2024Emerson Matsuuchi
- Videos
- 87
- Creators
- 33
1 - 4 players60 - 90 minHeavy weight

2022Emerson Matsuuchi
Mainly reviews and unboxings. Foundations of Rome is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 40 reviews, 8 how-to-play guides, 21 recorded sessions, 24 unboxings, and 16 other videos.
From BoardGameGeek
The city-building board game Foundations of Rome puts you into the role of an architect competing to own land and build magnificent structures! Build doms and insulae, fountains, foundries, and more to increase your renown - gaining glory for yourself and the empire! With 96 wonderfully detailed miniatures in the base game, Foundations of Rome is a testament to the glory of Rome that you can bring to the table. Foundations of Rome is the next, and biggest game to date, in the Dice Tower Essentials line and is designed by famed designer Emerson Matsuuchi. With a quick setup time and easy to learn to rules you will be on your way to achieving glory within Rome in no time! On a player's turn they select from purchasing a new lot, building a new building in the shared city of Rome, or collecting income! Players collect Glory Points at the end of each round based on the population and commerce they have brought to the city as well as gaining glory for civic buildings that score not only based on their own buildings, but those of their opponents! -description from the publisher
Foundations of Rome has 109 videos from 66 creators: 40 reviews, 8 how-to-play guides, 21 playthroughs, 24 unboxings and 16 other videos. They date from 2019 to January 2026.
To learn the rules, start with "Foundations of Rome Tutorial & Playthrough - JonGetsGames" by Getting Games, which runs 16 min. For a quicker teach, "Foundations of Rome stickers issue" by Len Lindsay runs 6 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Four Square Review: Foundations of Rome" by The Dice Tower. 36 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "Foundations of Rome - GameNight! Se10 Ep13 - How to Play and Playthrough" by BoardGameGeek, one of 21 playthroughs.
If you like it, try Metal Gear Solid: The Board Game, HerStory, Foundations of Metropolis and Halloween, also by Emerson Matsuuchi. It appears in convention videos from PAX Unplugged 2019.
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2024Emerson Matsuuchi
1 - 4 players60 - 90 minHeavy weight
2022Nick Bentley, Emerson Matsuuchi, Danielle Reynolds
2 - 5 players30 - 60 minLight weight
2024Emerson Matsuuchi
2 - 4 players60 minMedium weight
From BoardGameGeek:
The city-building board game Foundations of Rome puts you into the role of an architect competing to own land and build magnificent structures! Build doms and insulae, fountains, foundries, and more to increase your renown - gaining glory for yourself and the empire! With 96 wonderfully detailed miniatures in the base game, Foundations of Rome is a testament to the glory of Rome that you can bring to the table. Foundations of Rome is the next, and biggest game to date, in the Dice Tower Essentials line and is designed by famed designer Emerson Matsuuchi. With a quick setup time and easy to learn to rules you will be on your way to achieving glory within Rome in no time! On a player's turn they select from purchasing a new lot, building a new building in the shared city of Rome, or collecting income! Players collect Glory Points at the end of each round based on the population and commerce they have brought to the city as well as gaining glory for civic buildings that score not only based on their own buildings, but those of their opponents! -description from the publisher
Designer
Emerson Matsuuchi
Artists
Stephen Gibson, Damien Mammoliti
Publisher
Arcane Wonders
Categories
Mechanics