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Grow Pompeii into a prosperous city before Vesuvius erupts

A hex-tile based cards world building game about growing your kingdom next to Vesuvius - the volcano that ended ancient Pompeii.

How to Play

  • Place buildings to grow your kingdom.
  • Manage resources to maximize the kingdom’s growth.
  • Use cards and resources to create buildings.
  • Vesuvius erupts frequently, causing things to light up on fire.
  • Extinguish the fire or let it spread to open new areas for construction!
  • Extinguishing fires generates faith.
  • Use faith to buy cards from the shop.
  • Race against the clock! - Eventually the volcano will totally erupt and destroy everything.
  • Get the highest score possible, calculated from your decisions.

 

Controls

Mouse Only

  • Left click on cards to enter build mode
  • Right click to exit build mode
  • Left click on card while in build mode to exit build mode
  • Optional: press 'C' to toggle the CRT  effect
  • Left click on fires to extinguish them