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# Stunning artwork & quality Build iconic landmarks Dynamic worker placement Renegade Game Studios Architects of the West Kingdom Game for 1-5 Players Aged 12 & Up

**Brand:** renegade game studios
**Price:** KSh20911
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## Summary

> 🏰 Architect your victory, outwit rivals, and build a kingdom worth bragging about!

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- **What is this?** Renegade Game Studios Architects of the West Kingdom Game for 1-5 Players Aged 12 & Up by renegade game studios
- **How much does it cost?** KSh20911 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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## Key Features

- • **Build Your Legacy:** Construct notable buildings and advance the Archbishop’s Cathedral to rack up Victory Points and impress the King.
- • **Moral Choices Matter:** Balance virtue and vice—your decisions impact available actions and final scoring, adding deep strategic layers.
- • **Master the Art of Strategy:** Innovative worker placement with unlimited spots and capturing opponents’ workers for high-stakes interaction.
- • **Premium Components & Design:** Beautifully illustrated board, quality wooden resources, and immersive thematic elements that elevate your game nights.
- • **Solo & Multiplayer Flexibility:** Engage 1-5 players with a competitive automa mode and seamless scaling that keeps gameplay tight and exciting.

## Overview

Architects of the West Kingdom is a 1-5 player strategic worker placement board game set in 850 AD where players compete as royal architects to build landmarks and the Archbishop’s Cathedral. Featuring unlimited worker placement spots, player interaction through capturing workers, and a virtue track influencing gameplay, it offers deep strategy and moral decision-making. With high-quality components, stunning artwork, and a well-designed solo mode, it delivers an immersive 90-minute experience for ages 12 and up.

## Description

○ Architects of the West Kingdom is set at the end of the Carolingian Empire, circa 850 AD. As royal architects, players compete to impress their King and maintain their noble status by constructing various landmarks throughout his newly appointed domain. Players will need to collect raw materials, hire apprentices and keep a watchful eye on their workforce. These are treacherous times. Rival architects will stop at nothing to slow your progress. Will you remain virtuous, or be found in the company of thieves and black marketeers? The aim of Architects of the West Kingdom is to be the player with the most Victory Points (VP) at the game’s end. Points are gained by constructing various Buildings and advancing work on the Archbishop’s Cathedral. Throughout the game, players will need to make a lot of moral decisions.However, only at the game’s end will their virtue be judged. A few underhanded deals here and there might not seem like much, but fall too far and you will be punished. The game ends once a set number of constructions have been completed.

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

- West Kingdom adventure with beautiful artwork and great quality components.
- Become an ambitious royal architect to impress the king by building notable landmarks in the kingdom
- First stand-alone game in the West Kingdom Trilogy
- Exciting worker-placement strategy board game for 1-5 players, ages 12 and up

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B07BHHC4S1 |
| Best Sellers Rank | #261,779 in Toys & Games ( See Top 100 in Toys & Games ) #7,249 in Board Games (Toys & Games) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars (1,106) |
| Department | Board Games |
| Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
| Item Weight | 8.1 ounces |
| Item model number | RGS-00819 |
| Language | English |
| Manufacturer | Renegade Game Studios |
| Manufacturer recommended age | 12 years and up |
| Product Dimensions | 9 x 9 x 2.5 inches |
| Release date | November 21, 2018 |

## Images

![Renegade Game Studios Architects of the West Kingdom Game for 1-5 Players Aged 12 & Up - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71FTHp0MHbL.jpg)

## 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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