Foundations of Rome: Monuments Expansion Rulebook

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Overview
• Setup
• Monument Buildings
• Constructing a Monument Building
• Monument Clarifications
  • Edge of the City board
  • The Temple of Minerva
  • The Temple of Vulcan
  • The Pantheon
• Monuments Storage Guide

Overview

The Foundations of Rome: Monuments Expansion adds a new, limited pool of shared Buildings that only the most talented architects can construct. Monuments are available for any player to build and are constructed just like the Buildings from a player's personal supply. However, each Monument is unique and, once constructed, is no longer available for other players to build. Monuments are powerful, but many of these epic Buildings have special requirements that must be met before construction.

Learn more about the individual Monuments on page 28.

Setup

Set up the game as normal. Then, follow these additional steps:

1. Shuffle all the Monument cards together.
2. Turn over a number of Monument cards equal to the number of players + 3 (e.g. 7 cards in a four-player game).

These will be the only Monuments available for construction during the game.

3. Lay these cards face-up near the City board and place the matching Monument Buildings on top of them (or nearby).
4. Return the unused cards and Monument Buildings to the box.

Reminder: Each player has a set of 6 Monument markers matching their color in their Player tray.

Monument Buildings

The Monument Buildings you set near the City board during setup form a "common pool" of Buildings that any player can build; however, each Monument is "first come, first served." Once a Monument is built, it is no longer available to other players.

Competition can be fierce! Keep an eye on what your opponents are doing and what Lots they are acquiring — do not let them construct the epic Monument you need!

The Monuments pool includes all three types of Buildings — Residential, Commercial, and Civic. Some Monuments have special Construction Requirements that a player must meet before they are eligible to construct that Monument.

The example Monument cards on this page show these Requirements:

• Requirements: This Building must be constructed on a Lot on the edge of the board.
• Requirements: You must own 4+ Lots worth of Residential Buildings on the board (in any combination).
• Requirements: You must own a size 3+ Building.

Constructing a Monument Building

Like other Buildings, a Monument can be constructed on empty Lots or over smaller Buildings that the player owns — including smaller Monuments.

First, you must confirm that you have fulfilled any Requirements listed on the Monument card for the Building you wish to construct. Place the Monument card next to your Player tray as a reminder of its effects.

Then, take the Monument Building miniature from the pool and add it to the City board, following all the normal rules for construction. If you build over your own personal Buildings, they return to your supply. If you build over a smaller Monument that you own, it returns with the matching card to the common pool and is again available for any player to build.

After you construct a Monument, insert one of your Monument markers on it to show that it belongs to you. If you do not have a Monument marker available to place, you cannot construct that Building.

Monument Clarifications

Edge of the City board

"Edge of the board" refers to the edge of the active play area, which changes based on player count. The manual shows four diagrams of the City board, one each for 2, 3, 4 and 5 players, with the active play area for that count outlined; the edge of that area is the "edge of the board" for that game. (The diagrams are graphic and their lot labels are not repeated in the text.)

Must be constructed on a Lot on edge of the City board. To construct a Building with this requirement, at least one of the Lots it is built on must be on the edge of the play area (but they do not all have to be on the edge).

The Temple of Minerva

This Building is worth 2 Citizens, +1 Citizen for each adjacent Building (regardless of the size or type of Building).

Card requirement: You must own 4+ Lots worth of Residential Buildings on the board (in any combination).

The Temple of Vulcan

This Building is worth 1 Silver, +1 Silver for each adjacent Building (regardless of the size or type of Building).

Card requirement: You must own 4+ Lots worth of Commercial Buildings on the board (in any combination).

The Pantheon

To construct the Pantheon, you must build it over your existing Buildings while all your Lot markers are in your Player tray (i.e. not out on the City board).

Card requirement: You must have zero Lot markers on the board.

Monuments Storage Guide

Use this guide as reference when returning your Monument miniatures to the plastic storage tray.

The manual's reference pages show a photograph of all 19 Monument miniatures, numbered 1 to 19, followed by this list. Each entry gives the number and the Monument's name; the black icon beside each name is the card's printed cost/value symbol, which is graphic and is not spelled out in the text of these pages. The per-card requirement and effect text for each Monument is not printed on these pages.

1. The Pantheon
2. Forum Romanum
3. Circus Maximus
4. Temple of Vulcan
5. Temple of Minerva
6. Tower of Wonders
7. Temple of Mars
8. Temple of Neptune
9. Lighthouse
10. Watchtower
11. Temple of Jupiter
12. Colosseum
13. Royal Winery
14. Regia
15. Statue of Romulus
16. Temple of Venus
17. Temple of Apollo
18. Triumphal Arch
19. Imperial Harbor