Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Harder to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Deep strategy
How it plays
How does it play?
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Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
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At the beginning of the ?????????? ????? (Elven Castle) each player recieves a set of arches of one color. Game takes place on plastic board which has 31 pin groupped in hexagon shape. On his turn player must place an arch on pins. Arch may be placed only on board or on two another arches. After placing an arch player gains victory points based on arch heights above ground or above the arch directly below newly placed arch. Game ends when one player can't place arch or runs out of arches. Victory points substracted for each arch left in reserve and for each arch placed directly on the board and not connected to other arches. Game comes with set of scenarios which may add new rules for gaining victory points, and add starting black neutral arches to the board.