Res Publica (1991)

A Reiner Knizia game. Players must guide their people together to form cities, exchange knowledge and build monuments. Each turn players attempt to trade cards with other players in order to try and get 5 identical people or technology cards in order to gain either a city or a monument. At the end of the game players total the number of cities and monuments and the one who has the most wins.

Components

• 1 rule book
• 140 playing cards
  • 10 city cards, each with a value of 3
  • 10 monument cards, with values 9,8,8,7,7,6,6,5,5,4
  • 60 people cards (12 each of 5 different types)
  • 60 technology cards (12 each of 5 different types)