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?
Burning Rome is a quick tactical card game about leading your ancient armies to victory over your enemies. The game involves: Deck-construction - Build an army from a roster of 54 different units, generals, tactics and auxiliaries.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Action Points
Spend a limited allowance of points across several possible actions each turn.
Deck / Bag Building
Add new pieces during play to improve the cards, tokens, or dice drawn later.
Hand Management
Time and sequence a limited hand of cards to preserve future options.
Open Drafting
Select cards or items from a shared face-up display.
Variable Player Powers
Each player has different abilities, restrictions, or strategic advantages.
Simulation
Model a real or imagined system through detailed cause-and-effect rules.
Read the full game description
Burning Rome is a quick tactical card game about leading your ancient armies to victory over your enemies. The game involves: Deck-construction - Build an army from a roster of 54 different units, generals, tactics and auxiliaries. Tactical card placement - Deploy your units on the battlefield to maximize their damage and defenses. Special abilities - Use tactics and unit abilities to manipulate your deck, stats and mechanics. Can you neutralize the enemy's war elephants? Do you prefer slow advance in all columns or will you imitate Hannibal's outflanking maneuvers? These choice are just the beginning - as your armies' strengths and weaknesses are tested in combat. Game modes: Ancient battles - Put yourself in the shoes of history's greatest generals in some of the most iconic battles of the ancient world. Quick battles - Master your deck-construction skills and fight short intense battles with other players using any faction at your disposal.) Burning Rome was created to simulate historical accurate synergies and plausible confrontation between soldiers and armies of the ancient era. Developed by a military mindset to be enjoyed by regular gamers.