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Carpe Diem cover
2018BGG rank #448

Carpe Diem

by Stefan Feld · alea

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Players2–4
Time45–75m
ComplexityMedium-Light
Age10+

About the game

What is Carpe Diem?

The players slip into the role of rich patricians in ancient Rome. Everyone is trying to build a lucrative city district to score as many prestige points as possible. The novel way to get to the individual buildings of a district combined with a large variety of score cards make for an unusual game with a large number of strategies. From the successful designer, Stefan Feld.

How it plays

Mechanics

Area MovementContractsEnd Game BonusesOpen DraftingTile PlacementTurn Order: ProgressiveVariable Set-up

On the shelf

Categories

Ancient

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