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Triumvirat

Struggle for power in ROme

With the crossing of the Rubicon river by Caesar the struggle for power in Rome turns into civil unrest. You represent one of the noble families in Rome that try to influence the power struggle. There are 27 cards in three colors – representing the three members of the triumvirate, Red represents Caesar, Yellow represents Pompeius and Black represents Crassus. In each color there are 9 cards, values 0-8, made up from three kinds of cards – Mob has value 0, vales 1, 2, 6 and 8 are the senators and 3, 5 and 7 are the legions. Only the legions score you points at the end of the game, the mob has a special function.

At the beginning all cards are shuffled and you are dealt 11 cards, the rest is not used in the hand.  You must follow suit if possible, but the higher card tricks, even if it is of another color. The mob trumps each value of another color. When three tricks have been won in one color the hand ends and a consul of this color is placed on the scoring board. Now you can, if you want, discard one of your hand cards as military support. This card is placed next to the scoring board and is out of the game. You can place 1 card for support in a round and only 3 in total. Cards in hand are kept for the next round. If there are three consuls placed in a color the Triumvir of this color is elected emperor. The support cards are revealed and the winner of the game is who has supported the emperor with most legions in his color.

An altogether very unusual game with unsuspected depths, due do the irregular rounds you must rethink your approach. It does not matter who takes the trick, the color is important, and your support for this color!

Spieler         : 2

Alter            : ages 13 and up

Dauer           : ca. 30 min

Autor           : Travis Worthington

Grafik          : Luis Francisco, Pedro Vergani

Titel            : Triumvirate

Preis            : ca. 15,00 Euro

Verlag          : Indie Boards and Cards

                     www.indieboardsandcards.com

Genre                    : Card trick-taking game

Zielgruppe             : With friends

Mechanismen         : Take tricks

Kommentar:

Unusual combination of mechanisms

Varying number of tricks in a hand

Color of the tricks is important instead of who makes them

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First game of this kind

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