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# Premium hand-crafted artwork Immersive medieval kingdom theme Strategic worker-placement mastery Renegade Game Studios Architects of the West Kingdom Board Game – Strategic Worker-Placement for 1-5 Players

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## Key Features

- • **Begin an Epic Trilogy Journey:** First installment in the acclaimed West Kingdom series, offering interconnected gameplay and expanding narratives.
- • **Immerse Yourself in Medieval Royalty:** Step into the Carolingian Empire circa 850 AD and compete as a royal architect to impress the king.
- • **Master Complex Strategy with Every Move:** Sophisticated worker-placement mechanics reward tactical planning and resource management for high replay value.
- • **Flexible Play for Solo or Group Sessions:** Balanced gameplay for 1 to 5 players ensures engaging experiences whether solo or with friends.
- • **High-Quality Components Elevate Your Collection:** Beautifully illustrated cards and durable wooden pieces make this game a standout centerpiece.

## Overview

Architects of the West Kingdom is a premium strategic board game for 1-5 players featuring deep worker-placement gameplay set in the Carolingian Empire around 850 AD. Players compete to construct landmarks and advance cathedral work while balancing virtue and cunning. With high-quality components, scalable complexity, and a unique worker capture mechanic, it offers rich player interaction and high replayability in 70-minute sessions. Ideal for strategy enthusiasts aged 12+, it’s the first game in the acclaimed West Kingdom trilogy.

## Description

Architects of the West Kingdom is a premium strategic board game set at the end of the Carolingian Empire around 850 AD. As royal architects, players compete to impress their King and maintain noble status by constructing various landmarks throughout his newly appointed domain. This sophisticated worker-placement strategy game challenges players to collect raw materials, hire apprentices, and manage their workforce while navigating treacherous times filled with rival architects and moral dilemmas. Strategic Gameplay Features: Deep worker-placement mechanics reward planning, resource management, and tactical decision-making Moral choice system where players balance virtue against underhanded dealings, with consequences revealed only at game's end Multiple paths to victory through building construction and advancing work on the Archbishop's Cathedral Scalable complexity that accommodates both casual and hardcore strategy enthusiasts Victory and Replayability: The aim is to accumulate the most Victory Points by constructing Buildings and contributing to the Cathedral. Every game creates unique strategic situations and player interactions, ensuring high replay value. Whether playing solo against challenging AI or competing with friends and family, each session delivers fresh strategic opportunities and memorable moments of triumph and betrayal. Perfect for Strategy Enthusiasts: Designed for ages 12 and up, this first standalone game in the West Kingdom Trilogy combines beautiful medieval artwork with excellent component quality, making it an ideal addition to any serious board game collection.

Review: Favorite worker placement game - This game is awesome. There are so many nuances to the game that it is easily one of my favorites, and it is the game that I want to play the most. Components: This box is jam packed with stuff - it's hard to fit it all! The game board is beautiful, and is very nice quality. The workers and goods are all nicely produced wooden pieces, and the cards are quality stock. The minor things that I find less desirable are that the box could definitely benefit from a better insert for organization purposes (I had to modify mine to contain sleeved cards and all the other components and was even a tight fit without sleeves with the "insert"). Additionally, they give you cards to represent multiples of goods which I am not a big fan of. I just wish I had more goods, and a better insert to handle these pieces as there is room. Neither of these things affects gameplay, but they are something I wish they had done differently. Lastly, I wish the player boards were made of thick cardboard, as that would have really made it pop. With these few things, the look and feel is not as great as it could and should be - although it is still incredible. Gameplay: There are two main ways to try to get larger amounts of victory points, with lots of ways to get smaller amounts of victory points as well so that players can pick different ways to try and win. There is some player interaction in this game as well which is great because lots of worker placement games are mainly trying to see which spaces are still open, and where your opponents may place their workers - not this game, here you want to pay attention to where other players are putting their workers so that you can capture them to acquire things you want. The fact that you start with all your workers is also really cool. There are so many places to put your workers..... Oh yeah, it also has a good solo mode, and you can play 2 players with and auto - very cool and well thought out. Overall: For my minor issues I would normally take a star off because this game looks AMAZING, and then there are some shortcuts taken, which for me I normally find dissapointing. HOWEVER, the gameplay is sooooo great that I just can't bring myself to do that. 5 stars.
Review: An Innovative Spin on the Worker Placement Games - GAMEPLAY In usual worker placement games you have 2-5 workers and a fixed number of rounds. Every round, players take turns to place their workers on certain spots to take that action. These spots are then blocked for subsequent turns. At the end of round they call their workers back. Here's how the game is different from other worker placement games: * Almost all the spots support unlimited number of workers. * There's no concept of rounds, the game ends when work on the cathedral is complete. * The more number of workers at a location, the better the reward. Say you send a worker to quary in 1st turn, you gain 1 stone. Next time you send a worker to quarry, you've two workers on the quary and you gain 2 stones. * Your workers don't return to you at end of round (as there's no round). You have to take an action to call your workers from a spot. * Players can capture opponents workers from the board and optionally send them to prison (for money) * A player can free their worker from opponent or from prison by paying the cost. The primary objective of the game is to gain maximum victory points. During the game you take turns taking resources by going to different locations on the board (stone, brick, wood, coin, gold, marble etc), recruiting apprentices, building structures and working on cathedrals. The game has a virtue track. Your virtue adjusts based on your actions. It goes up when you work on cathedrals, building schools etc, but it goes down when you perform action at the black market or build structures such as gambling house etc. Based on your position on the virtue track certain positions on the gameboard may not be available to you. PLAYER COUNT AND DURATION The game plays in about 90 mins. The player count doesn't increase the duration as the game ends when the cathedral work is complete. The game plays well for 2-5 players. No scaling issues as all the locations allow multiple workers. The automa mode is pretty good and competitive. I've played it two times with 1 win and 1 loss. COMPONENT QUALITY The Component Quality is Good. The resources are made of light wood. The coins are made of card-board. The game board is big and pretty. The art work on gameboard, player mats, building cards and apprentices is really cool. It's a cartoon-ish theme similar to other games from the same manufacturer (raiders of the north sea). CONCLUSION We really enjoyed the game. The best part of the game is capturing opponent's workers. It makes for really fun and interesting player interactions! The good (working on cathedral) and bad sides (black market for quick resources) are well-balanced and you can chart a path to victory via both ways. Highly recommend it.

## Features

- Strategic Worker-Placement Gameplay: Experience deep strategic decisions with a sophisticated worker-placement board game designed for serious enthusiasts who crave meaningful choices and high replay value
- Medieval Kingdom Theme Immersion: Become an ambitious royal architect competing to impress the king by constructing landmarks in the Carolingian Empire circa 850 AD with rich thematic storytelling
- Premium Quality Components and Artwork: Enjoy beautiful hand-crafted illustrations and excellent component quality that showcase this game as both functional entertainment and an impressive display piece for your collection
- Flexible Player Count for Every Gaming Session: Play solo, with family, or in competitive groups with five to one player options and balanced gameplay across all player counts from ages twelve and up
- First Game in the West Kingdom Trilogy: Begin your journey through an interconnected universe of standalone games, each offering unique mechanics while sharing a cohesive medieval world and creator vision

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B07BHHC4S1 |
| Are Batteries Required | No |
| Best Sellers Rank | #126,296 in Toys & Games ( See Top 100 in Toys & Games ) #2,987 in Board Games (Toys & Games) |
| Brand Name | Renegade Game Studios |
| CPSIA Cautionary Statement | No Warning Applicable |
| Color | Multicolor |
| Customer Package Type | Standard Packaging |
| Customer Reviews | 4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars (1,108) |
| Edition | Standard Edition |
| Educational Objective | Develop critical thinking, strategic planning, and decision-making skills; learn about history and architecture |
| Estimated Playing Time | 70 Minutes |
| Genre | Strategy |
| Global Trade Identification Number | 00850505008199 |
| Included Components | game |
| Indoor Outdoor Usage | Indoor |
| Is Assembly Required | No |
| Item Dimensions | 9 x 9 x 2.5 inches |
| Item Dimensions L x W | 89.76"L x 89.76"W |
| Item Type Name | Architechs of the West Kingdoms |
| Item Weight | 230 Grams |
| Language | English |
| Manufacturer | Renegade Game Studios |
| Manufacturer Maximum Age (MONTHS) | 1500.0 |
| Manufacturer Minimum Age (MONTHS) | 144.0 |
| Manufacturer Part Number | RGS0819 |
| Material Type | Cardboard |
| Minimum Age Recomendation | 144 |
| Model Number | RGS-00819 |
| Number of Items | 1 |
| Number of Players | 1 to 5 |
| Operation Mode | manual |
| Rulebook Availability | Printed Included |
| Set Name | Architects of the West Kingdom |
| Size | Medium |
| Theme | Architecture |
| UPC | 850505008199 |
| Unit Count | 1.0 Count |

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## Questions & Answers

**Q: I’m embarrassed to have to ask this, but what is an “automa deck”?**
A: Don’t be embarrassed. Everyone started playing these games knowing absolutely nothing and either asked questions or were otherwise instructed. 😊👍🏻

**Q: What is the difference between the collectible version versus the regular edition?**
A: There isn't a difference in the game.  In the case of my collectible listing, it was damaged (as described) but not used and so Amazon wouldn't allow it to be listed as "used" so I used "collectible."  I can't speak for the other collectible listing out there.

**Q: Does the game come with metal coins?**
A: No

**Q: Is it great for 2 players (without the automa)?**
A: Yes. It's a very good 2-player game.

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Favorite worker placement game
*by T***C on April 29, 2020*

This game is awesome. There are so many nuances to the game that it is easily one of my favorites, and it is the game that I want to play the most. Components: This box is jam packed with stuff - it's hard to fit it all! The game board is beautiful, and is very nice quality. The workers and goods are all nicely produced wooden pieces, and the cards are quality stock. The minor things that I find less desirable are that the box could definitely benefit from a better insert for organization purposes (I had to modify mine to contain sleeved cards and all the other components and was even a tight fit without sleeves with the "insert"). Additionally, they give you cards to represent multiples of goods which I am not a big fan of. I just wish I had more goods, and a better insert to handle these pieces as there is room. Neither of these things affects gameplay, but they are something I wish they had done differently. Lastly, I wish the player boards were made of thick cardboard, as that would have really made it pop. With these few things, the look and feel is not as great as it could and should be - although it is still incredible. Gameplay: There are two main ways to try to get larger amounts of victory points, with lots of ways to get smaller amounts of victory points as well so that players can pick different ways to try and win. There is some player interaction in this game as well which is great because lots of worker placement games are mainly trying to see which spaces are still open, and where your opponents may place their workers - not this game, here you want to pay attention to where other players are putting their workers so that you can capture them to acquire things you want. The fact that you start with all your workers is also really cool. There are so many places to put your workers..... Oh yeah, it also has a good solo mode, and you can play 2 players with and auto - very cool and well thought out. Overall: For my minor issues I would normally take a star off because this game looks AMAZING, and then there are some shortcuts taken, which for me I normally find dissapointing. HOWEVER, the gameplay is sooooo great that I just can't bring myself to do that. 5 stars.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ An Innovative Spin on the Worker Placement Games
*by A***B on December 3, 2019*

GAMEPLAY In usual worker placement games you have 2-5 workers and a fixed number of rounds. Every round, players take turns to place their workers on certain spots to take that action. These spots are then blocked for subsequent turns. At the end of round they call their workers back. Here's how the game is different from other worker placement games: * Almost all the spots support unlimited number of workers. * There's no concept of rounds, the game ends when work on the cathedral is complete. * The more number of workers at a location, the better the reward. Say you send a worker to quary in 1st turn, you gain 1 stone. Next time you send a worker to quarry, you've two workers on the quary and you gain 2 stones. * Your workers don't return to you at end of round (as there's no round). You have to take an action to call your workers from a spot. * Players can capture opponents workers from the board and optionally send them to prison (for money) * A player can free their worker from opponent or from prison by paying the cost. The primary objective of the game is to gain maximum victory points. During the game you take turns taking resources by going to different locations on the board (stone, brick, wood, coin, gold, marble etc), recruiting apprentices, building structures and working on cathedrals. The game has a virtue track. Your virtue adjusts based on your actions. It goes up when you work on cathedrals, building schools etc, but it goes down when you perform action at the black market or build structures such as gambling house etc. Based on your position on the virtue track certain positions on the gameboard may not be available to you. PLAYER COUNT AND DURATION The game plays in about 90 mins. The player count doesn't increase the duration as the game ends when the cathedral work is complete. The game plays well for 2-5 players. No scaling issues as all the locations allow multiple workers. The automa mode is pretty good and competitive. I've played it two times with 1 win and 1 loss. COMPONENT QUALITY The Component Quality is Good. The resources are made of light wood. The coins are made of card-board. The game board is big and pretty. The art work on gameboard, player mats, building cards and apprentices is really cool. It's a cartoon-ish theme similar to other games from the same manufacturer (raiders of the north sea). CONCLUSION We really enjoyed the game. The best part of the game is capturing opponent's workers. It makes for really fun and interesting player interactions! The good (working on cathedral) and bad sides (black market for quick resources) are well-balanced and you can chart a path to victory via both ways. Highly recommend it.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Another excellent game from Shem Phillips
*by D***E on July 25, 2019*

I really liked Shem Phillips' North Sea Trilogy. Raiders of the North Sea is one of my favorites. I was a bit hesitant about purchasing this one, Architects, because it kind of seemed to me to be the same game, only with a different setting. But I heard a ton of buzz about it and when I was given a gift card for Amazon, I decided to get it. Excellent game! And it's not just a re-skin of Raiders! It's a little tougher to learn, I think, but not much harder. This game, instead of being Vikings, you are royal architects in the Carolingian Empire, trying to impress the king. This is a lot of fun. It plays up to 5 and is not bad with that player count. Raiders can be a bit lengthy with 5 players. Architects is better. I would highly recommend before you actually play a real game of it, to just setup a 2-player version and play a couple of turns with yourself, so that you get an idea of how to play and how the turns should work. Then it's much easier to teach others on game night. I still haven't decided if I like Raiders or Architects better. The graphics on both are amazing. I do appreciate that Architects came with a solo mode. With Raiders it's an expansion, but only available direct from the publisher in New Zealand, which means you're going to pay more than the expansion costs for shipping.

## Frequently Bought Together

- Renegade Game Studios Architects of the West Kingdom Game for 1-5 Players Aged 12 & Up
- Renegade Games Studios Architects of The West Kingdom: Works of Wonder - Expansion to Architects of The West Kingdom. 1-5 Players, Ages 12+, 60-80 Min Game Play
- Renegade Games Studios Architects of The West Kingdom: Playmat - (30.5 x 21 Inch) - Accessory to Base Game and Expansions

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