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Via Romana

#38944BGG ↗

2008 · 2-4 players · 45min · weight 2.26 · 207 ratings

v2 v3 v4 wide v4 deep

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ID
38944
Name
Via Romana
Year
2008
Rank
11375
Min players
2
Max players
4
Playing time
45
Min playtime
45
Max playtime
45
Avg weight
2.2609
Num weights
23
Bayes avg
5.56894
Average
6.32981
Users rated
207
Num owned
308
Wanting
13
Wishing
40
Num comments
59
Fetched at
Wed Apr 29 2026 05:34:56 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (3)
Area Majority / InfluenceNetwork and Route BuildingOpen Drafting
Categories (1)
Ancient
Description (1184 chars)

In Via Romana the players take part in the construction of the road system in the Roman provinces of Gaul. Through carefully planned streets and mighty forts they connect the most important towns and protect the Roman supremacy. They also compete to have the biggest portion in the construction of the province roads, to connect important towns and to build the mightiest forts. By playing cards milestones are placed on the roads. Once all parts of a road from one town to another are occupied with milestones stones, the player with the most milestones may take one of the town-markers which provide victory points. The other players may draw cards from the open stock to get specific cards. More victory points are gathered through the value forts at game's end and by fulfilling certain missions. valuations. Via Romana provides tactical challenges despite easy rules as well as rich game components with many wonderful wooden meeples. "Via Romana", 2 to 4 players, 8 years up, 45 minutes . Contents: 1 board 96 meeples (forts and milestones) 55 cards 4 overviews 40 town-markers 20 signposts 5 mission boards 1 legion-eagle 1 rulebook

LLM v2 (wide)

Not yet enriched at v2 (wide pass).

LLM v3 (deep)

Not yet enriched at v3 (deep pass).

LLM v4 wide (controlled-vocab primitives)

Not yet enriched at v4 (wide pass).

LLM v4 deep (archetype fit)

Not in the v4 deep-pass top-20% slice.