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Expansion for Total War: ROME – The Board Game
Total War: ROME – The Board Game: Faction Booster Expansion
2023
Rules assistance for Total War: ROME – The Board Game: Faction Booster Expansion
Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.
- 1–4 players
- 150–180 min
- 14+
- Complexity 3.0/5
Rules assistant for Total War: ROME – The Board Game: Faction Booster Expansion
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Answers come from the official rulebook, with the page to check.
Total War: ROME – The Board Game: Faction Booster Expansion is an expansion for Total War: ROME – The Board Game released in 2023 for 1–4 players, 150–180 minutes per game, and ages 14 and up. It was designed by Simon Hall and its main mechanics are Dice Rolling, Die Icon Resolution, and Tech Trees / Tech Tracks.
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About the game
The Faction Booster Expansion for Total War: ROME: The Board Game adds 8 extra playable factions: Numidia, Hispania, Germanic Tribes, Thracia, Dacia, Egypt, Gaul, and Scythia - hugely enhancing your enjoyment and re-playability. Can you lead Egypt into a dominant Mediterranean maritime power? Or unite the Germanic tribes and sack Rome, centuries before the Goths and Huns? Can you change the course of history?
Mechanics
Designers
Publishers
- PSC Games
Questions and answers
Total War: ROME – The Board Game: Faction Booster Expansion supports 1–4 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.
The listed playing time for Total War: ROME – The Board Game: Faction Booster Expansion is 150–180 minutes. This is the publisher’s estimate for a full game. The actual duration depends on the group, the player count and familiarity with the rules: first sessions usually run longer, while experienced groups often finish faster. Setup and teaching time are not included in this estimate.
The catalogue lists Total War: ROME – The Board Game: Faction Booster Expansion for ages 14 and up. This is the publisher’s recommendation and reflects reading demands, rule complexity and small components rather than theme alone. Younger players can often join with help from an adult, so check the age guidance on your edition and consider your group’s experience with board games.
Total War: ROME – The Board Game: Faction Booster Expansion has a complexity rating of 3.0 out of 5 from BoardGameGeek players, which makes it a medium-weight game. The rating reflects how much rules knowledge, planning and decision-making a typical game demands. Expect a longer first teach for heavier games, and use a preparation guide before game night.
Total War: ROME – The Board Game: Faction Booster Expansion belongs to these categories: Wargame, Video Game Theme, and Miniatures. Its main mechanics are Dice Rolling, Die Icon Resolution, and Tech Trees / Tech Tracks. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.
The credited designers of Total War: ROME – The Board Game: Faction Booster Expansion are: Simon Hall. These credits come from the published game data and name the people responsible for the game’s design, not its illustrators or publishers. Designer pages on MeepleRules collect other titles by the same designers, which helps when you enjoy a game and want to find similar ones.
The catalogue lists Total War: ROME – The Board Game: Faction Booster Expansion as an expansion for Total War: ROME – The Board Game. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Total War: ROME – The Board Game to use it. Check that your edition of Total War: ROME – The Board Game is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.