Game Description

Biggus Dickus: Architectus is a game about building a balancing tower representing different eras of Roman History. Keep Rome level or risk collapse of the empire you’ve helped build. Construct monuments from 5 eras and eventually, help Constantine act upon the revelation he had on the Milvian Bridge.

How to Play

Buildings will spawn on the side table. Pick them up and set them on the base boards. Move around the game world by using WASD, SHIFT, SPACE and A/D. Try to keep the balance of the tower while also keeping enough FAVOR to keep on going. Build buildings on highlighted FAVOR tiles to gain more favor (or at least lose less). Watch out - the weight of higher platforms adds up on the bottom. Study the buildings - they have different weights and FAVOR ratings.

Tips and Tricks

You can Re-Set Buildings, but watch out as this will consume a turn and therefore favor. You can set buildings back to the Side Table if you so prefer. This is going to cost favor. Study the different weights and Favor Levels of Buildings. More weight will have influence on the balance, and the higher the favor rating, the more favor you can get out of a connected favor tile. Counter-Balance heavy buildings or you can throw a whole platform off balance. Platform 5 is most critical. Be careful not to build the monument directly without counterbalancing it. Be careful on the round platform. It does not have a lot of space to build. Try to put the monuments as close to the center as possible to avoid strong lever effects.