Rome in Crisis

5 years. Each player controls a number of imperial candidates whom they try to push to the top position to gain honor and prestige by solving some of Rome's many crises -- invasions by Goths, Persians and Palymrans plus the incessant demands of the populace -- before quickly yielding to the next emperor. In a system reminiscent of King's Breakfast, players draft influence cards which they may later deploy to help them win top jobs in the empire or secretly use against opponents to make existing crises more difficult to handle.…