse
- the art is really gorgeous on this
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Video ORha7-MHPq0
Meeple University Top 5 List at 21:52 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- highly interactive bidding dynamics
- strong thematic integration with Roman politics and warfare
- multiple modes (e.g., team/Coop variants) mentioned
Cons
- bidding can be punishing if misjudged
Thematic elements
- influence, bidding for actions, area control
- Roman Republic/Empire era
Comparison games
- Concordia
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- card bidding for actions — five actions, bid 0-5, highest bidder gets best actions, lowest gets weak prize
- legions and area control — pay for Legions to fight barbarians, area control influences scoring
- low-count area control scoring — area control is a central scoring component
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Quotes (from this video)
- This is a Cooperative game where you roll it's a roll and place dice... you're trying to fulfill cards... it's treated as clearing the little platform Zone
- it's not fully Cooperative so like Sonic Rayman or that sort of like Cooperative games you still need to look after your own scoring at the end of the game
- very much a patch on Terra Mystica
- it's a really nice different take
- it's a step up from Wingspan
- Triumph... bidding on actions
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Board Games UnLocked Top List at 44:01 sentiment: mixed
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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
- Interesting theme.
- Card-driven gameplay.
- Looks neat with components.
Cons
- Board looks boring.
- Host prefers narrative-driven games and typically needs Euros to be 8s or 9s.
Thematic elements
- Grow the Roman Empire and become its very first emperor.
- Pre-Roman Empire
- Card driven
Comparison games
- Concordia
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Card Driven — it's card driven.
- competitive — obviously competitive. you're you're going to be moving around doing stuff.
- Prestige system — You're trying to gain um enough prestige to make be able to proclaim yourself as the as the emperor.
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Quotes (from this video)
- So, like every year, we go over the games that we are most excited for in next year, whether or not we know if they're going to be good.
- 2026 is shaping up to be an awesome year.
- From my understanding, one engaging narrative with impactful choices leading to multiple paths throughout various missions and p personal journeys.
- So, it's like that could be either really really cool or incredibly cringey.
- Throughout the journey, the decision you make will permanently shape your character's personality and the relationship with other individuals, opening and closing possible paths along the way.
- That alone differentiates this from a bunch of like other games of this type because no other game really has like a a relationship meter or a whatever.
- So I think this could be really cool.
- It's a fairly simplistic game.
- Um, and you're going through and you know, you build your convoy and you're just doing it's it's it's one of those it's kind of hard to explain like you're like I said, you're trying to race.
- But you know, this is a fun one and it's it's I'm excited to see how streamlined they make it, you know, uh, and see how much faster it makes the games go.
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Meeple University Rules Teach at 0:06 sentiment: neutral
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Overall sentiment (raw)
neutral
Pros
- Engaging bidding and action-timing
- Strategic depth with multiple bid phases
- Negotiation aspect adds social interaction
Cons
- Rules and components may be not final (prototype copy)
Thematic elements
- Prestige and imperial politics in ancient Rome
- Roman Empire expansion in the Mediterranean
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Area Control — Players place clients on buildings or provinces to gain points; leaders influence scoring tracks.
- bid-based action selection — Players hold family cards and secretly bid; the highest influence gets the strongest version of the action.
- Card Drafting — In the assembly phase, players bid to draft law cards and special one-off abilities.
- Client mechanics and area control — Players place clients on buildings or provinces to gain points; leaders influence scoring tracks.
- Combat: Dice — Combat phase where Barbarians advance; players recruit Legions and fight; dice are rolled to resolve outcomes.
- Conflict and Barbarians — Combat phase where Barbarians advance; players recruit Legions and fight; dice are rolled to resolve outcomes.
- Construction and building placement — In construction, players bid to add buildings to Rome and to claim clients.
- Drafting law cards — In the assembly phase, players bid to draft law cards and special one-off abilities.
- Five action phases — Actions are determined by a bid card for each player; actions resolved from highest to lowest.
- Negotiation — Players can exchange coins and make nonbinding promises for future actions.
- Negotiation and promises — Players can exchange coins and make nonbinding promises for future actions.
- Taxation and scoring — Taxes are paid and points are scored based on area control; end-of-round scoring occurs.
- Tile Placement — In construction, players bid to add buildings to Rome and to claim clients.
- Track Advancement — Progress on the game track; Prestige determines the winner across three rounds.
- Track advancement and round structure — Progress on the game track; Prestige determines the winner across three rounds.
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Quotes (from this video)
- Triumph is a euro inspired area control game in which families bid and compete for Prestige in the burgeoning Roman Empire
- it's the player who amasses the most prestige who will be the winner
- Negotiation is encouraged with players allowed to exchange coins Intrigue and laws to their Mutual benefit including making Promises of future actions but be warned that such promises are nonbinding
- Triumph will leave all players surprised how much time they spend thinking about the Roman Empire
- we are using a prototype copy of the game so the rules and components may not be final
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