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Minerva, Pandasaurus Games, 2017 — front cover
Played Minerva for the first time and enjoyed it. Very interesting take on city building.
Hisashi Hayashi plays solitaire
My second winning city
Tiles of Minerva
final look
finished city... excuse Joes terrible table...
A great victory for an emerging city.
mid game look
tiles

Minerva (2015)

Players
1–4
Best: 2
Playing time
60–90 min
Age
10+
6.76
Average rating
964
Ratings
2.77/5
Weight
#4247
BGG rank
Top 5,000
Alternate names:ミネルウァ
Designer:Hisashi Hayashi
Artist:Franz Vohwinkel, Ryo Nyamo
Publisher:Japon Brand +2 more
Average rating, ratings count, weight and rank are sourced from BoardGameGeek (BGG).
Game DNA
  • This game: Strategy 10, Luck 5, Interaction 5, Complexity 5.6, Theme 5
Strategy10.0
Luck5.0
Interaction5.0
Complexity5.6
Theme5.0

This game's strategy, luck, interaction, complexity and theme.

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Overview

The Roman Empire. An Empire so large and powerful its fame remains still today. In order to keep its vast territories under control, the Roman Empire sent out state managers to exercise its policies.

The players are one of these managers, in charge of one of the Roman cities, all aiming to become a prosperous and important city, like Rome, the glorious capital. Only the player who develops his city best, will earn the favour of the goddess Minerva and win the game.

The player who has the most Victory Points (VP) at the end of the game wins.

In order to gain VPs, the players will build military facilities to earn military fame, develop cultural facilities to assist cultural activities, and construct temples and layout the city so that it is worthy of its temples.

But all of this requires resources and gold. And only building impressive buildings won't get anyone far without any inhabitants. The players will have to build living quarters so that the other buildings can have an effect.

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