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2005 Ranked #20,584

Architekton

This tile-laying scoring game has players surround their houses with matching landscapes and build the strongest diagonal group. Mismatched surroundings lose points, so removing a house can soften a short-term loss at the cost of endgame potential.

Strategy Games Abstract Strategy Ancient Set Collection Tile Placement

Players

2

Play time

30-45 min

Age

8+

Complexity

1.61/5

Rating

5.54

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

A tile laying game somewhat like Carcassonne / Fjorde where you are placing landscape tiles to gain points. Tiles are laid out in an alternating pattern, kind of like a chess board.

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A tile laying game somewhat like Carcassonne / Fjorde where you are placing landscape tiles to gain points. Tiles are laid out in an alternating pattern, kind of like a chess board. Tiles alternate between building tiles on one diagonal and landscape tiles on the other. As soon as a building with your house is surrounded, you get 1 point if all the landscapes match, but you lose 1, 2, or 3 points if 1, 2, or 3 of the surrounding landscapes do not match. You can remove your house to reduce this loss, but at the end of the game, you get 1 point per house on your longest diagonal group of houses. Reimplementation of: Contra (With different rules.)

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Play and group

Players
2
Best with
2
Play time
30–45 min
Age
8+
Complexity
1.6/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Michael Schacht

Artists

1
Michael Menzel

Publishers

1
Queen Games

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