2023 · Religious
Ierusalem: Anno Domini
Players represent communities of followers arriving in Jerusalem for the Passover seder and attempt to position their adherents close to Jesus and the apostles at the Last Supper. On each turn players send followers to locations on the board—market, desert, mountain, lake, and temple—to gather stones, bread, fish, denarii, and action cards. Cards carry symbols tied to the five locations; playing and combining them lets players bring apostles to the table and change seating positions. Players also listen to parables, offer tokens, perform favors and manage letters and resources while a Sanhedrin patience tracker advances toward the endgame. Victory is based on proximity to the central seats, offered tokens, and parable tiles collected.
- Players
- 1–4 best 4
- Playing time
- 90 min
- Age
- 12+
- Complexity
- 3.2 / 5
About the game
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On Ludoya's tables
Full stats in Ludoya- 210
- Plays logged
- 334
- Players
- 1h 43m
- Average play
- 114
- In collections
- 11
- On wishlists
7.5/10
from 45 Ludoya reviews
Javo8.0 La temática del juego es brutal y el juego está muy bien hecho. A la larga puede acabar siendo un poco repetitivo pero cumple. El único problema es que según con quien juegues si van muy rápido a colocar todos los apóstoles la partida se queda un poco chof... En cuanto a la producción es excellente aunque vas a estar entretenido colocando pegatinas.
Rules questions
Answered from the rulebook by Ludoya's rules assistant.
Do I have to play a card on my turn, or can I skip playing a card?
You must play a card as Step 1 of your turn, but once per game you may instead use your Illumination tile in Step 1 rather than play a card; Illumination gives a special Appreciation reward (see pages 8 and 12).
If I play a card on top of other cards in a space, do I also get the actions from the card(s) below it?
You only carry out the actions shown on the card you just played (Location Action then Follower Action(s)); stacking cards is allowed but you resolve only the played card’s effects (see page 8).
Can I Visit more than one Apostle during my turn if I have multiple completed sets?
No — you may Visit an Apostle only once per turn, even if you have more than one completed set of Location symbols (see page 17).
How exactly do I complete a set of Location symbols to Visit an Apostle — do extra or covered cards ruin the set?
A set must be exactly three cards showing the required Location symbols in the exact order; if a card space contains cards that do not match that set you cannot complete it (you may substitute Favor markers for individual symbols) (see page 17; Favor markers explained on page 12).
When I use a card action to 'Go to the Last Supper', where do I take the follower from and do I have to pay resources?
You move one of your Followers from the Location where you have the most Followers (your choice if tied) to a chosen empty Last Supper space, and you must pay the Resources shown for that space’s row/column; you may then optionally place an Offering in your Warehouse (see page 10).
Where do discarded Mahane and 33 A.D. cards go — into my discard pile or somewhere else?
Starter cards you discard go to your personal discard pile, but Mahane and 33 A.D. cards are placed on the bottom of their matching decks rather than your discard pile (see page 8; also note Mahane/33 A.D. handling after using sets on page 12).
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