Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Harder to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Deep strategy
How it plays
How does it play?
Ave Roma is a worker placement game with some unique mechanisms. All workers have a value and all are common workers.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Set Collection
Gather related items that become more valuable when scored together.
Worker Placement
Commit limited workers to action spaces before opponents occupy them.
Variable Phase Order
The order of phases changes according to player choices or game state.
Variable Player Powers
Each player has different abilities, restrictions, or strategic advantages.
Read the full game description
Ave Roma is a worker placement game with some unique mechanisms. All workers have a value and all are common workers. At the beginning of a new turn you always start with five workers, but depending on your previous decisions you will always have different workers. In the first phase you have to send out your workers, and in the next one you have to collect them — but in most cases you get back different ones. You have several ways to win the game. You can build buildings, support wars, convince patrons, obtain influence in territories, get money and resources, and so on. It's a complex game with several mechanisms and components.