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Tags: AGEOD; Alea Jacta Est; Alea Jacta Est: Birth of Rome
Roman legions, Carthagenian fleets and lots of angry Samnites all come together in Ageod's Alea Jacta Est's first stand-alone expansion Birth of Rome. Mraston donned his sandals to try it out for us.
Hate it when that happens. Anyway, check out our brand new review of Birth of Rome.
Toss some kids unto the flames or not in Birth of Rome
Roman legions, Carthagenian fleets and lots of angry Samnites all come together in Ageod's Alea Jacta Est's first stand-alone expansion Birth of Rome. Mraston donned his sandals to try it out for us.
Which brings me to Birth of Rome, the stand alone expansion to Alea Jacta Est. It very much feels like a digitized version of a massive board game covering the Romans bloody rise to power in Europe. The game's ancient world map is covered in symbols reminiscent of board game pieces. You pick up, drag and drop commanders and order pieces like you would when playing on a table (there's even a reference to chits in the game's manual). The game has a transparent rules crunch like a board game, wherein the game's inner workings are explained up front. Fortunately you don't need to do any of the math yourself. You also don't have the problem of someone bumping over a commander piece and not knowing if last turn their army was in Sicily or Northern Africa. You will still need to read the rule book though.
Hate it when that happens. Anyway, check out our brand new review of Birth of Rome.