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1996 Ranked #17,384

How To Host A Murder: Roman Ruins

A murder-mystery roleplaying game where players assume Roman characters to solve a killing and recover a stolen statue. Secrets and schemes emerge through the banquet, making each character’s perspective part of the investigation.

Murder/Mystery Party Game Role Playing Ancient: Rome

Players

?-?

Play time

Not listed

Age

18+

Complexity

2/5

Rating

6.34

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.8/5

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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How it plays

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Having mentioned your name in his Roman epic, the renowned poet, Flabbius Corpus, invites you to a banquet for the premier recitation of his historical work. When you arrive, you discover there's been a murder in the garden and a priceless statue is missing.

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Having mentioned your name in his Roman epic, the renowned poet, Flabbius Corpus, invites you to a banquet for the premier recitation of his historical work. When you arrive, you discover there's been a murder in the garden and a priceless statue is missing. You assume the role of one of these great Roman characters and solve the mystery. Like a history lesson come to life, the schemes of less-than-noble characters are laid bare. CHARACTERS Licentius Caesar, Rotunda Immaculata, Maximus Testosterus, Cleptopatra, Bogus Fortunatus, Flotilla Submergia, Harangus Adnauseum, Mercedes Accelleratti Description taken from deciphers website

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Play and group

Players
8–2
Best with
2
Play time
180 min
Age
18+
Complexity
2.0/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

3
Gail M. Peck Doug Peterson Neal Shusterman

Artists

1
Gary Kelley

Publishers

2
Decipher WorldWise Imports, LLC

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