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Concordia Venus
#104BGG8.3RATING
Updated Jun 8
2–6
PLAYERS
60–120
MINUTES
4
BEST WITH
3.0
HEAVY
DESIGNER CLARIFICATIONS6
Diplomat becomes the copied card; partner executes that card's actiondesignerpublisher
- CONTEXT
- Players were unsure what the team partner should do when a Diplomat copies a card like Proconsul or Legatus — execute the Diplomat action or the copied card's action.
- RULING
- "If you play a diplomat it becomes the card you choose. So if you copy a proconsul from the display with your Forum card power everything is done in the same way as it had been if you had played a proconsul instead of the diplomat. (The partner is supposed to do what the copied card does, he is not supposed to use a diplomat.) If you copy a legatus your diplomat is now a legatus, so your partner plays a card for both of you."
AUTHOR: Frank%20Lamprecht (Frank Lamprecht, PD-Verlag, designer/publisher)SOURCE: boardgamegeek.comDATE: 2018-10-31Sextus Pompeius in team play: partner executes the copied actiondesignerpublisher
- CONTEXT
- Player A has the Sextus Pompeius forum tile (Prefect may be used as Diplomat). Player A plays Prefect as Diplomat and copies an opponent's Architect. Does Player A's partner execute (A) a plain Prefect action, or (B) the Architect action that was copied?
- RULING
- "B) is correct, you all explained it very well!"
AUTHOR: Frank%20Lamprecht (Frank Lamprecht, PD-Verlag, designer/publisher)SOURCE: boardgamegeek.comDATE: 2019-02-04Team variant game end: each other team gets one final turn, not each playerdesigner
- CONTEXT
- The rulebook states "all other teams execute one last turn." Players debated whether this means each individual player gets a final turn or each team does.
- RULING
- "if it was intended that each individual player gets another turn, then they'd directly and simply say that each player gets another turn, instead of saying that each team gets another turn."
Magister-Diplomat chain to copy a Senator is legaldesignerpublisher
- CONTEXT
- Normally Magister cannot copy a Senator from your own discard pile. However, if the card directly below the Magister in your discard is a Diplomat, you can Magister the Diplomat and then use the Diplomat to copy a Senator from an opponent's discard. Players questioned whether this chain is legal.
- RULING
- "It is allowed!"
AUTHOR: Frank%20Lamprecht (Frank Lamprecht, PD-Verlag, designer/publisher)SOURCE: boardgamegeek.comDATE: 2021-06-03Concordia Venus individual mode starts with 8 cards per playerdesigner
- CONTEXT
- Player noted that Venus individual mode gives 8 starting cards (including 2 Prefects), whereas base Concordia gives 7, and asked whether this was correct.
- RULING
- "Yes." The additional card compared to base Concordia is the Magister; players have always started with two Prefects.
Architect can build two houses adjacent to the same colonistdesigner
- CONTEXT
- When using the Architect card, can both build actions target cities adjacent to the same colonist?
- RULING
- "Yes." You can build in any cities adjacent to any of your colonists as long as you don't already have a house there.
Q&A4
Proconsul: partner's secondary card is executed alone, not team-chainedcommunity high-engagement
- QUESTION
- The Proconsul card says the partner plays another card "using it alone." Does this mean the card's effects are limited to the team, or something else?
- ANSWER
- Proconsul lets the active player purchase one Personality card for free, then their partner plays one card from their own hand executing its actions alone. "Using it alone" means the partner's card does NOT trigger the normal team chain — the partner's partner does not also execute that card. This breaks the usual team play rule for that one card only.
"Single card cannot be copied twice" means within the same turn, not different cards requiredcommunity high-engagementlinked official source
- QUESTION
- In Team Play, when Player 1 plays Legatus and Player 3 (partner) plays a Diplomat to copy an opponent's Legatus, what happens? And what does "a single card cannot be copied twice by 2 partners of the same team" actually mean?
- ANSWER
- When Player 3's Diplomat copies a Legatus, the Diplomat becomes a Legatus. Player 3 then inspects Player 1's hand and suggests a card; Player 1 plays that card, which both partners then execute. The "cannot copy twice" restriction means that once a specific opponent card has been used as a Diplomat source, it cannot be used as the source for a second Diplomat on the same turn — it does NOT require each partner to copy a different card from the start.
Turn order marker is only used in the team play variantcommunity high-engagement
- QUESTION
- The rulebook mentions a turn order marker (large orange pawn) but doesn't explain clearly what to do with it.
- ANSWER
- The turn order marker is used exclusively in the Team Play variant. Because both partners execute cards on each player's turn, and the Legatus reverses the usual order between teammates, tracking whose turn it is becomes confusing. The pawn is passed to indicate which player is currently leading their team's action. It is not needed for individual Venus play.
Magister copying a dual-action card: you may choose either actioncommunity high-engagement
- QUESTION
- When Magister copies a dual-action card (e.g. Prefect/Architect), can the player choose either of the two actions, or must they repeat the same action that was previously played?
- ANSWER
- You may choose either action. The Magister "becomes" the copied card exactly as the Diplomat does (rulebook: "The actions of the previous card are executed as if the player had played that card themselves"), and the Double Choice Card rule ("Choose one of either personalities and execute its actions") applies in full. The digital adaptation (Acram Digital) initially restricted this to the same action; the developer confirmed it was a bug and scheduled a fix.
Last researched: 2026-05-07
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Ancient·Economic
MECHANICS
Action RetrievalAdvantage TokenAuction: DutchCommunication LimitsDeck, Bag, and Pool BuildingHand ManagementInvestmentMovement PointsNetwork and Route Building
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