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Published By
Year Published
2004
# of Players:
2 − 4
User Suggested # of Players
Best with 4 players
Recommended with 2, 3, 4 players
(51 voters) [poll]
Playing Time
60 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages
10 and up
User Suggested Ages
8 and up
(9 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence
No necessary in-game text
(16 voters) [poll]
Category
Mechanic
Primary Name
The Downfall of Pompeii
Alternate Names
龐貝城的隕落
Der Untergang von Pompeji
ポンペイ
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From the publisher, Amigo Spiele:

The year is 79 A.D. Pompeii, sitting at the foot of Vesuvius, is at the high point in its development. People come to the city from far and wide to try and make their luck in the city. So far nobody has dreamed of the danger that will bury all of their dreams under mountains of ash not ten years later. Who will survive the eruption of Vesuvius unscathed?

The simple rules make it easy to get started with this game by Klaus-Jürgen Wrede, one in which a lot of tactical know-how is required. But a little luck is needed too, in order to bring your pieces out of the city at the right time and have this unconventional board game decided in your favour.

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2 Norwegian rules
Norwegian summary+rules.
2009-05-12
3 1-Page Rules Summary (English)
A 1-page rules summary in English. I created this because I bought the German version of the game and tried various other translations and play aids that just didn't work out for me.
2008-11-12
5 Quick Reference - The Downfall of the Pompeji
1-page rules summary.
2008-10-29
0 Downfall of Pompeii Tuckbox
This is a tuckbox with minimal graphics to hold all the cards for the game. I used the generator at http://tuckbox.gameupdates.com to create the template.
2008-09-08
4 Concise reference sheet by hecose
Concise reference sheet for looking up easy-to-forget rules quickly. Useful if you haven't played the game for some time and need a refresher. Provides a summarised and structured outline to help in teaching a game.
2008-07-22
10 The Downfall of Pompeii 1.pdf
A pdf to simplify game play and aid in teaching the game
2007-08-21
0 Pompei_ITA.pdf
Regolamento (non ufficiale) in Italiano
2007-05-09
7 la caída de pompeya.pdf
Spanish rules / Reglas en español
2007-04-04
8 Pompeii Deck Construction Dealer Aid.pdf
Step by step aid to Deck Construction
2007-03-30
0 pompeii.pdf
French rules for Downfall of Pompeii
2007-03-01
Statistics
User Rank: 180
Num Ratings: 1978
Average Rating: 7.17
Standard Deviation: 1.07
Num Views: 69592
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Avg. Game Weight: 1.8 moreinfo
Fans: 19
Personal Comments: 876
Users Owning: 1862
Users Wanting: 298
Users Trading: 31
Has Parts For Trade: 0
Want Parts In Trade: 0
Price History: View
Total Plays: 5654
Plays This Month: 33
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