Caesar & Cleopatra
A two-player bribery duel over the Roman Senate, with half the cards face down.
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ReviewReview by Boardgameblogger- Designer
- Wolfgang Lüdtke
- Published by
- KOSMOS
One of you wants Rome to march on Egypt, the other wants Egypt left alone, and the whole argument is settled by bribing five groups of Roman officials. You play numbered agents to their side of the table, face up for open pressure or face down for a bluff. Then the vote cards start flipping and you find out whose bribes actually mattered.
Who it's for
Two people who like a tight, mean card duel with bluffing and a bit of history flavour.
Not for you if…
You want a game that scales to a group, or you dislike losing a built-up majority to a single assassin card.
Vibe's take
A constant shove and counter-shove where you never quite know how strong your opponent's hidden stack is.
Award winner
Published 1997 · 29 years ago
older than 94% of games
In 8,872 collections
collected more than 76% of games
2 players · ages 10+
Best with 2
about 60 min
longer than 62% of games · typical 30–90 min
Complexity: medium
One warm-up round · 1.9 out of 5 · lighter than 58%
Opinions: broad agreement
Most people rate it similarly
Language: little text
A few terms, easy to look up
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