For the curious and those of you eagerly waiting, the rules for ROME: CITY OF MARBLE have been posted in the files section of the game page on BoardgameGeek in German, French, Dutch and English.
Monthly Archives: September 2015
Don’t trust testers!
Ignacy is a brutal playtester, a concept my pals Dave Chalker and Kory Heath introduced me to a couple years ago, much to my great benefit.
Walec was testing Robinson with me for a couple of months. He joined us early Spring 2012 and played during Spring and Summer months. After each test game he was telling me that game is good, and better and better. He was lying right in my face. Just like all 99% of other testers. He was telling that there are emotions, choices, lots of action. If I only listened to him…
But I didn’t.
I was trashing cards, and rules and changing and changing and did not listen assurances of playtesters that game is OK. I knew they had no guts to tell me right into my eyes that the game I want to release for Essen sucks.
Designer presenting his prototype is like young mother with her little boy. Do you really believe there is anybody on this planet who will tell her that her sweet child is fat…
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R:CoM Swag!
Last night at Madison Board Games & Beer, the open-to-the-public board game night I organize, my game designer pal Kane Klenko gave me a handful of these ROME: CITY OF MARBLE beer coasters be brought back from the R&R Games booth at Gen Con. They look awesome!
ROME: CITY OF MARBLE spotted in the wild.
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And an official press release from ACD Distribution:
Rome: City of Marble
$49.99 SRP
Welcome to ancient Rome! In this tile-laying game, you are a builder backed by one of the powerful Patrician families of Rome.
Influence and direct new construction of the expanding metropolis through shrewd development of the city’s districts. Construct various civic buildings: Temples for worship, Baths for health, Theaters and Arenas for arts and entertainment. The more you build, the more you gain Imperium, the measure of real power and influence in Roman society.
As buildings are constructed, influential players score victory points representing their prestige. Score additional victory points by building Bridges, Aqueducts, and Fountains. Earn a final reward for your level of Imperium.
The player with the most victory points in the end earns the title of Architectus Romanus!
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