{"product_id":"trajan","title":"Trajan","description":"\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #161616; font-family: LatoWeb, Arial, serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eSet in ancient Rome, \u003cem style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eTrajan\u003c\/em\u003e is a development game in which players try to increase their influence and power in various areas of Roman life such as political influence, trading, military dominion and other important parts of Roman culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #161616; font-family: LatoWeb, Arial, serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe central mechanism of the game uses a system similar to that in \u003cem style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eMancala\u003c\/em\u003e or pit-and-pebbles games. In \u003cem style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eTrajan\u003c\/em\u003e, a player has six possible actions: building, trading, taking tiles from the forum, using the military, influencing the Senate, and placing Trajan tiles on his tableau.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #161616; font-family: LatoWeb, Arial, serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAt the start of the game, each player has two differently colored pieces in each of the six sections (bowls) of his tableau. On a turn, the player picks up all the pieces in one bowl and distributes them one-by-one in bowls in a clockwise order. Wherever the final piece is placed, the player takes the action associated with that bowl; in addition, if the colored pieces in that bowl match the colors shown on a Trajan tile next to the bowl (with tiles being placed at the start of the game and through later actions), then the player takes the additional action shown on that tile.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #161616; font-family: LatoWeb, Arial, serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eWhat are you trying to do with these actions? Acquire victory points (VPs) in whatever ways are available to you – and since this is a Feld design, you try to avoid being punished, too. At the Forum you try to anticipate the demands of the public so that you can supply them what they want and not suffer a penalty. In the Senate you acquire influence which translates into votes on VP-related laws, ideally snagging a law that fits your long-term plans. With the military, you take control of regions in Europe, earning more points for those regions far from Rome.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #161616; font-family: LatoWeb, Arial, serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAll game components are language neutral, and the playing time is 30 minutes per player.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Guf","offers":[{"title":"Ballarat","offer_id":16023119724638,"sku":"Ballarat|02dcd191-ae0b-11e8-ed44-62a002d9136a","price":79.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Bendigo","offer_id":16023119757406,"sku":"Bendigo|02dcd191-ae0b-11e8-ed44-62a002d9136a","price":79.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Geelong","offer_id":16023119790174,"sku":"Geelong|02dcd191-ae0b-11e8-ed44-62a002d9136a","price":79.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Werribee","offer_id":16023119888478,"sku":"Werribee|02dcd191-ae0b-11e8-ed44-62a002d9136a","price":79.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0014\/8285\/0398\/products\/32802d4e5adad047359df6f4d8b38644d2a5a59b.jpg?v=1550070706","url":"https:\/\/guf.com.au\/products\/trajan","provider":"Guf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}