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Rulebook 2 Temporary Favor of the Gods Tiles These tiles indicate that a player has the temporary Primus inter pares favor of the gods. Only one is needed to play A Game by Karl-Heinz Schmiel Tribune; the extra is a replacement.

Welcome to the most complex metropolis of the ancient world: 42 Faction Markers . More than 2,000 years ago, Rome was a town full of (6 per faction) vibrant life whose myriad inhabitants – although they could 7KHVHPDUNHUVVKRZWKHVHYHQ not have been more different – had one important thing in IDFWLRQVRI5RPH2QO\ÀYHSHU common: they were all Romans. faction are needed to play Tribune; In Tribune, the players belong to the large and ambitious the rest are replacements. families of Rome and thirst for power. By exerting WKHLULQÁXHQFHRYHUWKHFLW\·VYDULRXVWRZQIDFWLRQVWKH\VHHN 60 Denarii (various values) RQHRIWKHKLJKHVWRIÀFHVRIWKH5HSXEOLFWKDWRIWULEXQH 7KHVHPDUNHUVDUHFXUUHQF\LQ5RPHDQG Will you win over the legions, be crowned with laurel wreaths, come in denominations of 1, 5, and 10 denarii. incur the favor of the gods, and be made tribune? Make ready, and send your followers into the streets of Rome to win LQÁXHQWLDODOOLHV7KHWLPHKDVFRPHWRZULWHKLVWRU\ 30 Legion Tokens Contents 7KHVHPDUNHUVVKRZWKHPLOLWDU\VXSSRUWD player has earned. 1 Game Board The game board is divided into two main areas. The area on 40 Laurel Tokens (various values) WRSFRPSULVHVWKHIDFWLRQÀHOGV 7KHVHPDUNHUVUHSUHVHQWWKHKRQRUDQGIDPH RI5RPH·VVHYHQIDFWLRQV7KH a player has earned. They come in values of 1 bottom shows the city of Rome, and 5 laurels. and is further divided into eight UHJLRQVZKLFKDUHHDFKPDUNHG with . 5 Family Sheets (DFKSOD\HU·VIDPLO\VKHHW summarizes common rules, and 100 Faction Cards provides spaces for the player These are the playing cards of the game. For WRSODFHWKHPDUNHUVDQGWLOHV WKHUHPDLQGHURIWKLVUXOHERRNWKH\DUHVLPSO\ KHHDUQV$EUHDNGRZQRIWKH FDOOHG´FDUGVµ$EUHDNGRZQRIWKHHOHPHQWV elements on a family sheet on faction cards appears on page 5. appears on page 4.

26 Victory Condition Cards 30 Followers (6 per color) There are six types of victory condition cards, (DFKSOD\HU·VIROORZHUVDUHXVHGWRÀQG each of which lists sets of individual objectives helpful allies throughout Rome. that can be chosen for a given game of Tribune. $EUHDNGRZQRIWKHHOHPHQWVRQYLFWRU\ condition cards appears on page 4. 1 Piece This piece is neutral at the beginning of the 10 Reference Cards JDPHEXWEHFRPHVRQHSOD\HU·VDOO\ZKHQWKDW (5 Overview, 5 Scoring) SOD\HUWDNHVFRQWURORIWKH3DWULFLDQIDFWLRQ Overview cards summarize how individual victory conditions are met. Score cards list points values for various achievements. 1 Starting Player Coin 6 Tribune/Scroll Tiles 7KHVWDUWLQJSOD\HUWDNHVWKLVZRRGHQFRLQDW 7KHVHWZRVLGHGWLOHVVKRZDSOD\HU·VSROLWLFDO the beginning of each game round. VXFFHVV2QO\ÀYHDUHQHHGHGWRSOD\Tribune; the extra is a replacement. 2 Chariots 6 Eternal Favor of the Gods Tiles 7KHFKDULRWLVXVHGWREORFNWKHWDNH over of a faction for a game round. These tiles indicate that a player has the eternal Only one is needed to play Tribune; IDYRURIWKHJRGV2QO\ÀYHDUHQHHGHGWRSOD\ the extra is a replacement. Tribune; the extra is a replacement.

II Game Setup 4. (DFKSOD\HUWDNHVRQHRYHUYLHZFDUGDQGRQHVFRULQJFDUG

1. Lay out the game board as shown in the diagram below. 5. 6KXIÁHWKHIDFWLRQFDUGVDQGGHDOVL[WRHDFKSOD\HU(DFK player immediately chooses and discards two of the six, ‡ 6RUWWKHIDFWLRQPDUNHUVE\W\SHDQGSODFHWKHPRQ IDFHGRZQ2QFHDOOSOD\HUVKDYHGRQHVRVKXIÁHWKH WKHFRUUHVSRQGLQJDUHDVRIWKHIDFWLRQÀHOGV GLVFDUGVEDFNLQWRWKHGHFNDQGSODFHLWIDFHGRZQQHDUWKH ‡ 3ODFHRQHODXUHOZUHDWKLQWKHODXUHODUHDRIHDFK game board to form the draw pile. IDFWLRQÀHOG ‡ 3ODFHWKHUHVWRIWKHODXUHOZUHDWKVRQWKH)LHOGRI 6. Choose or randomly select a victory condition card, making Mars area. sure to use one compatible with the number of players in ‡ 3ODFHWKHOHJLRQWRNHQVGHQDULLVFUROOWULEXQHWLOHV the game(DFKSOD\HUWDNHVDFRS\RIWKDWFDUGDQGSODFHV eternal favor of the gods tiles, temporary favor of it next to his family sheet. If “Alea Iacta Est” is chosen, the the gods tile, chariot, and proconsul piece next to the players must choose between a long game (red hourglass) JDPHERDUG7KHVHDUHFROOHFWLYHO\WKH´VWRFNµ and short game (green hourglass). The remaining victory condition cards are returned to the box; they will not be 2. (DFKSOD\HUFKRRVHVDFRORUWKHQWDNHVDQXPEHURI used. followers of that color depending on the number of players in the game. Return the remainder of the followers to the 7. 5DQGRPO\VHOHFWDVWDUWLQJSOD\HUZKRWDNHVWKHVWDUWLQJ box; they will not be used. player coin. 2–3 players 6 followers 8. 7KHVWDUWLQJSOD\HUWDNHVGHQDULLIURPWKHVWRFNDVKLV 4 players 5 followers VWDUWLQJPRQH\WKHSOD\HUWRKLVOHIWWDNHVWKHQH[W 5 players 4 followers SOD\HUWDNHVDQGVRRQXQWLOHDFKSOD\HUKDVWDNHQ starting money. 3. (DFKSOD\HUWDNHVWKHIDPLO\VKHHWRIKLVFKRVHQFRORU

Game Setup Diagram

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III The Object of the Game 7KHYLFWRU\FRQGLWLRQFDUGFKRVHQGXULQJVHWXSGHÀQHV Victory Condition the individual objectives the players must pursue to win. Card Breakdown Depending on which card is chosen, however, and how many The victory The quantity players are participating, the number of individual objectives condition card’s of objectives that must be achieved to win (of those listed on the card) a player must varies. Some objectives are obligatory. Obligatory objectives takes a victory PHHWWRZLQ must be among those a player achieves in order to win. WKHVDPHWLWOH with the number RISOD\HUV 7KHGLDJUDPWRWKHULJKWEUHDNVGRZQDYLFWRU\FRQGLWLRQ The color of the FDUG·VHOHPHQWVDQGGHVFULEHVHDFK WKLVJDPH·VOHQJWK Note that four of the sets of victory condition cards are for Red means long, The various WZRWRIRXUSOD\HUJDPHVZKLOHWZRVHWVDUHIRUÀYHSOD\HU yellow medium, DQGJUHHQVKRUW objectives that games. Tribune can also be played with a point-value variant FDQEHSXUVXHG (see page 13) which does not require a victory condition card; “Obligatory” the scoring cards are all that is needed for that game. means that this objective must be one of those PHWWRZLQ

Family Sheet Breakdown What is a Tribune? (YHU\SOD\HUWDNHVWKHIDPLO\VKHHWZKRVHEDFNJURXQG FRORUPDWFKHVKLVIROORZHUV(DFKIDPLO\VKHHWJLYHV ,QWKH5RPDQ(PSLUH´WULEXQHµZDVWKHQDPHJLYHQ an overview of the different regions’ functions, the GLIIHUHQWIDFWLRQV·EHQHÀWVDQGKDVVSDFHVZKHUHSOD\HUV WRDYDULHW\RIVLPLODURIÀFHVZLWKGLYHUVHIXQFWLRQVDQG FDQSODFHWKHWRNHQVDQGPDUNHUVWKH\DFTXLUH UHVSRQVLELOLWLHV A people’s tribune was a representative elected from Faction Marker Regions Overview Family Name among the , who acted as champion of the mass- Space HV+HZDVVXSSRVHGWRFRPEDWLQMXVWLFHDQGWKHW\UDQQ\ RIWKHSDWULFLDQDULVWRFUDF\ )DFWLRQ%HQHÀWV An aerar tribune ZDVDSOHEHLDQRIÀFLDOLQFKDUJHRI SD\PHQWVWR5RPDQWURRSV$VWKLVRIÀFHJDLQHGLPSRU WDQFHLWFDPHWRFRQVWLWXWHDVRFLDOFODVVRILWVRZQ$Q DHUDUWULEXQHFRXOGDOVREHFDOOHGWRFRXUWDVDMXURU A tribuneZDVDKLJKUDQNLQJRIÀFHULQWKH5R PDQDUP\JHQHUDOO\QRPLQDWHGE\WKHFRQVXOV(DFKOHJLRQ had six military , who shared the supreme com- PDQGLQWXUQURWDWLQJHYHU\WZRPRQWKV/DWHUPLOLWDU\ WULEXQHVZHUHDOVRHOHFWHGE\WKHSHRSOH7KHLPSRUWDQFHRI WKLVRIÀFHYDULHGDWGLIIHUHQWWLPHVDQGLWFRXOGEHKHOGE\ SDWULFLDQVRUE\SOHEHLDQV

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IV History Unsatisfactory? Faction Card Breakdown It will be obvious to those who know a lot about the KLVWRU\RIWKH5RPDQ(PSLUHWKDWQRWDOORIWKHIDFWV SHRSOHDQGGHVFULSWLRQVLQWKLVJDPHÀWLQWRWKHVDPH Card Value FKURQRORJ\,QGHVLJQLQJTribune, liberties have been taken to facilitate play and create a better atmosphere, but Range of Card also, many terms used in the game underwent considerable Values within change during the course of Roman history and cannot be this Faction GRFXPHQWHGZLWKDEVROXWHDFFXUDF\HYHQWRGD\Tribune does not aspire to absolute authenticity, but with any luck, it will spark your interest in learning more about Roman KLVWRU\

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Follower Spaces on Faction Fields Follower Space 1 How to Play

Tribune is played in rounds of six phases each:

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When all six phases are complete, the starting player coin is Regions, Follower SDVVHGWRWKHQH[WFORFNZLVHSOD\HUDQGDQHZURXQGEHJLQV Spaces, & Fields 5RXQGVFRQWLQXHXQWLODSOD\HUIXOÀOOVWKHJDPH·VYLFWRU\ conditions. A Region (composed in this FDVHRIWKUHHFDUGÀHOGV Phase 1: card placement ,Q3KDVH&DUG3ODFHPHQWFDUGVIURPWKHGUDZSLOHDUH placed on the game board in the rectangular, marble-textured A Follower Space FDUGÀHOGVDFFRUGLQJWRWKHUHJLRQVSHFLÀFUXOHVEHORZ7KH ´&DUG3ODFHPHQW([DPSOHµGLDJUDPRQWKHSUHYLRXVSDJHDOVR A Card Field illustrates the correct placement. Cards should be placed on the game board in region order, as listed below. As a general rule, all cards are placed faceup in WKHOLJKWHUFDUGÀHOGVDQGIDFHGRZQLQWKHGDUNHUFDUGÀHOGV I. :3ODFHRQHFDUGIDFHXSRQHDFKFDUG 7KHHLJKWUHJLRQVRIWKHERDUGDUHPDUNHGZLWK5RPDQQXPHUDOV ÀHOG II. Romanum:3ODFHRQHFDUGIDFHXSRQ HDFKFDUGÀHOG

V III. Latrine:3ODFHRQHFDUGIDFHGRZQ Exception I: Atrium Auctionorum IV. :)RUHDFKRIWKHWKUHHFDUGÀHOGVSODFH The Atrium Auctionorum has two follower spaces, FDUGVIDFHXSRQHDWDWLPHXQWLOWKDWÀHOG·VVXP labeled “1.” and “2.” These numbers indicate the of card values totals 5 or more, or until a leader is RUGHULQZKLFKWKHVHIROORZHUVSDFHVPXVWEHÀOOHGE\ placed after which no additional cards are placed IROORZHUV ´µÀUVW´µVHFRQG 7KH\GRnot indicate LQWKDWSDUWLFXODUÀHOG 3KDVHGHQDULLFRVWVDVWKHQXPHUDOVZLWKRXWSHULRGV V. Atrium Auctionorum:3ODFHRQHFDUGIDFHGRZQ on follower spaces in some other regions do. The same RQHDFKRIWKHWKUHHFDUGÀHOGV player can never place his own followers on both follower spaces of the Atrium Auctionorum. As soon as VI. Catacombs:3ODFHÀYHFDUGVIDFHGRZQLQDSLOH a player places a follower on the “1.” follower space, VII. Pantheon: 3ODFHRQHFDUGIDFHGRZQ KHÁLSVDQ\WZRRIWKHWKUHH$WULXP$XFWLRQRUXPFDUGV VIII.Field of Mars: No cards are placed. faceup. If and when another player places a follower on the “2.” follower space, the third card is turned faceup. ,IWKHGUDZSLOHLVGHSOHWHGGXULQJ&DUG3ODFHPHQWWKHGLVFDUG SLOHLVLPPHGLDWHO\VKXIÁHGWRIRUPDQHZGUDZSLOH Exception II: 3DQWKHRQ Cesura Magna Only a player who possesses a Vestal Virgin faction PDUNHUPD\SODFHDIROORZHURQWKH3DQWKHRQWhen a If a situation ever arises where there are no cards in either the SOD\HUSODFHVDIROORZHURQD3DQWKHRQIROORZHUVSDFH draw pile or the discard pile, a “cesura magna” is triggered. KH DQGRQO\KH PD\LPPHGLDWHO\ORRNDWWKHIDFHGRZQ 7KLVKDSSHQVPRVWRIWHQGXULQJ&DUG3ODFHPHQWEXWFDQDOVR card there. occur at other times. Placement on Faction Fields To resolve a cesura magna, each player with more than seven cards in his hand must immediately choose and discard cards from When placing followers, players may place their followers his hand until he has only seven. Additionally, a player controlling RQWKHWZRIROORZHUVSDFHVRIHDFKIDFWLRQÀHOG,QGRLQJVR a faction with a displayed set of four or more cards must discard WKH\DQQRXQFHWKHLULQWHQWLRQWRWU\WRWDNHRYHUWKDWIDFWLRQLQ the two lowest-value cards among them, and a player controlling 3KDVH)DFWLRQ7DNHRYHUV a faction with a displayed three-card set must discard the lowest- :KHQSODFLQJDIROORZHURQDJLYHQIDFWLRQÀHOGDSOD\HUPXVW value card of the three. (A player controlling a faction with a two- ÀUVWÀOOWKHIROORZHUVSDFHPDUNHG´µDQGRQO\DIWHUWKDW card set does not discard either of them.) IROORZHUVSDFHLVÀOOHGPD\DQRWKHUSOD\HUSODFHDIROORZHURQ Phase 2: Placement of Followers WKHIROORZHUVSDFHPDUNHG´µ2QFHERWKIROORZHUVSDFHVIRU a given faction are full, other players may not play followers ,Q3KDVH3ODFHPHQWRI)ROORZHUVEHJLQQLQJZLWKWKH RQWKDWIDFWLRQ·VÀHOG VWDUWLQJSOD\HUDQGFRQWLQXLQJFORFNZLVHDURXQGWKHWDEOH SOD\HUVWDNHWXUQVSODFLQJRQHIROORZHUDWDWLPHRQWKHJDPH There are two universal restrictions about placing followers on board. This continues until each player has placed all of his WKHIDFWLRQÀHOGV followers. ‡ $SOD\HUPD\QHYHUSODFHDIROORZHURQWKHÀHOGRID When placing a follower, a player can place it on a follower faction he already controls. VSDFHLQDUHJLRQDIROORZHUVSDFHRQDIDFWLRQÀHOGRUWKH ‡ A player may never place his own followers on both coin bowl in the upper left-hand corner of the game board. IROORZHUVSDFHVRIWKHVDPHIDFWLRQÀHOG 3OD\HUV Note that the follower spaces associated with regions and are allowed to place followers on spaces associated IDFWLRQÀHOGVPD\KROGRQO\RQHIROORZHUHDFK7KDWLV with several different factions, however.) a follower space that already contains a follower cannot accommodate another. Note also that placing a follower on the 3DQWKHRQLQYROYHVDQDGGLWLRQDOFRQGLWLRQVHHEHORZ Placement on Follower Spaces in Regions Coin Bowl Example 3OD\HUVPD\IUHHO\FKRRVHRQZKLFKIROORZHUVSDFHVDQGLQ 7KH\HOORZSOD\HULVWKHÀUVWSOD\HUWRSODFHDIROORZHURQWKHFRLQ ERZOLQWKHJDPHURXQGVRKHWDNHVGHQDULLXSRQKLVSODFHPHQW which regions they place their followers, with a few exceptions The two red followers and the white follower are placed later in (such as that only one follower is allowed per follower space). WKHURXQGZLWKWKHLUSOD\HUVWDNLQJGHQDULLIRUHDFKSODFHPHQW 3OD\HUVDUHJHQHUDOO\DOORZHGWRSODFHIROORZHUVRQPXOWLSOH follower spaces in the same region, as long as the one- follower-per-space rule is observed. %\SODFLQJDIROORZHURQDUHJLRQ·VIROORZHUVSDFHDSOD\HU gains eventual access to the cards or abilities associated with WKDWUHJLRQZKLFKDUHGHVFULEHGXQGHU´3KDVH5HJLRQ Evaluation.” This will often require the player to pay denarii or GLVFDUGFDUGVIURPKLVKDQGGXULQJ3KDVH 'XULQJ3KDVHQRWKLQJKDSSHQVLQWKHUHJLRQVDSDUWIURPWKH placement of followers, with two exceptions:

VI Placement on the Coin Bowl I. Thermae 3OD\HUVSODFHIROORZHUVRQWKHFRLQERZOLQRUGHUWRUHFHLYH 5RPDQWKHUPDHRUWKHUPDOEDWKVGDWHWRWKHÀUVW denarii. century BC, and bathing in them came to play an 7KHÀUVWSOD\HUWRSODFHRQHRIKLVIROORZHUVRQWKHFRLQERZO LPSRUWDQWUROHLQWKHVRFLDOOLYHVRIDQFLHQW5RPDQV in a given round immediatelyWDNHVGHQDULLIURPWKHVWRFN 5RPDQWKHUPDHZHUHDOZD\VEXLOWZLWKPDJQLÀFHQW Subsequent players who place followers on the coin bowl that pillared corridors and restrooms, and were accessible to URXQGWDNHGHQDULLSHUÀJXUHSODFHGDJDLQWDNLQJWKHPim- WKHJHQHUDOSXEOLFHLWKHUIUHHRIFKDUJHRUIRUDVPDOOIHH mediately upon placement. 3OD\HUVZKRSODFHGIROORZHUVRQIROORZHUVSDFHVLQWKH There is no restriction on the number of followers a player may 7KHUPDHUHJLRQPXVWSD\GHQDULXVWRWKHVWRFNIRUHDFK place on the coin bowl in a single round. IROORZHUVRSODFHG,QUHWXUQWKH\WDNHWKHFDUGVDGMDFHQWWR Phase 3: Region Evaluation those follower spaces into their hands. A player who cannot SD\WKHFRVWRIDJLYHQFDUGGRHVQRWWDNHLWWKHFDUGLV 2QFHDOOSOD\HUVKDYHSODFHGDOORIWKHLUIROORZHUV3KDVH discarded instead. Region Evaluation begins. For most regions, “evaluation” PHDQVWKDWWKHFDUGVIURPWKHLUFDUGÀHOGVDUHGLVSHUVHGE\ II. Forum Romanum various means, to the players who placed their followers on WKRVHUHJLRQV·IROORZHUVSDFHV The Forum Romanum was the center of political OLIHLQWKH5RPDQ(PSLUH&RQVWUXFWHGRQIRUPHUO\ The eight regions are evaluated in numerical order. If any of a marshy ground, it united a variety of important Roman UHJLRQ·VIROORZHUVSDFHVDUHXQRFFXSLHGZKHQLWLVHYDOXDWHG LQVWLWXWLRQV,QODWHU\HDUVXQGHU$XJXVWXVWKH)RUXP the corresponding cards are placed in the discard pile rather ZDVVSOHQGLGO\UHFRQVWUXFWHGDQGOLQHGZLWKPDUEOH WKDQEHLQJWDNHQE\DQ\SOD\HU2QFHDJLYHQUHJLRQKDVEHHQ Daily public discourse took place in the nearby Curia, on evaluated, the followers in its follower spaces are returned to SXEOLFVSHDNLQJSODWIRUPVDQGLQDQXPEHURIVTXDUHV their owners immediately. The various follower spaces of the Thermae, the Forum 3OD\HUVZKRSODFHGIROORZHUVRQIROORZHUVSDFHVLQWKH)RUXP Romanum, and the Curia can usually be evaluated 5RPDQXPUHJLRQPXVWSD\GHQDULLWRWKHVWRFNIRUHDFK simultaneously. However, some situations (such as when a IROORZHUSODFHG,QUHWXUQWKH\WDNHWKHFDUGVDGMDFHQWWRWKRVH player does not have enough denarii to pay for all the followers follower spaces into their hands. A player who cannot pay KHSODFHG PDNHLWQHFHVVDU\WRHYDOXDWHWKHPLQDSDUWLFXODU WKHFRVWRIDJLYHQFDUGGRHVQRWWDNHLWWKHFDUGLVGLVFDUGHG order. When this is necessary, the region is evaluated from left instead. to right and then from top to bottom. See, for example, the III. Latrine Forum Romanum Evaluation Sequence scroll on this page. There is no limit on the number of cards a player may hold in 5RPHZDVIDPRXVIRULWVPDJQLÀFHQWODWULQHVZKHUH his hand, unless a cesura magna occurs (see page 6). citizens talked together about business and everyday OLIHLQDUHOD[HGDWPRVSKHUH0DQ\ZHUHGHFRUDWHGZLWK PRVDLFÁRRULQJSDLQWLQJVDQGPDUEOHZDOOV9LVLWLQJ the toilet was closely connected with health care and hygiene, and the spacious buildings — sometimes with up Forum to 80 seats — were regularly cleaned with run-off water Romanum IURPWKHWKHUPDOEDWKVDQGDTXHGXFWV Evaluation Sequence

Latrine Example

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VII The player who placed a follower on the follower space of the Latrine region turns over the facedown card and then has two options: Curia Example I. +HFDQWDNHWKHFDUG·VFDUGYDOXHLQGHQDULLIURP In Phase 2, Michelle placed one of her green followers on WKHVWRFNDQGWKHQGLVFDUGWKHFDUG WKHÀUVW&XULDIROORZHUVSDFHDQGDQRWKHURQWKHWKLUG-RKQ SODFHGD\HOORZIROORZHURQWKHVHFRQGIROORZHUVSDFH II. +HFDQWDNHWKHFDUGLQWRKLVKDQGE\SD\LQJWR :KHQWKH&XULDLVHYDOXWDWHGLQ3KDVH0LFKHOOHÀUVWGLVFDUGV WKHVWRFNGHQDULLHTXDOWRWKHFDUG·VFDUGYDOXH RQHFDUGIURPKHUKDQGWRWDNHWKHFDUGVRQWKH&XULD·VÀUVW (Note that a leader, with a printed value of 0, can FDUGÀHOG7KHQ-RKQFKRRVHVRQHRIKLVFDUGVWRGLVFDUG DQGWDNHVWKHWKUHHFDUGVRQWKHVHFRQGFDUGÀHOG$EDUJDLQ EHWDNHQIRUIUHH 7KHQLW·V0LFKHOOH·VWXUQDJDLQ6KHGLVFDUGVWKHYDOXH/HJDWH she picked up moments ago, and takes the Senator from the IV. Curia WKLUGFDUGÀHOG6LQFHWKH&XULDLVDOZD\VUHVROYHGIURPOHIWWR right, she is able to discard the Legate – for which she had no “Curia” was the name for the central assembly place XVH²LQVWHDGRIKDYLQJWRGLVFDUGDPRUHYDOXDEOHFDUG LQD5RPDQWRZQ,Q5RPH*DLXV-XOLXV&DHVDUHUHFWHG a large, brick building where meetings could be KHOG7KLVVRFDOOHG´&XULD-XOLDµZDVORFDWHGQHDUWKH Forum Romanum, and could accommodate about 300 VHQDWRUV

3OD\HUVZKRSODFHGIROORZHUVRQWKHIROORZHUVSDFHVLQWKH Curia may choose to discard one card from their hand for each IROORZHUVRSODFHG,QUHWXUQWKH\WDNHDOORIWKHFDUGVDGMDFHQW to each follower space for which a card was discarded. A SOD\HUZKRFDQ·WGLVFDUGDFDUGRUFKRRVHVQRWWRGRHVQRW receive the corresponding cards from the game board. They are instead discarded. V. Atrium Auctionorum

Some of the earliest auctions took place in , often after military campaigns to dispose of the VSRLOV6XFKDXFWLRQVXVXDOO\WRRNSODFHLQWKH$WULXP $XFWLRQRUXPDFODVVLFDXFWLRQKDOO([FHSWLRQDO auctions – such as an auction of the emperor’s household ²ZHUHDOVRKHOGWKHUH There are two different circumstances under which the Atrium Auctionorum may be evaluated: Remember: Two cards from the Atrium Auctionorum are ,IWKH´µIROORZHUVSDFHLVRFFXSLHGEXWWKH´µIROORZHU ÁLSSHGRYHUDVVRRQDVDSOD\HUSODFHVDIROORZHURQWKH´µ space is not, WKHQWKHSOD\HUZKRVHÀJXUHRFFXSLHVWKH´µ IROORZHUVSDFHDQGWKHWKLUGFDUGLVÁLSSHGLIDIROORZHULV IROORZHUVSDFHPXVWSD\GHQDULXVEXWWKHQWDNHVERWKIDFHXS ODWHUSODFHGRQWKH´µIROORZHUVSDFH VHH´3KDVH3ODFLQJ cards into his hand. The facedown card is discarded. of Followers” on page 6).

Atrium Auctionorum Example I. II. III. IV.

,Q3KDVH-RKQSODFHVRQH -RKQLPPHGLDWHO\ÁLSVRYHU ,IQRRQHHOVHSODFHVDÀJXUHRQWKH Upon placing her green of his yellow followers on the two of the three cards, of his Atrium Auctionorum in this phase, follower, Michelle immediately $WULXP$XFWLRQRUXP6LQFH FKRLFH7KH\WXUQRXWWREH -RKQZLOOZLQGXSEHLQJDEOHWREX\ ÁLSVRYHUWKHODVWFDUGZKLFK KH·VWKHÀUVWSOD\HUWKLVURXQG D6HQDWRUDQGD3UDHWRULDQ both cards for just 1 denarius in Phase WXUQVRXWWREHD9HVWDO9LUJLQ to place a follower there, he The third card remains 0LFKHOOHGRHVQ·WZDQW-RKQWRJHW SODFHVLWRQWKH´µVSDFH IDFHGRZQDWWKLVWLPH away so cheap, so on her turn, she SODFHVDJUHHQÀJXUHRQWKH´µVSDFH V.

VIII ,IERWKWKH´µDQG´µIROORZHUVSDFHVDUHRFFXSLHGthen space examines the remaining cards and may, at his option, the two players with followers on those follower spaces bid purchase any one of them for 3 denarii, which are also placed DJDLQVWRQHDQRWKHULQDFORVHGÀVWDXFWLRQWRGHWHUPLQHZKR on the Colosseum. Finally, the player whose follower occupies ZLOOWDNHWKHWKUHHFDUGV7KLVLVGRQHDVIROORZV the “2” follower space examines the remaining cards and may, at his option, purchase any one of them for 2 denarii, which are I. Each of the two players conceals his coin pile placed on the Colosseum. Any remaining cards are discarded. from the other while secretly putting any number RIGHQDULLIURPLWLQDFORVHGÀVW 7KHFRLQSLOHLV Note that players who do not wish to purchase any of the concealed so the other player will not be able to DYDLODEOHFDUGVGRQ·WKDYHWRSD\DQGUHPHPEHUWKDWdenarii deduce how many denarii his opponent is holding paid for cards taken from the Catacombs are always placed LQKLVÀVW on the Colosseum areaUDWKHUWKDQLQWKHVWRFNRIGHQDULLWR II. When both players have concealed coins, they the side of the game board. Note also that unoccupied follower hold their hands over the game board and reveal spaces are simply passed over when evaluating the Catacombs. their bids simultaneously. VII. Pantheon III. The losing bidder (i.e., the one who bid fewer GHQDULL NHHSVKLVELGUHWXUQLQJLWWRKLVFRLQSLOH The Pantheon in Rome was an opulent construction IV. The winning bidder (i.e., the one who bid more with an almost perfectly rounded dome, and dedicated to denarii) gives his bid to the losing bidder, DOORIWKH5RPDQJRGV,WSUREDEO\DOVRVHUYHGDVDFRXUW EXWWDNHVWKHWKUHHFDUGVIURPWKH$WULXP EXLOGLQJDQGDVWKHHPSHURU·VDVVHPEO\KDOO,WZDV Auctionorum. erected around AD 120 as a replacement for a temple GHGLFDWHGWRWKHGHLWLHVUHSUHVHQWLQJWKHSODQHWV In the case of a tie in bidding, the player whose follower is on the “1.” follower space is the winning bidder. VI. Catacombs

The Catacombs, named after the Roman term for the special volcanic substratum at the Via Appia (ad Pantheon Example FDWDFXPEDV ZHUHXQGHUJURXQGEXULDOYDXOWV,QVRPH Zoe gained the Vestal Virgins faction marker in the last cases special burial chambers were hewn into the URXQG1RZVKHZDQWVWRDFTXLUHWKHHWHUQDOIDYRURIWKH URFN7KH&DWDFRPEVZHUHH[WHQGHGFRQVLGHUDEO\DV gods, so she places a follower on the Pantheon region spread, as burial was not permitted within LQ3KDVH:KHQVKHGRHVVKHLPPHGLDWHO\ORRNVDW WKHIDFHGRZQFDUGRQLWVFDUGÀHOG²D3UDHWRULDQ² WKH5RPDQWRZQZDOOVLQDQFLHQW5RPH DQGLVFDUHIXOQRWWRH[SRVHLWWRDQ\RWKHUSOD\HUV

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XIII Gladiators Leader: Varus Gladiators were professional combatants who fought Publius Quinctilius Varus was a Roman politician at spectacular battles against each other – frequently to the WKHWLPHRI$XJXVWXV+HZDVDOHJDWHLQ6\ULDDQGODWHU GHDWK²DVSXEOLFHQWHUWDLQPHQW7KHÀUVWVXFKFRPEDWV LQ*HUPDQLD+LVQDPHLVPRVWQRWDEO\DVVRFLDWHGZLWK primarily involved slaves and condemned criminals, the defeat of three Roman legions attacked by Germanic but as the battles developed into a popular sport, they WURRSVXQGHU$UPLQLXV9DUXVFRPPLWWHGVXLFLGHRQWKH LQFUHDVLQJO\DWWUDFWHGIUHHFLWL]HQV*ODGLDWRUEDWWOHV EDWWOHJURXQG:KHQ$XJXVWXVKHDUGRI9DUXV·VGHIHDW ZHUHDSDUWRI5RPDQGDLO\OLIHXQWLOWKHÀIWKFHQWXU\$' he is reputed to have called out “Quintili Vare, legiones UHGGHµ ´4XLQWLOLXV9DUXVJLYHWKHOHJLRQVEDFNµ  Take-over benefit Varus was renowned for his diplomatic skill and was The new controlling player receives one legion. reputed to be an experienced military commander, although laziness was also said to have been one of his Faction benefit RXWVWDQGLQJFKDUDFWHUWUDLWV ‡ The player receives the denarii on the Colosseum. 1RWH2Q ,I9DUXVLVSOD\HGGXULQJDIDFWLRQWDNHRYHUWKHQHZFRQWUROOLQJ a turn where the Gladiator controller does not exercise this player immediately receives one additional laurel wreath. option, any denarii on the Colosseum simply remain there, DQGFDQEHFODLPHGLQIXWXUHURXQGV Praetorians or The praetorian guards were a troop of bodyguards ZKRSURWHFWHGWKH5RPDQHPSHURUV7KHWHUPVWHPVIURP ‡ The controller receives one card from the draw pile, and “praetorium,” which was the main square in a legion can also dispatch an assassin. Dispatching an assassin FDPSZKHUHWKHFRPPDQGHU·VWHQWZDVSLWFKHG$OWKRXJK allows the controlling player to remove the highest- the number of praetorian troops in Rome was limited, value card from among any set of faction cards currently their presence remained a powerful political factor, as displayed on the table. ([FHSWLRQ$QDVVDVVLQPD\QRW WKHUHZHUHQRRWKHUWURRSVVWDWLRQHGLQWKHFLW\ WDUJHWDVHWWKDWFRQWDLQVRQO\WZRFDUGV Take-over benefit Leader: Spartacus The new controlling player receives one card from the draw Spartacus was a Roman slave and gladiator who led a pile. slave revolt against Rome at the time of the late Roman 5HSXEOLF+HÁHGDORQJZLWKRWKHUJODGLDWRUVDIWHU Faction benefit the rebellion, and had a large following of other slaves, The controlling player receives one legion. SULQFLSDOO\IURPODUJHIDUPV+HZDVDOVRMRLQHGE\D FRQVLGHUDEOHQXPEHURILPSRYHULVKHGIUHHPHQ6SDUWDFXV Leader: Gaius Tigellinus led this army – which supposedly consisted of 200,000 men – in the third slave war and emerged victorious from Gaius Ofonius Tigellinus was a praetorian PDQ\HQFRXQWHUVZLWK5RPDQOHJLRQV+LVDUP\HYHQWXDOO\ DQGDIDYRULWHRI(PSHURU1HUR$OWKRXJKRIKXPEOH VXIIHUHGDFUXVKLQJGHIHDWZKHQKHDGYDQFHGRQ5RPH origin, Gaius was infamous for his debauched and cruel lifestyle, and was suspected of having started the great ,I6SDUWDFXVLVSOD\HGGXULQJDIDFWLRQWDNHRYHUWKHQHZ ÀUHRI5RPH:KHQ1HUR·VIRUWXQHVHEEHG7LJHOOLQXV controlling player immediately receives one additional legion. ZLWKGUHZKLVDOOHJLDQFHDQGLQÁXHQFHGWKHSUDHWRULDQ Legates JXDUGWRGRWKHVDPH+HZDVUHOLHYHGRIKLVFRPPDQG DQGLQWKHHQGVHQWHQFHGWRGHDWK “Legate” was the name predominantly given to an ,I*DLXV7LJHOOLQXVLVSOD\HGGXULQJDIDFWLRQWDNHRYHUWKH HQYR\GLVSDWFKHGWRDIRUHLJQUXOHURUVWDWH/HJDWHV new controlling player may discard a card from his hand in could, however, also be instated as temporary governors exchange for one legion. in outlying provinces where they oversaw administration, DQGWKHORFDO5RPDQWURRSVE\RUGHURIWKHVHQDWH Plebeians +LJKUDQNLQJPLOLWDU\RIÀFHUVWDVNHGZLWKVXSSRUWLQJD The plebeians were the common people of the Roman FRPPDQGHUZHUHRFFDVLRQDOO\FDOOHGOHJDWHV 5HSXEOLF0RVWZHUHIDUPHUVDQGFUDIWVPHQEXWWKH\VWRRGLQ Take-over benefit VKDUSFRQWUDVWWRVODYHVZKRGLGQRWFRXQWDV5RPDQFLWL]HQV Thanks to their protests, the plebeians secured more rights The new controlling player receives two laurel wreaths. RYHUWLPHLQFOXGLQJWKHDSSRLQWPHQWRIWKHSHRSOH·VWULEXQH Faction benefit Take-over benefit ‡ The controlling player receives a scroll tile (provided he The new controlling player receives one card from the draw does not already have one). pile, and can also dispatch an assassin. Dispatching an assassin or allows the player to remove the highest-value card from among any set of faction cards currently displayed on the table. ‡ The controlling player receives one card from the draw ([FHSWLRQ$QDVVDVVLQPD\QRWWDUJHWDVHWWKDWFRQWDLQVRQO\ SLOHDQGFDQDOVREX\RQHOHJLRQE\SD\LQJWRWKHVWRFN WZRFDUGV denarii equal to the sum of card values of his currently displayed Legate card set.

XIV Faction benefit they lived under strict vows of chastity, as the loss ‡ The controlling player receives one card from the draw pile of their virginity was considered a great harm to the DQGWZRGHQDULLIURPWKHVWRFN FRPPXQLW\ or Take-over benefit ‡ The controlling player receives a tribune tile, provided The new controlling player immediately receives 5 denarii he already has a scroll tile and also currently controls the IURPWKHVWRFN 3DWULFLDQV Faction benefit Leader: Agrippa ‡ The controlling player receives one laurel wreath. In Agrippa Menenius Lanatus was a consul in the early DGGLWLRQKHPD\WDNHWKHWHPSRUDU\IDYRURIWKHJRGVWLOH 5RPDQ5HSXEOLF+HLVVDLGWRKDYHSOD\HGDGHFLVLYHUROH (provided he does not already have an eternal favor of the LQUHVROYLQJWKHFODVVFRQÁLFWEHWZHHQWKHSOHEHLDQVDQGWKH gods tile). However, the controlling player must return the SDWULFLDQV:KHQWKHSOHEHLDQVFOLPEHGWKHKRO\PRXQWDLQ WHPSRUDU\IDYRURIWKHJRGVWLOHWRWKHVWRFNZKHQKHORVHV and went on strike (which paralyzed Rome) the senate sent control of the Vestal Virgins. Agrippa, who himself came from a modest background, to or WDONWKHPLQWRUHWXUQLQJ+HVXSSRVHGO\VXFFHHGHGE\WHOOLQJ an allegory of the stomach and limbs, but the fundamental ‡ The controlling player receives a tribune tile, provided he SROLWLFDOGHPDQGVRIWKHSOHELDQVZHUHDOVRPHW already possesses a scroll tile and also currently controls the Senators. ,I$JULSSDLVSOD\HGGXULQJDIDFWLRQWDNHRYHUWKHQHZ controlling player receives either a scroll tile (provided he does not already possess one) or one card from the draw pile. Patricians Vestal Virgins Faction Benefit Example Patricians were members of the upper class of ancient 5RPHEHORQJLQJWRWKHIDPLOLHVRIIDPRXVRULQÁXHQWLDO Last round, Michelle gained control of the Senators, DQGLVLQWKHSRVVHVVLRQRID6FUROO7LOH7KLVURXQG DQFHVWRUV0DUULDJHEHWZHHQSDWULFLDQVDQGSOHEHLDQV 0LFKHOOHKDVJDLQHGFRQWURORIWKH9HVWDO9LUJLQ·VDVZHOO was forbidden in the early , but these In Phase 5, Michelle uses the Vestal Virgins UHVWULFWLRQVZHUHUHOD[HGRYHUWLPH IDFWLRQEHQHÀWWRWDNHDWULEXQHWLOHVLQFHVKH PHHWVDOORIWKHUHTXLUHPHQWVWRGRVR Take-over benefit Michelle could have chosen to receive the other Vestal 9LUJLQVIDFWLRQEHQHÀW WRWDNHDODXUHOZUHDWKDQG The new controlling player receives one laurel wreath. the temporary favor of the gods tile), but Michelle opts for the tribune tile instead, while she still meets Faction benefit DOORIWKH UDWKHUGLIÀFXOWWRDWWDLQ UHTXLUHPHQWV The controlling player receives the proconsul piece, which can EHXVHGDVDQDGGLWLRQDOIROORZHURIWKHFRQWUROOLQJSOD\HU·V own color in the next round, as long as the controlling player FRQWLQXHVWRFRQWUROWKH3DWULFLDQV Leader: Aquilia Severa Leader: Iulia Aquilia Severa was the daughter of the consul Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus was a military 4XLQWXV$TXLOLXVDQGZDVFRQVLGHUHGDJUHDWEHDXW\ FRPPDQGHUDQGVWDWHVPDQRIWKH5RPDQ(PSLUH+H Although a vestal virgin, she was wedded by an emperor, became famous for his military successes against PXFKWRWKHKRUURURIWKHSHRSOHDQGSULHVWKRRG$YHVWDO +DQQLEDODQGKLVFRQWULEXWLRQWRUHVWUXFWXULQJWKH virgin involved with a man would normally be buried 5RPDQOHJLRQVDQGZDVZHOONQRZQIRUKLVHORTXHQFH alive, and many were put to death in this way under former On returning to Rome after a successful campaign, he HPSHURUV7KLVEUHDFKRI5RPDQODZDQGWUDGLWLRQZDVQRW fell afoul of a cabal of senators who accused him of SXQLVKHGKRZHYHUDVWKHHPSHURUMXVWLÀHGKLVDFWLRQVE\ corruption, but he made a brilliant speech referencing arguing that godlike children could be expected from such the anniversary of one of his triumphant battles, and DXQLRQ HQJHQGHUHGDVWRUPRISXEOLFHQWKXVLDVP ,I$TXLOLD6HYHUDLVSOD\HGGXULQJDIDFWLRQWDNHRYHUWKHQHZ ,I6FLSLR$IULFDQXVLVSOD\HGGXULQJDIDFWLRQWDNHRYHUWKH controlling player receives the eternal favor of the gods tile, new controlling player immediately receives 10 denarii from provided he does not yet possess it. The eternal favor of the WKHVWRFN gods need not be returned when the controlling player loses control over the Vestal Virgins (as opposed to the temporary Vestal Virgins favor of the gods tile, which must be). The vestal virgins were Roman priestesses of the Senators JRGGHVV9HVWD5HFUXLWHGDVVL[WRWHQ\HDUROGJLUOV WKH\HDFKVHUYHGIRU\HDUV7KHLUPDLQWDVNZDV The , a 300-seat body comprising WRWHQGWKHHWHUQDOÀUHDWWKHWHPSOHVKULQHDQGWKH\ KLJKUDQNLQJVWDWHRIÀFLDOVZKRVHWHUPVKDGH[SLUHG HQMR\HGPDQ\VSHFLDOSULYLOHJHVLQSXEOLFOLIH+RZHYHU was the most important decision-making body of the 5RPDQVWDWHXQWLOWKHHQGRIWKH5HSXEOLF2IÀFLDOO\WKH

XV senate’s function was advisory only, but in practice, it was Credits instrumental in steering the Roman state until the time of $XJXVWXV Game Design: Karl-Heinz Schmiel Illustrations and Graphic Design: -RFKHQ(HXZ\N Take-over benefit Graphic Support: Kathrin Beil and Die Formgeber (www.formgeber.de) The new controlling player receives one laurel wreath. Publisher: Harald Bilz Faction benefit Production Manager & Development: +HLNR(OOHU Support: &KULVWRSK/LSVN\$QJHOD6FKU|GHUDQG3HWUD%HFNHU ‡ The controlling player receives a scroll tile (provided he does Special Thanks: %LUJLW,UUJDQJDQG'RPLQLN%HUWVFK not already have one). English Edition Developer: Robert A. Kouba or English Edition Editing and Proofreading: Michael Hurley, ‡ The controlling player receives two cards from the draw pile. 0DUN2·&RQQRUDQG-HII7LGEDOO English Edition Publisher: &KULVWLDQ73HWHUVHQ Leader: Marcus Porcius Cato Censorius was a Roman 7KDQNVIRUPDQ\URXQGVRISOD\WHVWLQJDQGKHOSIXOFRPPHQWV commander, historian, author, and one of the most go to Gregor Abraham, Bernd Brunnhofer, Dieter Hornung, LQÁXHQWLDOSROLWLFLDQVLQ5RPDQKLVWRU\+HVWDQGVWRWKLV +DQQHV:LOGQHU)DPLOLH7ULHE0LOEHUWVKRIHQHU6SLHOHNUHLV GD\DVDQH[HPSODURID5RPDQFRQVHUYDWLYH+DYLQJKHOG 6SLHOHDEHQG&DIH*HJHQGUXFNDQGDOOWKHRWKHUVQRWPHQWLRQHG SUDFWLFDOO\DOORIWKHLPSRUWDQWRIÀFHVLQWKHFRXUVHRI here. his military and political career, he was one of the most © 2007 Heidelberger Spieleverlag. Tribune DQG´3ULPXV,QWHU3DUHVµDUHWUDGHPDUNVRI+HLGHOEHUJHU powerful senators, and a resolute advocate of the third Spieleverlag. Tribune is distributed in the outside the European Union by Fantasy Flight Games. 3XQLF:DU$OOKLVVSHHFKHVLQWKHVHQDWHVXSSRVHGO\HQGHG with, “Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam,” which means, “Furthermore, I am of the opinion that PXVWEHGHVWUR\HGµ ,I&DWRWKH(OGHULVSOD\HGGXULQJDIDFWLRQWDNHRYHUWKHQHZ FRQWUROOLQJSOD\HUUHFHLYHVDIDFWLRQPDUNHURIKLVFKRLFHWKDWKH GRHVQRWDOUHDG\SRVVHVV LQDGGLWLRQWRWKH6HQDWHIDFWLRQPDUNHU Chariot Assembly he might receive). 7KHFKDULRW·VFRPSRQHQWVDVVHPEOHDVVKRZQDQGFDQEH glued for additional stability.

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