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2009 Ranked #20,518

The Toast Of The Town

This historical card-driven wargame has the Roman player evacuate enough citizens from Londinium before turn six. Drawing cards governs activation during Boudica’s revolt, so every action must preserve time for civilians to escape.

Wargames Ancient Wargame Hexagon Grid Simulation

Players

2

Play time

Not listed

Age

?+

Complexity

1.33/5

Rating

5.82

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 3.9/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

The Toast of the Town is the fifth game in the Pocket Battle Games series from LPS, Inc. The game simulates the revolt of Boudica and uses the usual PBG card-drawing activation system.

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The Toast of the Town is the fifth game in the Pocket Battle Games series from LPS, Inc. The game simulates the revolt of Boudica and uses the usual PBG card-drawing activation system. The Roman player wins if he can evacuate enough citizens from Londinium before the end of turn 6. The Toast of the Town by Paul Rohrbaugh was offered as a "Jubilee free game", celebrating that (as of May 21, 2009) fifty-thousand copies of Against the Odds Magazine had been shipped.

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Play and group

Players
2
Best with
2
Play time
30 min
Complexity
1.3/5
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Credits

Designers

1
Paul Rohrbaugh

Artists

2
Craig Grando Ilya Kudriashov

Publishers

1
LPS, Inc.

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