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2006 Ranked #1,294

Arkadia

City-and-castle building game where players place houses for noble families and collect seals with changing values. The growing castle alters what seals are worth, so every construction choice is also a bet on future scoring.

Strategy Games City Building Area Majority / Influence Set Collection

Players

2-4

Play time

45-60 min

Age

10+

Complexity

2.57/5

Rating

6.91

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.6/5

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?

Arkadia is a game about building the city and castle of Arkadia. Players use builders, cards, workers, and neutral workers to build houses in Arkadia.

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Arkadia is a game about building the city and castle of Arkadia. 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. Released: Essen 2006. Online Play Yucata (turn-based)

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Play and group

Players
2–4
Best with
2–4
Play time
45–60 min
Age
10+
Complexity
2.6/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Rüdiger Dorn

Artists

2
Michael Menzel Walter Pepperle

Publishers

1
Ravensburger

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