City Conquest

20 factions

Each team picks a faction: a group with its own story, strengths and characters.

• Cathedral Masons

  “Higher, stone by stone”

  From 1220 the masons of Amiens raised the largest cathedral in France, twice the volume of Notre-Dame de Paris.

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• Hortillons

  “Our gardens float”

  In the hortillonnages, market gardens on islands between canals, the growers row to their plots in flat black barques.

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• Velvet Weavers

  “Soft as Amiens velvet”

  Amiens was famous for its velvet: weavers and their looms filled the old town's workshops.

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• Lafleur's Puppeteers

  “The little one always wins”

  Lafleur, the cheeky valet of the Amiens puppet theatre, always gets the better of his masters.

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• Extraordinary Voyagers

  “Round the world and back by dinner”

  Jules Verne lived in Amiens for 34 years and sent his readers to the moon, under the sea and round the world.

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• Saint-Leu Boatmen

  “Every bridge is ours”

  Saint-Leu, the old quarter of canals and little bridges, was once full of boats bringing goods to its doors.

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• Macaron Bakers

  “Sweet and soft, never hard”

  Macarons d'Amiens are soft almond biscuits the town has baked for centuries.

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• Belfry Bell Ringers

  “When we ring, the city listens”

  The belfry of Amiens, a World Heritage site, rang the hours and the alarms of the free town.

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• Hermit's Pilgrims

  “One step, then the next”

  Peter the Hermit of Amiens walked from town to town preaching; crowds followed him across Europe.

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• Du Cange's Scholars

  “Every word has a story”

  Charles du Cange of Amiens spent his life writing dictionaries of medieval Latin and Greek.

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• Woad Dyers

  “True blue”

  In the Middle Ages Amiens grew rich on woad, the plant that dyes cloth blue; its merchants helped pay for the cathedral.

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• Circus Acrobats

  “Hold on and fly”

  The round Cirque of Amiens opened in 1889 with a speech by Jules Verne and has hosted circus acts ever since.

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• Gargoyle Carvers

  “Pull a face, guard a roof”

  Gargoyles and grotesques watch over the roofs of Amiens and spit the rain away.

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• Colour Light Painters

  “We paint with light”

  On some evenings the cathedral's west front is lit in colour, the way its saints were once painted.

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• Perret's Builders

  “Straight up in concrete”

  After the war the architect Auguste Perret gave Amiens a concrete tower by the station, once among the tallest in Europe.

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• Sagittarius Archers

  “Aim true”

  Two little archers of stone, sagittarii, gave a Renaissance house in Amiens its name.

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• Somme Anglers

  “Patience catches the big one”

  The Somme and its canals are full of fish, and the anglers of Amiens know every quiet spot.

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• Picard Storytellers

  “Tell it in Picard”

  Picard, the old language of the region, lives on in songs, puppet plays and stories.

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• Dewailly Clockmakers

  “Right on time”

  A bronze clock with three faces, from 1898, stands on Place Gambetta: Amiens meets 'under the clock'.

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• Unicorn Supporters

  “Gallop for the town”

  The football club of Amiens plays at the Stade de la Licorne, the Unicorn stadium, and its fans sing for it.

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Two ways to play

Without a game master

You play on your own. The organiser opens the game master page, chooses the default language and the playing time, and starts the game. From then on everything runs by itself on every phone: the zones, the chests, the merchant and the final count.

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With a game master

Someone leads the game from the game master page: follows every team live with its points and zones, sends messages to all teams, adds 15 minutes or stops the game, gives a team a power-up or puts a chest right next to it, and looks at the photos and videos. The game master never sees the answers.

€199.00 including 5 teams, €19.95 per extra team

The organiser sets up the game on the game master page (the default language and the playing time) and starts it for all teams.

Every player can pick and switch the language on their own phone.