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1988 Ranked #4,894

Forum Romanum

A placement game where players fill rooms and lines to win majorities while avoiding minority penalties. Once a space is scored it is closed, and later movement can dismantle a promising position unexpectedly.

Abstract Abstract Strategy Ancient Area Majority / Influence Ancient: Rome

Players

2-6

Play time

Not listed

Age

10+

Complexity

2.34/5

Rating

6.75

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.8/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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Long out of print, this is a popular placement game by Wolfgang Kramer, published in the Franckh Kosmos long box series. Actually very simple, players take turns to put their colored pieces in different rooms.

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Long out of print, this is a popular placement game by Wolfgang Kramer, published in the Franckh Kosmos long box series. Actually very simple, players take turns to put their colored pieces in different rooms. Whenever a row, column, diagonal or room is full, it is scored, with the majority holder getting the value of the length, and any minority holders losing points. All lines or rooms are marked off when scored and when you run out of pieces to place, you must move a piece, which means you can suddenly lose a potential score you were building.

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Play and group

Players
2–6
Best with
2–6
Play time
45 min
Age
10+
Complexity
2.3/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Wolfgang Kramer

Artists

3
TANSAN Inc. Franz Vohwinkel Matthias Wittig

Publishers

2
KOSMOS New Games Order, LLC

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