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Be a Roman impresario when you play Colosseum, the board game. If you manage to attract the most people to your event, you can win gold and fame. Using the profits from each event, you can build up to have the most stunning performances in ancient Rome. You’ll also need to upgrade your arena, promote your event and gain assets and actors to bring more people into your show. Your goal, to become the Grand Impresario, relies on a balanced strategy and the roll of the dice.

There are five difference phases per round (except the final round, with only four phases). The leading player changes each round, to help balance things out. Each player is responsible for their own arena and begins with the choice of two different events. For each event you run, you need to use asset cards (which show people, props and animals) as well as ensure your arena is big enough to stage the show. You can buy, trade and sell asset cards at certain phases of the game.

During the first phase of the Colosseum players invest in one of four ways. Making the arena bigger, so that bigger events can be run and more important personages might visit; Constructing the “Emperor’s Loge” which means that you can double your chances of bringing a noble into the arena; Getting a season ticket, meaning five more people come to watch; and buying a new event card, (before running the event you will need to expand the arena once or twice). Five different markets (laid out in the middle of the board) have three difference asset tokens. The players each have the opportunity to start an auction for the different assets, but nobody can win more than one auction. Players can, however, choose to sell asset tokens to others, or to trade and buy different asset tokens.

In the next phase, roll dice and move nobles around the board. The main goal is to bring nobles to your event, as each noble is worth a certain amount of gold coins. Players with the Emperor’s Loge allows you to roll twice, and you can combine or split the number on the dice. If you land on an Emperor’s Medal square, you receive the medal which can be used in later phases. The goal of Colosseum is to finish with the most gold coins for ONE performance. The scoring is not cumulative.

Now the event has run and the spectators have been counted, there is a winner and loser for that round. The loser gets to pick any asset card from the winner, but the winner receives the podium, which gives them three extra spectators at their next-round show.

Learn more about Colosseum. Stop by Jessica King’s site where you can find out all about board games and where to buy them in New Zealand

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