CARPE DIEM

CARPE DIEM

Rome, year 1 a. C. As influential patricians, you set out to improve the districts of your city. Cultivate fertile herb and vegetable gardens. Build ponds full of fish. Build luxurious estates and other dwellings for your servants. You must take advantage of the day and the resources of the city to rebuild it. Meanwhile, you must never forget the philosophy of "carpe diem": take advantage of the present by harvesting and fishing, and then sell all these goods in the market. Build decent homes for your servants and they will thank you by being more diligent and productive. And don't forget your own villa! It will earn you enormous prestige.

Turn after turn you will try to collect various construction tiles to add more and more buildings and landscapes to your district. After four scoring phases, your achievements will be converted into victory points. The player with the most victory points at the end of the game wins.

An exciting tile-placing game set in ancient Rome, Carpe Diem was designed by Stefan Feld, author of such hits as Los Castles of Burgundy, Trajan and In the Year of the Dragon.