Cover art for Ostia: The Harbor of Rome

Ostia: The Harbor of Rome

2005 · BGG
Avg rating
5.81
Bayes rating
5.55
Weight
2.49 (Medium Light)
Players
3-5
Playtime
1 hr
Ratings count
520

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Description

Ostia is an economic game of trading goods and donating them to the senate of Rome. You have to decide, whether you want to earn money for your goods or whether you want to donate some of them to the senate. The senate grants victory points for the most needed goods, but no money. Therefore you have to put some goods to the market, hoping that they are rarely sold there to earn enough money for the next trading phase.
The ranking of goods mostly needed changes each round and you can see the ranking for the next round. Accordingly you may decide to keep some of the goods for next round, when they are more valuable to the senate. But you can keep only one card of goods per storehouse and storehouses are expensive.



Mechanics

Auction / Bidding Commodity Speculation Trading

Themes

Ancient Economic

Publishers

Mayfair Games PS-Games Pro Ludo

Designers

Stefan Risthaus