🌋 Pompeii — Build a City Worth Saving

Pompeii is a development game for 1 to 4 players for ages 10 and up, with an average playtime of 30 minutes per player.
The box will include rulebook in 🇬🇧 ENGLISH,  🇳🇱 DUTCH, 🇩🇪GERMAN and 🇫🇷 FRENCH. The game material is language neutral.

🏛️ Shape a City. Share a Fate.

Step into ancient Pompeii — a thriving Roman city on the brink of history.
In Pompeii, you lead your citizens to grow the city through smart planning, resourceful trading, and meaningful choices. Gather raw materials, create refined goods, raise buildings, train specialists, and invest in shared prosperity.

Every turn brings a new decision. Every decision brings the city one step closer to greatness — or to ruin.

⚖️ A Balance Between Ambition and Harmony

While you grow your part of the city, others are doing the same. Each player has their own vision for Pompeii’s future, and everyone’s progress is interwoven. The most successful leader will station their army at the Castrum, the military camp outside the city gates, taking control of the city’s fate.

But there’s more at stake than victory alone.

Together, you must also keep the gods appeased. Greed and neglect can stir Mount Vesuvius — and if your offerings fall short, the entire city may be lost in ash.

🌋 The Looming Threat of Vesuvius

Vesuvius watches from a distance, and its patience is limited. You’ll need to weigh your ambitions carefully — focus too much on personal gain, and you risk the wrath of the gods. Forget the volcano, and you may all fall together.

Pompeii is a game of thoughtful strategy and shared responsibility. Can you guide the city to prosperity — and keep it standing?

💎What makes Pompeii so special?

Unique gameplay – You’ll face the ultimate dilemma: claim victory for yourself, but survive as a group. Will your ambitions lead to your personal triumph, or the city’s ruin? In Pompeii, your fate is tied to your rivals – and the looming threat of the volcano.

Relive Pompeii’s glory in a boardgame – See Pompeii come to life as you play. You build the city with every turn – from bustling workshops to grand public buildings. While you shape Pompeii, the evocative artwork breathes life into the ruins, capturing the city in its prime.

Beautiful hand-drawn illustrations using pencil and watercolor paint by Frederick van de Bunt – Immerse yourself in a visually stunning world, where every card is a miniature work of art.

Respect for history – Artwork and theme pay respect to the history and site of Pompeii. Historically accurate architecture and ethnicity of the citizens; every detail is thoughtfully crafted to honor Pompeii’s legacy. Experience the city’s final days with a touch of reverence and awe.

Gateway game – The game gradually increases in complexity, allowing you to ease into it. Whether you’re a casual player or a seasoned gamer, Pompeii welcomes all.

💬 What other people are saying

Nox Spellenzolder – Dutch boardgame youtuber
I can highly recommend Pompeii if you enjoy engine builders or games in a Roman theme. Pompeii is entertaining with some cool elements. The core mechanics are nicely accessible, and I really like the visual design. The replayability is strong.

Speelhart – Dutch boardgame reviewer
Pompeii is a bright and colorful Euro game made with great attention to detail, which contains some very surprising, if somewhat dark twists and turns. The game highly deserves to become a classic!

AHBoardgames – UK boardgame reviewers
we thoroughly enjoyed our time with Pompeii. The compelling theme, smooth gameplay, and clever eruption mechanic create an experience that feels both strategic and tense. It’s easy to learn but offers enough depth to remain interesting over multiple plays. This is definitely a game we recommend

Boardgames with Joe – UK boardgame reviewer
Engaging and exciting, Pompeii is a great game of resource management and trading.
The threat of Mount Vesuvius keeps the tension and interactions high.

Backseat Boardgamers – UK boardgame reviewers
We love the mosaic card artwork and historical references. We love the neatness of the resource production chains, and the ability to trade your way outside of these. In our first game, we were overly ambitious and built the Forum too early, making it nearly impossible to do anything on turns outside of resource grabbing for the sacrifice. Learning from our mistakes, the second play was much smoother. This is a game that would benefit from higher player counts to balance building ownership and their use (a crucial part of the engine building). It’s a great game for those who like engine building and semi-cooperative gameplay.

Boardgamer Di Montagna – Italian boardgame youtuber
Pompeii reminds me of Settles III, or even better, Settlers II gold, a video game that I used to play a lot. A simple resource management game with some interesting twists. It lends itself to be played collaborative or competitive, depending on the group

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