Colosseum (2007)

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Designer	Wolfgang Kramer Markus Lübke
Artist	Julien Delval
Publisher	Days of Wonder Edge Entertainment
Year Published	2007
# of Players	3 − 5
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 5 players Recommended with 3, 4, 5 players (73 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	90 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	10 and up
User Suggested Ages	10 and up (13 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	No necessary in-game text (34 voters) [poll]
Honors	2007 Golden Geek Best Board Game Artwork/Presentation Nominee 2007 Golden Geek Best Family Board Game Nominee 2007 Golden Geek Best Gamer's Board Game Nominee 2007 International Gamers Awards - General Strategy; Multi-player Nominee 2008 Golden Geek Best Board Game Artwork/Presentation Nominee 2008 Golden Geek Best Family Board Game Nominee Show More »
Subdomain	Family Games Strategy Games (62 voters) [vote]
Category	Ancient Negotiation
Mechanic	Auction/Bidding Dice Rolling Set Collection Trading
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Family	The Roman Empire
Primary Name	Colosseum
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In Colosseum each player is a Roman impresario - producing great spectacles in his or her arena in the hopes of attracting the most spectators. Players earn wealth and glory for each event run, using it to create ever more ambitious events. They will need to improve their arena, find the best performers, lure the Emperor and his nobles, and manage assets for long-term success to be granted the title of Grand Impresario.

Colosseum includes: a large game board representing arenas in cities across the Roman Empire where events are produced; 5 arenas; 10 arena expansions; 6 unique painted resin pawns representing the Emperor, Consuls and Senators; 5 Emperor's loges; 10 Season Tickets; 2 Roman dice; 90 Roman coins; 30 Event programs; 152 Event asset tokens; 7 Star Performer Awards; 18 Emperor Medals; 6 Event Summary sheets; 1 Storage bag; and a detailed Rules booklet.

Colosseum plays with 3 to 5 players, Ages 10 and up, and takes approximately 60 - 90 minutes.

Home Page: http://www.colosseumgame.com
Home Page: http://www.colosseum.edgeent.com (Spanish)

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2007 International Gamers Award Best Strategy Game Nominee.
2007 Boardgameratings.com Recommended Strategy Game.

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Publisher: Days of Wonder

Artist: Julien Delval

Year: 2007

Product Code: 7701

Size: Medium Square (e.g. Ticket to Ride)

4.19 pounds

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2	Rules Choosing not to use a wild-card tile	2011-10-17	jackelfrink	5
4	Sessions Colosseum: Demo with Intent to Buy	2011-09-26	jheaney	3
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Colosseum 2 főre

Colosseum játék - 2 fővel! Nem hivatalos, kb. 15-ször tesztelt játékvariáns. Colosseum game with 2 players!

csibu

2011-09-12

Teaching Guide for Colosseum from The How to Play Podcast

(Black & White Version) Here is a short outline to keep with your game and assist you when you need to teach the game. The outline includes an opening hook, a step by step outline on a suggested order in which to teach the meat of the rules and some beginning strategy. To hear an example explanation using this outline or to learn the game yourself listen to "The How to Play Podcast Episode #21: Colosseum" available at www.howtoplaypodcast.com

RyanSturm

2010-09-26

Colosseum 6th Player arena and extra events

To use the 6th arena, look at the longer gaming side with 2 arenas along it. Place the new 6th player across from one of them and the other arena from that side across from the other. When distributing event asset tokens, each player should have 4.

halucinagen

2010-03-19

Spanish rules

Traducción del reglamento al español.

byfed

2009-12-02

Player Aid for Colosseum

All the rules (and Errata updates), tile chart, list of subtractions for incomplete shows. Print two-sided, landscape mode.

hholzgrafe

2009-11-16

Regulament Romana - Romanian Rules

Regulament in limba romana. Romanian rules.

terry2k2

2009-11-11

Concise reference sheet by hecose

Reference sheet useful for quick referencing and provides a structured summary for teaching the game.

hecose

2009-08-27

Colosseum_Kompaktregel_DEU

Kompakte, vollständige Regeln von COLOSSEUM auf deutsch.

germanggek

2009-05-19

Colosseum magyar nyelvű leírása

A "Colosseum" magyar nyelvű leírása. Csak szöveges verzió, képek nélkül.

rollox

2008-12-12

Really Big Shows

With the advanced auction variant, we found that many players had more tiles tham they could use. These shows can put those extra tiles to use, and give a new value to lion collections.

jphilip

2008-06-20

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Strategy Game Rank:	152
Family Game Rank:	36
Num Ratings:	4529
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German review - Ludoversum	http://www.ludoversum.de/cgi-bin/lv.pl?action=show...	2012-01-09
German review - Sapiko	http://sapiko.fjkrieger.de/spielerezensionen/colos...	2012-01-05
Colosseum French Database	http://www.aidejeu.fr/?cat=8	2011-12-19
Polish review at http://paradoks.net.pl	http://paradoks.net.pl/read/7644	2011-11-22
German review - Reich der Spiele	http://www.reich-der-spiele.de/kritiken/Colosseum	2011-09-21
English Review on Knights of the Cardboard Castle	http://knights.calltoreason.org/?p=8114	2011-05-04
Polish review at www.planszowki.gildia.pl	http://www.planszowki.gildia.pl/gry/colesseum/colo...	2011-05-04
Review of Colosseum	http://www.stuffedashes.com/2011/04/27/review-of-c...	2011-04-28
Polish review on "planszówki.polter.pl"	http://planszowki.polter.pl/Colosseum-c21118	2011-04-26
Polish review at GamesFanatic.pl	http://www.gamesfanatic.pl/2007/04/14/colosseum/	2011-03-25