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Gladiator: Quest For The Rudis

Gladiator: Quest for the Rudis is a board & card game designed for 1 to 6 players (solo-play rules are included). Moment to moment the contest requires tactical decisions of movement, positioning and the selection of your attack and defense, while important strategic options alwa...

Players

1-6

Time

15-60

Age

12+

Weight

3.2

Rating

6.73

Should this hit the table?

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Moderate level of direct confrontation and strategic depth, with frequent interaction and limited emphasis on cooperation.

Teach 2.3

Teaching signal

Replay 4.0

High replayability

Interaction 3.7

Highly interactive

Scaling 4.0

Scales well

Strategy 4.5

Deep strategy

Control 2.8

Luck-sensitive

Table feel

Moderate level of direct confrontation and strategic depth, with frequent interaction and limited emphasis on cooperation.

Replay value

Gladiator: Quest for the Rudis has a high replayability score due to its strong variability in gameplay, strategic depth, and adaptability to different player counts. The presence of expansions adds further content and gameplay elements, enhancing the overall replay value of the game.

Luck profile

The final luck score for Gladiator: Quest for the Rudis is 5.67. The game has a moderate level of randomness impact, with random elements having a notable but not exclusive impact on the game outcome. Players have a substantial ability to mitigate randomness through strategic decisions and planning. The game has a balanced mix of luck and strategy, with the game outcome being influenced by both luck and player decisions.

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What ABG knows about this game

Gladiator: Quest for the Rudis is a board & card game designed for 1 to 6 players (solo-play rules are included). Moment to moment the contest requires tactical decisions of movement, positioning and the selection of your attack and defense, while important strategic options always loom, such as how much of your stamina to expend as you risk becoming fatigued. The gladiatorial contests in the game offer a very detailed simulation of many aspects of the historical battles, but gameplay itself is not slow or tedious as a result. That is, despite an enormous historical fidelity, Gladiator: Quest for the Rudis plays quickly and easily like the best modern board games. This is due in large part to the innovative card-based game play. There are no dice, and for the multi-player game, no books full of tables to consult, no other resource whatsoever to consult except for the cards themselves.

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Credits

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Designers

1
James Trunzo

Artists

1
Brian LeBlanc

Publishers

1
Nocturnal Media

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