Speaking of Paolo Mori, yesterday afternoon (before the Village shenanigans I’ve reported on elsewhere) we played a game of Augustus, which I’m very happy to have got my hands on recently. It’s out of stock in the UK but very reasonably priced in France, and completely language independent.
Roman Bingo is just fun. One of the things that makes it fun is that the very nature of the bingo-style mechanism necessitates the players having to call something out when they complete a card, and “Ave Caesar!” is suitably cathartic and ridiculous at the same time. I just rewatched SU&SD’s review on it that they did goodness knows how many years ago (it’s one of their most surreal classics) and thankfully I’m enjoying it much more than their tepid verdict suggests that they did. It’s short, fast-paced, and full of not-too-taxing-but-just-meaningful-enough decisions that fit the brief of “quick breezy game” very well in my opinion.