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The Downfall of Pompeii

CAn you escape the inferno?

Vesuvius is about to erupt - citizens need to be taken to safety!

In Phase 1 of the game you place as many colored pieces for citizens as you can and then try in Phase 2 to take as many as possible out of town. The game comprises 53 Pompeii cards in four colors, numbered from 1 to 11, two AD79 card and 7 Omen cards. Pompeii cards are split into player stack and draw pile. In Phase 1 you play a card from hand, place a citizen piece into the corresponding house and draw a card; there are different numbers of cards for the respective houses. After the first appearance of AD79 the rules for Omen and Relatives come into play: When you draw an Omen card you remove one citizen of another player from any house and put him into the volcano. When you place citizens into a building in which there already citizens of any color, you can place additional citizens, also into neutral buildings.

After the second appearance of the AD79 card the volcano has erupted, citizens flee the town and the way to play chances. A turn now comprises drawing of lava tiles and place them into the town and then move two of your citizens. A citizen moves as many steps as there are pieces on his starting spot for the turn. When the last tile has been placed, you win with most pieces saved.

The eruption of the volcano and the advancement of lava are nicely recreated, the background story and the play in Phase 2 fit well together. The components do a good job in illustrating the topic, the rules are easily understood and if you manage to use the "relatives" rule cleverly, you will take a lead in numbers of citizens.

Players: 2-4

Age: 10+

Time: 45+

Designer: Klaus-Jürgen Wrede

Artist: Oliver Freudenreich, Guido Hoffmann

Price: ca. 27 Euro

Publisher: Mayfair Games 2013

Web: www.mayfairgames.com

Genre: Placement of tiles and pieces

Users: For families

Special: Many players

Version: de

Rules: de

In-game text: no

Comments:

New edition of Der Untergang von Pompeij, Amigo, 2004

Components and story go well together

The mechanism is nicely transporting the advancing of lava

Simple rules

Compares to:

Der Untergang von Pompeij, other games with placing and then removing pieces

Other editions:

Currently none

Chance (pink): 1

Tactic (turquoise): 3

Strategy (blue): 0

Creativity (dark blue): 0

Knowledge (yellow): 0

Memory (orange): 0

Communication (red): 0

Interaction (brown): 3

Dexterity (green): 0

Action (dark green): 0