Fall of The Roman Empire
Simulation
Roles
• Roman Leadership (3)
• Roman Provinces (9)
• Barbarians
Setup
• Each Roman leader has 40 troop cards of 500
soldiers each
• Each barbarian tribe has 3 troop cards of 500
each
• The goal is for the Roman leaders to protect
the provinces, thus protecting Rome
• The goal for the barbarian tribes is to conquer
the provinces, and eventually Rome
– Once 5 provinces have been conquered, the
Barbarians can attack Rome
Round 1
• Roman leadership will determine how to
allocate their resources in order to properly
defend their nine provinces. They must also
keep some soldiers in the capital to fight off
possible attacks.
• The barbarians do not participate but instead
watch the troop movements of the Romans
and plot to determine where their attacks will
take place.
Round 2
• The barbarians will begin their attacks on the
Roman provinces. Below is a description of the
battle sequence
• Whichever group has the most troops (Barbarians
or Provinces), the side with the most will role 2
die. They will role and the person who roles the
highest number wins. The loser will discard one
troop card. If there is a tie in the dice role, the
barbarian wins. Once all troops have been
defeated in a province, the barbarians will own
that province and acquire 500 more troops.
Round 3
• Roman leadership will determine again how to
allocate their resources, however, due to
public health issues, each leader loses 500
troops and 500 troops in each province are
lost.
Round 4
• The barbarians will begin their attacks on the
Roman provinces. Below is a description of the
battle sequence
• Whichever group has the most troops (Barbarians
or Provinces), the side with the most will role 2
die. They will role and the person who roles the
highest number wins. The loser will discard one
troop card. If there is a tie in the dice role, the
barbarian wins. Once all troops have been
defeated in a province, the barbarians will own
that province and acquire 500 more troops.
Round 5
• Roman leadership will determine again how to
allocate their resources, however, due to
public health issues and political corruption,
each province loses 1000 troops.
Round 6
• The barbarians will begin their attacks on the
Roman provinces. Below is a description of the
battle sequence
• Whichever group has the most troops
(Barbarians or Provinces), the side with the most
will role 2 die. They will role and the person who
roles the highest number wins. The loser will
discard one troop card. If there is a tie in the dice
role, the barbarian wins. Once all troops have
been defeated in a province, the barbarians will
own that province and acquire 500 more troops.
Round 7
• Roman leadership will determine again how to
allocate their resources, however, due to
public health issues, political corruption, and
economic disaster, each province loses 1500
troops.
Round 8+
• The cycle will repeat until a winner has been
decided
• Each round, Roman provinces will lose 1500
troops