Two thousand years ago, the Roman Empire ruled the lands around the Mediterranean Sea. With peace at the borders, harmony inside the provinces, uniform law, and a common currency, the economy thrived and gave rise to mighty Roman dynasties as they expanded throughout the numerous cities. Guide one of these dynasties and send colonists to the remote realms of the Empire; develop your trade network; and appease the ancient gods for their favor ? all to gain the chance to emerge victorious!
Concordia is a peaceful strategy game of economic development in Roman times for 2-5 players aged 13 and up. Instead of looking to the luck of dice or cards, players must rely on their strategic abilities. Be sure to watch your rivals to determine which goals they are pursuing and where you can outpace them! In the game, colonists are sent out from Rome to settle down in cities which produce bricks, food, tools, wine, and cloth. Each player starts with an identical set of playing cards and acquires more cards during the game. These cards serve two purposes:
Concordia is a strategy game which requires advance planning and consideration of your opponent's moves. Every game is different, not only because of the sequence of new cards on sale but also due to the modular layout of cities. (One side of the game board shows the entire Roman Empire with 30 cities for 3-5 players, while the other shows Roman Italy with 25 cities for 2-4 players.) When all cards have been sold, the game ends. The player with the most VPs from the gods (Jupiter, Saturnus, Mercurius, Minerva, Vulcanus, etc.) wins the game.
Components
This pack includes a mini expansion for Concordia, a mini expansion for Navegador and the rules for playing with both:
With Venus, the goddess of love and togetherness, Concordia brings together two partners to compete against one or two other teams. Mutual understanding and coordinated planning are essential to succeed as a harmonious couple.
The game also offers a new variant for 2 to 5 single players. With additional material for a sixth player and new game plans Concordia Venus can be combined with the basic game and all previous extensions (including salsa).
This version is a boxed expansion similar to Concordia Salsa. A standalone version of Concordia Venus is also available including all the materials from this expansions as well as enough base game components to play without a copy of the original Concordia.
With Venus, the goddess of love and togetherness, Concordia brings together two partners to compete against one or two other teams. Mutual understanding and coordinated planning are essential to succeed as a harmonious couple.
The game also offers a new variant for 2 to 5 single players. With additional material for a sixth player and new game plans Concordia Venus can be combined with the basic game and all previous extensions (including salsa).
This version comes with all materials needed to play, a copy of Concordia is not required.
Concordia: Balearica features the Balearic islands of MAIORICA (Mallorca), MINORICA (Menorca), EBUSUS (Ibiza), and FRUMENTARIA (Formentera). The opposite side of this board has the ITALIA map from Concordia Base Game.
This expansion is intended for players who own the Concordia Venus Base Game. If you own Concordia Base Game, The Concordia Board Game: Balearica And Cyprus Map Expansion includes the all new content from this expansion without duplicating a map, and also has the Cyprus map from the Concordia Venus Base Game.
Each player starts with two ships already at sea. There is no capital city to start from. Land colonists are built only later in the game, but can switch their position between the islands.
As an extra, Concordia: Balearica comes with a fishmarket. The fishmarket may be combined not only with the new BALEARICA map, but also used as a variant together with the base game or any other CONCORDIA map.
As a new commodity, fish replaces the ordinary bonus units you usually collect when playing your Prefect. The bonus is doubled up to 2 fish in provinces which have failed to produce in the last round. Sell your fish on a separate fishmarket, where you can get either goods, cash, or special actions in return. This way the fishmarket offers an extra layer of planning ahead, and new challenges for the experienced CONCORDIA player.
An expansion for Pictures by Daniela and Christian St”hr for up to 6 players. (14+ years, playtime approx. 30 min)
Pictures Orange is the first major expansion for Pictures, the award-winning creative family game. Two new material sets and 55 cards with 110 new photos provide more variety and lasting fun.
Contains 96 large cards (111 x 79 mm):
The photos are over 60% larger by their surface.
A copy of the base game is required as this is only cards and does not come with the other components necessary for play.
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