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Rating:	7.3 Good
Popularity:	7
Difficulty:	Easy
Year:	2006
Players:	2-4 players
Playing time:	60 minutes
Age:	10+

Official Site: Arkadia at Rio Grande Games

Created by: Rüdiger Dorn, Michael Menzel, Walter Pepperle

Published by: Ravensburger Spieleverlag GmbH, Rio Grande Games

Alternate Names: Die Baumeister von Arkadia, Budowniczowie Arkadii

Description:

Players use builders, cards, workers, and neutral workers to build houses in Arkadia. Houses are built with the seal of one of 4 families; this family gave the building order and will get the building player its seal.

These seals can be changed for victory points. But seals are subject to changing values. The growing castle (every time a house is built, players also build on the castle) has the 4 seals on it as well, which decides the value of each seal.

The castle is also the game's timer: once the second layer is built, the last round starts. The player with the most gold wins.

Prices:

Retail Price:	$72
Amazon:	$99

Awards:

JoTa Best Light Board Game Nominee 2008
Spiel des Jahres Nominee 2007
Spiel der Spiele Hit für Familien Recommended 2007
Nederlandse Spellenprijs Nominee 2007
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Arkadia Game Rules

In a remote land there lies a region with undulating hills and fertile valleys. Widely-travelled settlers have laid the foundation stone for the city of Arkadia.

In addition to several other buildings they want to construct a magnificent castle on a hill. Four wealthy families - the cloth merchants, the spice merchants, the carpenters and the silversmiths - want to enhance prestige and augment their influence.

For this reason, they compete for the major contribution to the castle's construction. Players act as architects. The four families commission them to plan and realize the build-up of the town and the castle. â€¦

Tips to win Arkadia

Try to cover the tent camps when laying out a building! The more neutral workers you get, the easier you can enclose buildings in one go in order to receive the additional seal.
Place your workers so that you trigger a payout! You will then get an additional seal.
Do not play building cards whose seal's color is currently the most valuable! Other players could complete the building and get many seals.
Use the architect banners in time in order to get new workers! It could make sense to use a banner without executing an evaluation. It is not the number of evaluations, but the right moment that decides the game. â€¦

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