Roman poker

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Roman poker
Game data
author David Parlett , Johannes Krenner
graphic Markus Wagner
publishing company Amigo , Gigamic
Publishing year 2015
Art dice game
Teammates 2 to 6
Duration 30 minutes
Age from 10 years on

Awards

Game of Games 2015: Hit games with friends

Roman poker , also known as Avé in the French edition , is a simple dice game with six dice and Roman numerals . The game was developed by David Parlett and Johannes Krenner and was published by the German game publisher Amigo in 2015 and by the French publisher Gigamic the following year .

Background and equipment

Roman poker is a game in which the players have to form an ascending series of valid numbers using up to six six-sided dice each . Instead of eyes, the dice have the Roman numerals I, I, I, V, X and X on them. In addition to the dice, there are 36 action cards, each consisting of 6 cards for each of the up to six players, as well as a point block for noting the results. The instructions for the German version are included in German and Latin.

The game is similar in its playing style and features to the game Ludix , which was published by the Austrian publisher in 2014 and was developed by Niek Neuwahl in collaboration with the Swiss Game Museum (Le Musée Suisse du Jeu).

Style of play

The game of Roman Poker is a simple dice game that works on the principle of "push your luck". At the beginning all players get a set of six action cards and the names are noted on the scoring pad. The six dice are given to a predetermined starting player.

Starting with the starting player, the other players roll the dice one after the other in a clockwise direction. The active player in each case throws a single die and then decides whether he wants to use another die. He can repeat this as long as he can form valid Roman numbers with the dice already thrown. Alternatively, he can stop throwing the dice at any time and note the result. If he throws a wrong roll, i.e. cannot roll a valid Roman number, he must abandon his move without noting a result or can use an action card.

The players must try to build an ascending series of results from their results on the score block. They write down their results in seven lines of their column on the game pad. If a player cannot enter his result because the number is already there or does not fit into the row, this is also considered a miss. In this case he must abandon his turn without noting a result or he can also use an action card.

The six action cards allow the player to change a die result afterwards. There are five different possible actions:

  • The player may ignore any number of the I thrown
  • the player may ignore any number of the already thrown V,
  • the player may reroll a die that has already been thrown,
  • the player may remove any die already rolled from his result, or
  • the player may re-enter a number in his column that is already there. He still has to keep the order of the dice values.

The sixth card is a wild card and can be used for any of the actions described.

As soon as a player enters the seventh number in his column, the current round is played to the end. Then the points are evaluated and each player receives five bonus points for each action card not yet used. The winner is the player who achieves the highest result in the end.

Expenses and reception

The dice game Roman Poker was developed by David Parlett and Johannes Krenner and was published in 2015 by the German game publisher Amigo . In 2016, the French publisher Gigamic published the game, this time under the name Avé .

supporting documents

  1. ↑ a b c d Official Rules for Roman Poker , 2015
  2. ↑ Versions of Roman Poker in the BoardGameGeek database; Retrieved April 14, 2017.

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