Caesar & Cleopatra
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| author | Wolfgang Lüdtke |
| graphic | Franz Vohwinkel |
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Kosmos , Rio Grande Games , 999 Games , Kaissa Games , Giochi Uniti , Tilsit |
| Publishing year | 1997 |
| Art | Card game |
| Teammates | 2 |
| Duration | 30-40 minutes |
| Age | from 10 years on
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Caesar & Cleopatra (subtitle A card game for 2 players ) is a game from the series Games for Two by Kosmos- Verlag , released in 1997 . The author is Wolfgang Lüdtke , the graphics were created by Franz Vohwinkel . The game was added to the selection list for Game of the Year in 1998 and won first place in the à la carte card game award . It was ranked 8th in the German Games Prize .
content
- 74 influence cards
- 26 action cards
- 21 patrician cards
- 8 cards "vote of confidence"
- 6 cards "Influence Bonus"
- 1 rules (8 pages)
Gameplay
At the beginning of the game, each player receives 2 influence cards with the values 1 to 5, one of which he assigns to the 5 patrician groups (senators, praetors, quaestors, censors and aediles). He also sorts his 13 action cards and shuffles the remaining 27 influence cards. He is also given a secret additional task. Starting with the Cleopatra player, the players can either actively intervene in the action or remain passive. An active player can play an action card and place 1 or 2 influence cards. Then he completes his hand of cards by drawing influence or action cards and reveals a "question of trust" card. If there is no orgy, it is determined who has the greatest influence on the respective patricians. This player receives the top patrician card of the corresponding pile. If the player has decided on the passive role, he can put down as many cards as he wants and draw cards from his reserve pile. A vote of confidence is now not asked. Then the opponent continues the game. The game ends as soon as all patricians have been distributed or both players can no longer play any influence cards. Now each player receives 1 point for each patrician card, 1 point for the majority in a group (2 of 3 or 3 of 5 cards) and 1 point if he owns all cards in a group. In addition, the players receive 2 bonus points when they have completed the secret mission.
Special
The names of the patricians are in many cases allusions to historical or fictional personalities, e.g. B. the aedile (police force) Stephanus Derricus , or the censor (custom) Beatus Usus . With the Gigolo Romano card, Franz Vohwinkel quotes the Siegfried Ohneland card of the Catan card game drawn by him a year earlier , which in turn goes back to the image of a Germanic farmer.
The historian and game critic Wieland Herold criticized the errors in the content of the game box , while he praised the game itself as an "exciting card game". He wrote
“As a historian, my hair sometimes stands on end at this game. The editors seem to have never heard of a civil service career in Rome. Of course there is no group of the highest political officials, the consuls. To do this, the group of senators would have had to be eliminated, because all officials were also members of the Roman Senate "
History and reception
The game Caesar & Cleopatra was developed by the German game designer Wolfgang Lüdtke and published for the 1997 International Game Days at Kosmos Spiele in the series Games for Two . It was added to the shortlist for Game of the Year in 1998 and won first place in the à la carte card game award . It was ranked 8th in the German Games Prize . In 2001 it also won the title "Game of the Year" in the category "Best 2-Player Card Game" by GAMES Magazine.
In addition to the German edition, numerous translations were published, including an English version by Rio Grande Games , a French version ( César & Cléopâtre ) by Tilsit , a Greek version ( ΚΑΙΣΑΡAΣ ΚΑΙ ΚΛΕΟΠΑΤΡΑ ) by Kaissa Games , and an Italian version ( Cesare & Cleopatra ) by Giochi Uniti and a Dutch version at 999 Games .
In 2010 a new edition of the game in a metal box was published in the series Klassiker für Zwei .
Web links
- Rules of the game for download (PDF file)
Individual evidence
- ^ Wieland Herold : Caesar & Cleopatra: The battle of the sexes at the gaming table. Spielbox 6/97, 1997; Pp. 10-11.
- ↑ http://www.funagain.com/control/productaward/~award_year=2001/~award_type=GMMAG/~VIEW_SIZE=10/#pagecontent
- ↑ http://www.kaissagames.com/Default.aspx?product_id=248
- ↑ Spielbox.de: Innovations from the Spielwarenmesse and other spring innovations ( Memento from March 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive )