Papabile

Papabile is a strategy game set in Rome in 1492, after the death of the Holy Father. You create a cardinal and try to win the conclave to become pope, competing against four other papabili through successive rounds of voting.

Create your cardinal

Choose your cardinal’s nationality, age, faction and traits. The conclave pits Reformists against Conservatives, and your candidate can be young or English.

Influence the cardinals

Thirty procedurally generated cardinals each have their own agendas. You can bribe, flatter or blackmail them to gain support.

Win the conclave

One of the five papabili is eliminated in each round of voting. Between rounds, one of nine unique random events can occur, including lavish banquets, rumors of bribery and offers of cooperation from rival factions. Your choices during these events affect your effort to avoid elimination and claim the Papacy.

The Sistine Chapel

The conclave takes place in the Sistine Chapel, accompanied by period-accurate Gregorian chants.