Dictator of Rome — Tabula Cerata

The first crisis gripping Rome during the Consulship of Aulus Postumius Albinus

DORzzle #1 for Jan 4th 2026

The past year left Rome lean and anxious: grain lost to pirates, pay delayed in the camps, and a beloved consul gone before winter’s end. Now, as the first storms lift, four enemies circle the Republic, each plotting a single, decisive blow. You have been named DICTATOR to sift rumor from report, match each foe to their method, and keep the City safe. If this is your first time as a Dictator of Rome, find out how to save the Republic with your logic here.

If you successfully defend Rome in this first logic puzzle, you will be given a chance for RETRIBUTION - a second puzzle for your mind.

TABULA LOGICA

Use the table below to mark your deductions

		Enemies				Locations

Tactics



Locations

Tactic × Enemy

Location × Enemy

Tactic × Location

REPORTS

Tap a report section, then choose an icon to read a short briefing on each enemy, tactic, or location.

Counsel from your Master Equitim

Your Lieutenant, the noble Marcus Atilius, the Master Equitim, bears counsel to aid your defence of Rome:

Emissaries deny any link between Boudicca and the Brits and Siege Towers.
Scouts confirm Subterfuge is linked with Janiculum Hill.
Captured foes contradict any tie between Samnites and Siege Towers.
An encoded tablet places Dacians alongside Hispania.
A defecting lieutenant claims the Samnites consider a Starvation Siege beneath their honor.
After a night of flowing wine and light bribery, a travelling merchant swears that a River Crossing at the River artery would never work.
A Descendant of Tarquin prisoner finally broke and revealed the Descendants of Tarquin have sworn to employ River Crossing.
After a day with the torture detachment of Legio III, a captured Descendant of Tarquin confesses that the war council has fixed on the Gateway to the east by sea as their staging ground.

ISSUE YOUR ORDERS, DICTATOR!

Your sage advisor, the noble Master Equitim, whispers that the forces of the Descendants of Tarquin are the ones to watch; he is never wrong.