FAQ
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Rules questions from the BoardGameGeek forum. Answers marked Official were confirmed by Ammonit Spiele or the designers. No official rulings are included in this FAQ.
Common mistakes
- Scoring a Trajan tile as soon as it is placed — it only counts when your last sown marker lands in its tray. Ruling · Rule
- Spending two extra action tiles in a turn — only one per turn. Ruling · Rule
- Marching legionnaires across provinces — they go straight from the camp to the leader, once per province. Ruling · Rule
- Spending a Trajan demand tile — it stays on your mat; forum demand tiles are spent. Ruling · Rule
- Scoring the 9-point demand bonus per tile — it scores once. Ruling · Rule
- Resetting the time marker after a round or quarter — it carries on. Ruling · Rule
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When I sow markers, must I drop one in every tray I pass?
Yes, one per tray, clockwise, empty trays included. With more than six markers you go round again, so some trays get two.
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Is a Trajan tile accomplished as soon as I place it next to a tray that already has its colours?
No. It is accomplished only on a turn when your last sown marker lands in that tray and the tray then holds both colours.
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Does the time marker go back to its start space after a round or a quarter?
No. It continues from where it stopped.
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Does everyone get the same number of turns?
No. The round ends after the turn that brings the time marker to or past its start, so some players may have one turn more. That is the rule as written.
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Can I hold several Trajan tiles of the same kind?
Yes. Only the three tiles chosen at setup must all be different; after that anything goes, including several demand tiles of one kind — each can meet one demand per quarter.
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Is a Trajan tile that places workers or legionnaires a Construction or Military action?
No. It only puts the tokens in the camp, so it cannot be repeated with an extra action tile.
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The two-cards Trajan tile — from which pile, and do I discard?
Draw the top 2 cards of the face-down pile and keep both; there is no discard.
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Can I ship cards I already played into my display?
No. Ship only from your hand. Shipped cards then join your display and count for bonus tiles at the end.
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For "different pairs", must each pair be two identical cards?
Yes: each pair is two of the same commodity, and the pairs differ from one another.
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Do legionnaires walk from province to province?
No. A legionnaire goes straight from the military camp to the province where your leader stands, one per player per province, and scores that province once.
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Can my leader enter a province with other players' legionnaires?
Yes, any adjacent province. The leader only collects the forum tile there; points come when a legionnaire arrives.
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Can an opponent wall my workers in?
No: you may place a worker on a site already worked by someone else — you take no tile, but you can build onward from there.
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On senate space 7 with two senate actions, do I score beyond 8?
No. The track stops at 8 for the quarter; the second action is lost.
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Can I use more than one extra action tile in a turn?
No, one per turn. The bonus action of a first construction tile can be the action you repeat with it.
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Can I take a Forum extra action tile with the Forum action and spend it at once?
Yes, the rules allow it.
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When does a [+2] marker count?
Only when you spend an extra action tile of that icon: you then repeat the action twice instead of once. The marker stays for the rest of the game.
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At the end of a quarter, do I lose the extra action tiles on my mat?
No. Only the tiles still in the forum are removed; yours stay until you use them.
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If I have a Trajan demand tile and a forum tile of the same kind, which meets the demand?
Use the Trajan tile first: it stays on your mat. Spend the forum tile only for a second demand of that kind.
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Is a demand wild tile removed when used?
Yes, like the other forum demand tiles.
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Can unmet demands push me below the start of the score track?
Yes: each space behind the start counts −1.
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How is a senate tie broken when one player's votes come from tiles?
Most votes (track plus tiles) wins; on a tie the disc further along the track wins, then the disc higher in the stack.
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Does the second player get the vice-consul tile with zero votes?
Yes. Consul and vice consul are always awarded, even with no votes, by the tie-breaks.
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Are senate tiles lying in the provinces removed at the end of a quarter?
No. Only the senate tiles in players' possession are removed.
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Does the demand bonus tile score 9 for each matching forum tile?
No: 9 (or 6) once, if you own at least one matching forum tile — the "1×" on the tile. A demand wild tile left over can stand in.
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Does a commodity wild tile used on a ship count for bonus tiles at the end?
No. It is removed after the shipment.
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Does the "yellow bonus tiles" bonus tile count itself?
Yes, if it is yellow side up.
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