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	Provincia Australia Nova Roma
	M. Claudius Nero legatus pro praetore D. Aurelius Ingeniarius legatus proconsulis Cn. Lentuli Alexandri praefectus Provinciae Australiae Administrandae PROVINCIA AUSTRALIA PRAETORIUM EVENTS HISTORY

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Online Board Game - 2020

Hosted and facilitated by legatus and praefectus D. Aurelius, an open invitation is made for all to join him in a Roman themed board game. Played via the Roll20 online interface, players will get to experience the political intrigue and challenges of managing the ancient Roman Republic.

Cover of Republic of Rome by Valley Games (2009).

Description:

The Republic of Rome is an abstraction of over 250 years of history. It simulates the politics of the Roman Senate during the republic. The players take the part of various factions vying for the control of the senate. They control the various powerful families of the time, who compete for state offices, military command, economic concessions and new adherents. To win the player must get their faction to become the most powerful in Rome. While doing this, however, a balance must be maintained. A hostile world situation, and the vagaries of the public of Rome means that the players must also cooperate so that Rome herself doesn't go down under this pressure. If Rome does not last, neither does the senate, and all players lose!

Players make proposals to the Senate which other players then vote on. A player's ability to make proposals is determined by which Offices his/her Senators hold. A player's influence in votes is determined by the number of Senators they have recruited and the level of influence those Senators have obtained. Proposals may include assigning Senators to governor provinces (generating revenue), recruiting an army to fight an external foe, addressing the concerns of the Roman people, assigning offices or prosecuting previous office holders. Players have to co-operate to overcome the various threats that the game sends against Rome (wars, famine, unrest, bankruptcy) whilst working to build their own Senators' and Generals' positions and undermine that of their opponents. A powerful General or an influential Senator may become Emperor (thus winning the game) but equally may suddenly fall to the plague or an assassin's blade.

Read more about the game itself on the Board Game Geek page.

Game sessions will be hosted from 7.30pm (Australian Eastern Standard Time), Monday evenings. For those wanting just to watch, a live stream will be hosted via the Australia Nova Romana Twitch channel.

Latest Update - 26 Jul 2020: We have 3 of the required 6 players registered. There is still time to register and control your own faction! Submissions should be made to d.aurelius.ingeniarius@outlook.com.

A bird's-eye view, zoomed out of the Republic of Rome by Valley Games (2009), board game hosted on Roll20.