How to Play

Architects of the West Kingdom

1-5 players 60-80 min 7.7 Board Game Geek Rating

Set in 850 AD, players are royal architects competing for their King's favor by building landmarks. Gather resources, recruit apprentices, and construct buildings while making moral choices that affect your virtue. Earn victory points through construction projects and cathedral work, but beware—too many corrupt dealings will result in penalties. Victory goes to the highest-scoring architect.

Published 2018

Get Ready

Setup the game with these step-by-step instructions before diving into your turn.

Draft starting Apprentices

In reverse turn order, each player hires one faceup Apprentice from the Main Board at no cost

Adjust Virtue track

Lose or gain Virtue from chosen Apprentices if necessary

Refill Apprentice display

Once all players have chosen a starting Apprentice, reveal new Apprentice Cards to replace those that were taken

Draft Building Cards

After the Apprentice draft is complete, proceed to draft Building Cards as described in the original rulebook

Place Guildhall overlay

Place the new Guildhall tile over the top of the original Guildhall area on the Main Board

On Your Turn

What you can do during your turn.

Trigger Apprentice discard

When placing the first Worker over one of the Guildhall spaces containing the blue X icons, discard both Apprentices in the left-most column on the Main Board

Return Silver from discards

Any Silver on discarded Apprentice Cards should be returned to the Supply

Refill Apprentice spaces

After discarding Apprentices from the left-most column, refill the empty spaces as normal

Winning

How to claim victory.

Standard victory conditions apply

Follow the victory conditions and end-game scoring as described in the original Architects of the West Kingdom rulebook

Note on addendum purpose

These two rules from the Age of Artisans expansion are minor additions that the publishers feel make for a better gameplay experience with the base game