2022Matthieu Podevin
- Videos
- 21
- Creators
- 15
2 - 4 players60 - 120 minHeavy weight

2022Matthieu Podevin
Mainly reviews and how-to-play. Caesar's Empire is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 14 reviews, 9 how-to-play guides, 6 recorded sessions, 9 unboxings, and 3 other videos.
From BoardGameGeek
In Caesar's Empire, you will be building Roads to connect Rome to new Cities across the board. Each time you build a Road, you score points. Every new City you reach will provide City and Treasure tokens that will be worth points at the end of the game. The game ends when Rome is connected to every City on the board. After adding the value of City and Treasure tokens to the points scored during the game, the player with the most points wins! Caesar's Empire uses a simple network-building mechanic. Each time you build a Road, you must connect Rome to a new City by placing one or more of your Road pieces onto the game board. You may build your Road anywhere you like on the board, as long as you start from either Rome, or a City whose token has already been taken. This means you may be continuing a Road started by another player! When you reach a City, you get to take its token, which can be worth points at the end of the game. Each City also provides a Treasure token. Treasures you find are added to your player board and will score you points at the end of the game, especially if you manage to make collections! Once you've taken your City token and your Treasure, you score your route back to Rome. Each section of Road included in your route will score 1 point for the player it belongs to. As your route can include sections of Road placed by other players, you can end up giving points to your opponents!The game continues until all of the Cities on the board have been taken. Once the final City has been taken, players move on to final scoring. At the end of the game, you'll score points based on your City tokens. Each City has a value, which is the number on the back. This is the number of points you'll score for that City. However, if you have more than one City token of the same colour, you will only score points for the one of the highest value. You then score the value of the different collections of Treasure on your player board. Collections can be of the same Treasure or different Treasures, and Gold is scored separately. The player with the most points returns to Rome to be showered with fortune and glory by Caesar himself!
Caesar's Empire has 41 videos from 31 creators: 14 reviews, 9 how-to-play guides, 6 playthroughs, 9 unboxings and 3 other videos. They date from 2021 to December 2024.
To learn the rules, start with "How to Play Caesar's Empire" by Jay Shipinski, which runs 2 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Caesar’s Empire Review: The Return of the Super Filler" by The Dice Tower. 13 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "Caesar's Empire Gameplay" by Just Another Board Gamer, one of 6 playthroughs.
If you like it, try Titan, also by Matthieu Podevin, or Pixies, Ticket to Ride: London and Ticket to Ride: Rails & Sails, which share several of its mechanics.
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2 - 4 players60 - 120 minHeavy weight
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From BoardGameGeek:
In Caesar's Empire, you will be building Roads to connect Rome to new Cities across the board. Each time you build a Road, you score points. Every new City you reach will provide City and Treasure tokens that will be worth points at the end of the game. The game ends when Rome is connected to every City on the board. After adding the value of City and Treasure tokens to the points scored during the game, the player with the most points wins! Caesar's Empire uses a simple network-building mechanic. Each time you build a Road, you must connect Rome to a new City by placing one or more of your Road pieces onto the game board. You may build your Road anywhere you like on the board, as long as you start from either Rome, or a City whose token has already been taken. This means you may be continuing a Road started by another player! When you reach a City, you get to take its token, which can be worth points at the end of the game. Each City also provides a Treasure token. Treasures you find are added to your player board and will score you points at the end of the game, especially if you manage to make collections! Once you've taken your City token and your Treasure, you score your route back to Rome. Each section of Road included in your route will score 1 point for the player it belongs to. As your route can include sections of Road placed by other players, you can end up giving points to your opponents!The game continues until all of the Cities on the board have been taken. Once the final City has been taken, players move on to final scoring. At the end of the game, you'll score points based on your City tokens. Each City has a value, which is the number on the back. This is the number of points you'll score for that City. However, if you have more than one City token of the same colour, you will only score points for the one of the highest value. You then score the value of the different collections of Treasure on your player board. Collections can be of the same Treasure or different Treasures, and Gold is scored separately. The player with the most points returns to Rome to be showered with fortune and glory by Caesar himself!
Designer
Matthieu Podevin
Artists
Alexandre Bonvalot, Joëlle Drans
Publisher
Holy Grail Games
Categories
Mechanics