At the start of the game, everyone is now dealt out 4 random leader cards, from which they select one and pass the rest to their right. Then everyone selects another leader from the 3 remaining cards and so on until everyone has 4 cards. Then at the start of each Age, everyone selects a leader card to use.
Each leader gives different attributes, gold, military power, victory points, extra victory points if you collect at least one of each coloured card etc. It gives the game a nice little edge and a bit more of a mix to the already great game play. The artwork is fantastic as usual, on the cards and the the new Rome board. The only exception is the back of the new guild 3rd Age cards, which are a lighter colour purple than our 1st edition 3rd Age cards, something picked up by quite a few other owners. Luckily, the publisher Asmodee are quite open to people writing in and asking for a new set of cards - ours are apparently in the post!
