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Glory to Rome

2-5 players 60-60 min 7.5 Board Game Geek Rating

Players rebuild Rome after the great fire of 64 A.D. using multifunctional cards that serve as buildings, clients, materials, or resources. The core mechanic involves role selection where the active player leads an action and others may follow by discarding matching cards. Victory comes from constructing buildings and accumulating diverse resources for end-game scoring bonuses.

Published 2005

Glory to Rome

Get Ready

Setup the game with these step-by-step instructions before diving into your turn.

1
Choose ruleset
Decide whether to play Imperium or Republica rules before beginning
2
Deal starting hand (Imperium)
Each player receives 4 order cards and 1 jack
3
Deal starting hand (Republica)
Each player receives 5 order cards and no jack
4
Deal starting hand (Default White Box)
Each player receives 4 order cards and 1 senator (jack)
5
Select correct cards (Imperium)
Use the alternate Circus and Forum cards with red highlights
6
Select correct cards (Republica)
Use the default Circus and Forum cards, plus add Tribunal and Palais Imperial from the "Plus de Gloire de Rome" expansion

On Your Turn

What you can do during your turn.

1
Play petitions (Imperium)
Use 3 cards to form a petition
2
Play petitions (Republica/Default)
Use 2 cards to form a petition
3
Use Stairway (Black Box rules)
The Architect ability to make another player's building available to all is performed in addition to the default Architect action
4
Use Stairway (Default White Box)
The Architect ability is performed instead of the default Architect action
5
Note card differences
The White Box Circus card text corresponds to Crane, and Forum card text corresponds to Forum Romanum
6
Reference unique cards (Imperium)
Circus, Forum, Senate, and Colosseum are available
7
Reference unique cards (Republica)
Crane, Forum Romanum, Tribunal, and Domus aurea are available

Winning

How to claim victory.

1
Standard victory conditions
The document does not specify victory conditions
2
Note edition differences
The Marché aux esclaves (slave market) card is renamed Circus Maximus in the Black Box edition but functions the same

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