Ravensburger Castles of Burgundy Strategy Board Game for Adults & Kids Ages 12 Years Up - 1 to 4 Players

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The die chosen to carry out this action indicates which goods type (= colour) may be sold. All corresponding goods tiles in the player's goods storage are piled, face-down, onto the goods storage space on the player's board intended for this purpose. For doing this, the player receives:

Workers are automatically used if needed. They appear afterwards in the log message, but if you want to be sure before your action of how many workers are needed, you can enable the Display workers needed user preference.The start player starts. First, he takes the topmost goods tile from the round spaces and places it onto the goods space of the depot whose number matches the number rolled on the white die. Example: Carla has added a ship to her estate and subsequently takes goods tiles from the goods space shown: the turquoise one (which she adds to her other turquoise good) as well as another one (pink or brown) which she will add to her still-empty goods storage space Mine (grey): These tiles are (with the exception of a few of the yellow tiles) the only ones without an immediate effect when they are placed (which can occur up to 3 times). The first player to fill in all spaces of a color receives the large bonus tile. The second player to fill all of that color receives the small bonus tile. Each player uses their dice to take an action. The action taken must correspond to the number rolled on the die. For example, if a player rolls a one, they must take an action in an area marked with a one. Players can use their worker tiles to add or subtract one to their dice roll. This gives players more flexibility if they have not rolled the number they were seeking. Players can play multiple worker tiles on one dice roll. Actions

Randomly draw new six-sided tiles and place them, face-up, onto the matching-coloured six-sided spaces in the six numbered depots: In a 2-player game only those spaces marked with 2s (12 spaces), in a 3-player game only those spaces marked with 2s and 3s (18 spaces), and in a 4-player game all 24 spaces will have tiles placed onto them. When a player adds a boarding house to his estate, he immediately takes 4 worker tiles from the general supply and adds them to his own. Ship (blue): Whenever a player adds a ship tile to his estate (which can occur up to 6 times), then two things happen immediately: The default option on BGA is Random board without board #8, and not Beginner setup, because it is probably the most interesting for most players, and it is not really problematic if begginers join games with this option. But they can be disadvantaged if they choose a poor space for their starting castle, so beginner setups are still better choices for beginners (they don't have to choose a starting castle space), even if other options are not strongly discouraged. Buildings - Generally these are all good, you should use them to get the other stuff you want. If you are going to get a ship, for example, you might as well get a Market tile to get that ship that way you fill out the board. I myself like Carpenters Workshops( get you another building), City Halls( allow you to place anything) and Boarding Houses ( for previously said reasons) but it also depends on knowledge tiles you have or plan to get. The watchtowers ( 4 points) should be gotten later in the game since they don't speed up putting tiles on the board.exactly one Silverling from the supply, regardless of how many tiles he just sold (= turned face-down), as well as

The game sees you taking a player board full of hexes that make up the terrain you will be adding to. These hexes are in certain colours and have a numbered dice on. This dictates what type of thing you can build there, and what numeric value dice you must use to do so. In fact, pretty much every action is linked to the numeric value of the dice that you use. At the start of your turn you will roll two dice which will dictate what you can do. Of course, there are ways to mitigate this, but it creates a nice little puzzle for you to solve. You are never left with nothing to do, just things which might not be as optimal for you. The second player to finish covering up this same colour takes the small bonus tile and the corresponding 2 to 4 victory points. Third and fourth place receive nothing. It is the 15th Century in Burgundy, Central France. As an influential duke it is your goal to lead your estates to prosperity through strategic expansion and trade. Roll your dice to reaveal your options and find a strategy that will lead you to victory. Whether trading or farming, building or research, many different paths lead to prosperity and prestige. There are many ways to gain victory points in this building game. Choose your strategy wisely! Let’s talk about the design and art style first. The board has been redesigned, has have a lot of components. They are brighter, more detailed while but skill keep that old-school art style. It does look a lot more up to date but looking at the boards next to each other, the new one does look a little busier. The different goods actually have different items on them now, instead of them having the same bland artwork on. This is a welcomed change. The buildings look a lot more detailed and one thing I really appreciated is that the new artwork for the buildings have actually been designed to help you remember what they do. There is a clue in each piece of art that lets you know it's function. The game ends after the fifth phase has been played through to completion. Final scoring follows, during which players receive victory points for the following:Market - the player may take a blue ship or light green animal tile from any numbered depot and add it to their supply; The Castles of Tuscany makes the list of board games like Castles of Burgundy because it is from the same designer, Stefen Feld, that has the goal of bringing a new experience that is very in line with the original title. The team behind the game succeeds in that goal. This could be at #1 but since some might consider it almost a sequel, we gave it less consideration.

Let’s talk about the design and art style first. The board has been redesigned, has have a lot of components. They are brighter, more detailed while but skill keep that old-school art style. It does look a lot more up to date but looking at the boards next to each other, the new one does look a little busier. The different goods actually have different items on them now, instead of them having the same bland artwork on. This is a welcomed change. The buildings look a lot more detailed and one thing I really appreciated is that the new artwork for the buildings have actually been designed to help you remember what they do. There is a clue in each piece of art that lets you know it’s function. My only criticisms really are the same as in the original version. The iconography on some of the tiles is a) tiny, and b) hard to decipher. Sure, once you’ve played it a few times, there’s no problem, and they’ve made a huge improvement by adding player aids which explain them better. For those first few games though, keep the rule book to one side to refer to it. Take advantage of the points bonus in the first few phases. It is unlikely you will be able to complete a large area of your estate in the first few phases. But, if you can complete a couple of smaller areas you gain the 10 or the eight point bonus for completing them. These points can sometimes make the difference in end game scoring. Points as shown on the yellow knowledge tiles. These points will vary dependent on which knowledge tiles a player has in their estate. For example some knowledge tiles are worth four points for each building of a specific type a player has in their estate. Another tile awards two points for each bonus tile claimed.

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player board, placed with the Number 1 side face up in front of himself (for boards with the numbers 2 through 9) If a player covers all spaces of one colour in their estate, and they are the first or second player to do so, they will receive a bonus tile. The first player receives the large bonus tile. The second player will receive the small bonus tile. There are three different point values printed on the tiles which correspond to the three different player counts the game can be played with. In a two player game the player will receive the smallest value of points printed on the tile, whilst in a four player game the player will receive the largest points value. As soon as a player takes a bonus tile they score these points. Sell goods