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Group games: teams against each otherCity Conquest
Race Through Rome
€19.95 per team
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A city game where teams play against each other: at least 2 teams of 1–4 players, each team on its own phone.
Teams against each other · from €4.99 per person · book instantly · valid 12 months · no guide needed
- 120 min
- 38 zones
- 20 factions
- 2–20 teams
In City Conquest the centre of Rome becomes a game board for your whole group: at least two teams race to conquer zones, and other teams can win them back. On the way you pass places like Pantheon, Piazza della Minerva (Bernini's elephant), and Sant'Eustachio. When time is up, the team with the most points wins; with equal points, the team with the most ducats wins.
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What does it cost for your group?
Teams (up to 4 each): 3
How to play
1Explore
Walk through the real city. The map shows every zone:
free, 
taken by a team in its colour, or 
locked for a few minutes. The game starts at 
.
2Conquer
Step into a zone and open its task: a puzzle, a riddle, something to count or a code to crack on the spot, now and then a photo. Get it right and the zone takes your colour
, and you earn 30 ducats 
.
3Defend and take back
Other teams can take your zones once the lock
is over, and you can take theirs. A zone 
stays with the team that conquers it. The first team at a bonus spot 
gets a power-up in its backpack 
.
4Final count
When the time is up, the team with the most points wins; with equal points, the most ducats
. Be at the meeting point 
in time: the herald calls everyone together.
Every zone has ten tasks about what you can really find there. Each team gets a different one, and a new one every time it comes back, so answers can't be passed on.
20 factions
Every zone has a field that fits the place: knowledge at a library, creativity at a museum, charm on a market square, speed on a bridge or quay, power at a fortress or tower. The stronger your faction is in a zone's field, the more points that zone is worth to you, so every faction has its own zones to go for.
- Legionaries
- Senators
- Gladiators
- Vestal Virgins
- Praetorian Guard
- Charioteers
- Emperors
- Merchants
- Master Builders
- Philosophers
- Poets
- Renaissance Artists
- Swiss Guard
- Pilgrims
- Barbarians
- Sailors of Ostia
- Children of the She-wolf
- Augurs
- Bakers
- Musicians
Ducats, chests and drops
Chests
Every 20 minutes the herald hides chests 
in the streets. The first team within 30 m opens one: ducats , a potion, a defence or something to leave for others.
The merchant
You start with 50 ducats and earn more by conquering, holding zones and approved photos. Spend them at the merchant 
: you can buy anywhere, and at his spot you get 20% off.
Drops and fog
Leave a bomb, trap, fog, curse or sabotage on the street 
. Only your team sees it; the team that walks into it is hit. Fog 
hides their map beyond 100 m. A scout 
shows drops near you 
: walk to one to defuse it.
Speed potionWait times and zone locks halved for 10 minutes.
Wisdom potionRemoves one wrong answer from your next multiple-choice question.
Strength potionYour next conquest scores double.
ShieldBlocks the next attack on your team (20 seconds to react).
MirrorSends the next attack straight back to the team that left it.
AntidoteEnds fog, a trap or a curse at once.
ScoutShows other teams' drops within 100 m for 2 minutes; walk to one to defuse it.- BombLeave it on the street: the team that walks into it loses 25 points.
TrapLeave it on the street: 3 minutes no conquering and no answering.
FogLeave it on the street: for 4 minutes their map shows only 100 m around them.
CurseLeave it on the street: on their next 2 questions a wrong answer costs double.
SabotageLeave it on the street: steals one thing from their backpack (or 30 ducats).
38 zones
- Pantheon
- Piazza della Minerva (Bernini's elephant)
- Sant'Eustachio
- Piazza della Maddalena
- Baths of Agrippa (Arco della Ciambella)
- San Luigi dei Francesi
- Fontana dei Libri
- Piè di Marmo
- Piazza di Pietra (Temple of Hadrian)
- Piazza di Montecitorio (obelisk)
- Fontana del Moro (Piazza Navona south)
- Fountain of the Four Rivers (Piazza Navona)
- Sant'Andrea della Valle (Abate Luigi)
- Sant'Agostino
- Fountain of Neptune (Piazza Navona north)
- Piazza Colonna (Column of Marcus Aurelius)
- Via della Gatta
- Largo di Torre Argentina
- Fontana del Facchino
- Chiesa del Gesù
- Pasquino
- Santa Maria della Pace
- Palazzo della Cancelleria
- Madama Lucrezia (Piazza di San Marco)
- Campo de' Fiori (Giordano Bruno)
- Santi Apostoli
- Turtle Fountain (Piazza Mattei)
- Vittoriano (Piazza Venezia)
- San Lorenzo in Lucina
- Trevi Fountain
- Via dei Coronari
- Piazza Farnese
- Fontana della Terrina (Chiesa Nuova)
- Piazza dell'Orologio
- Portico d'Ottavia
- Piazza del Campidoglio
- Spanish Steps
- Ponte Sant'Angelo
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.
€19.95 per team
Book and payOften chosen by companiesWith 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. The game master never sees the answers.
€199.00 including 5 teams, €19.95 per extra team
Book and payThe 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.
What the game master sees
Live, on a laptop or tablet: where every team is, who holds which zone, and each team's points, ducats and items. From here the game master gives or takes points, sends a message to one team or to all teams, adds 15 minutes or pauses the game.
What happens in a round of City Conquest?
City Conquest is the group game Rome teams play against each other, a contest on the city's own streets. You need two teams or more, each with 1 to 4 players and a single phone.
Teams start by choosing a faction. Each faction is a group with its own story, its own strengths and its own characters, so your choice colours the whole game. On the map you see zones. Get to one, solve the task there and it is conquered for your team. Any other team can come and win it back, which keeps every zone in play until the very end. When the playing time is over, the team with the most points wins.
Which streets and sights do you play among?
Rome's streets and the sights on our city routes form the board. On one route you pass the Ara Pacis Museum and the Mausoleum of Augustus, and the Flaminian Obelisk stands in Piazza del Popolo. Elsewhere our routes take in the Pantheon, Piazza Navona and Castel Sant'Angelo.
That is what makes this group game Rome edition special: while you plan your next move, you are walking among sights people travel far to see. Each team picks its own path from zone to zone, so tactics and a good sense of direction both count.
How does the organiser start the game?
The organiser, meaning the main booker, prepares City Conquest on the game master page. They set the default language and the playing time and then start the game for all teams at the same time. Without the organiser starting it, the game does not begin.
Every player can then pick and switch the language on their own phone. That helps when your group travels together from different countries, or when not everyone reads the same language easily.
Which games can you book in Rome today?
Two other games in Rome can be booked today, at €19.95 per team and 1.5–2 hours each. In Secrets of Rome, played in the browser on your own phone with no app, you help Gian Lorenzo Bernini recover his lost chisel and walk past the Ara Pacis Museum and the Fountain of the Porto di Ripetta. The Sherlock Holmes murder mystery in Rome is a detective case on foot that leads you past the Pantheon and Piazza Navona.
Do we need a game master?
No. Without a game master you play completely on your own: the person who booked opens the organiser page once, picks the default language and play time and starts the game for all teams; after that everything runs by itself on every phone. A game master (€199.00 incl. 5 teams) is optional, for someone who wants to follow and steer the game live.
Can teams start the game themselves?
You do not need a game master for that: the person who booked starts the game once for all teams on the organiser page, so every team plays the same time. After that everything runs by itself on every phone. A game master is optional, for someone who wants to follow and steer the game live.
Who wins City Conquest?
When time is up, the team with the most points wins; with equal points, the team with the most ducats wins.
Do we need several phones?
Yes, one per team. City Conquest needs at least two teams, and each team of 1 to 4 players plays on its own phone.
Can our team lose a zone?
Yes. Another team can win a zone back by solving its task, so you may need to defend what you have conquered.
Who chooses the language and the playing time?
The organiser sets both on the game master page. Each player can still pick and switch the language on their own phone.
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