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Cradle of Rome

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A classical antiquity tile-matching puzzle game with city-building strategy elements.

The briefing

About this game

Cradle of Rome combines tile-matching puzzles with a classical antiquity setting. Match three or more tiles featuring resources such as wood, wine, and coins to collect them in the corresponding resource categories: money, wood, and food.

Collected resources are used to construct buildings as they become available. Each level is timed by an amphora that gradually loses its water. Completing the level before the amphora empties awards the remaining water as a resource bonus; running out of water costs a life.

To finish a level, players must also break the marble beneath parts of the board by making matches over those spaces.

Game Information

  • Genres: Puzzle, Strategy
  • Developer: Awem Studio
  • Publisher: Rising Star Games
  • Release date: November 21, 2008
  • Platforms: Nintendo DS, PC (Microsoft Windows), Wii