Spartacus boardgame unboxing (review to follow soon)

[Anatoli]

I got hold of the "Spartacus: a game of blood and treachery" boardgame earlier this week,  I've been fairly interested in it since I heard good things about it and the guys over at WWPD.net seem to really like it (and we tend to have the same taste in boardgames).

Not a super big fan of the show to be honest, I find it rather trashy, but suffered through the two seasons and "Gods of the arena" which was a prequel to season 1 - and which actually turned out to be the best of all three imo. So the theme of the game in itself was not really something that appealed to me in the least, I would maybe even go as far as to say it had a slight negative impact on my perception of the game.

But as it turns out it's really good and I was pleasantly surprised to find it well put together, more about that in the upcoming review. This post will focus on what you get in the box.

Check the blog for a full rundown of components and pictures of it all:
http://anatolisgameroom.blogspot.se/2013/02/spartacus-boardgame-unboxing.html

[Doomsdave]

Thanks for the info.  I was wondering if this game was worth buying. 


As for the show:  The only reason to watch was Lucy Lawless getting her girls out every episode.

[Furt]

As for the show:  The only reason to watch was Lucy Lawless getting her girls out every episode.

I don't know, the costumes (and sometimes lack of them) are worth seeing I think. 

Most of the gladiator get up and styles at least appear reasonably authentic.

It looks like the board game makes an attempt to capture the bitter rivalry of the factions in the show.

[Anatoli]

Review coming up tomorrow guys, currently putting it together.
It's a game of rivalry, backstabbing and scheming - but it's more structured and have boundaries as opposed to other games that focus on these things (like A Game of Thrones boardgame).

[Franz_Josef]

Is there a card that says "I'm Spartacus! ... No, I'm Spartacus!"

Sorry, but I can't see how they could have thought they could better the old Kirk Douglas movie.

[fastolfrus]

Looks good so far.
Waiting for the review.