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2025 Ranked #547

Luthier

A lavish strategy game where instrument craft, musical performance, and patronage compete for the same master artisans.

Strategy Games Auction / Bidding Area Majority / Influence Dice Rolling Solo / Solitaire Game

Players

1-4

Play time

90-150 min

Age

14+

Complexity

3.8/5

Rating

8.15

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

At a glance

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.5/5

High replayability

Interaction 4.0/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.7/5

Deep strategy

Player control 4.3/5

More strategic control

Setup time About 20 min
Teach time About 35 min
Table footprint Very Large
Campaign commitment No campaign
Recommended edition Luthier – English edition (2025)
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How it plays

How does it play?

Run a prestigious instrument workshop, secretly bid workers for actions, court patrons, craft instruments, and perform music across classical Europe.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Read the full game description

Commit artisans behind your screen, then reveal competing bids to determine who claims each coveted action. Gather rare materials, improve your workshop, craft historical instruments, perform works for audiences, and build relationships with patrons whose support shapes a long-term scoring engine. Dice-driven performances and tightly contested action spaces force each workshop to balance preparation, reputation, and the prestige of finished commissions.

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Editions

Language and publisher variants currently recorded in the catalog.

Edition Year Language Publisher / Region
制琴师 – Chinese deluxe edition (2025) 2025 Chinese Paverson Games, YOKA Games
Luthier – English edition (2025) 2025 English Paverson Games / US
Luthier – English deluxe edition (2025) 2025 English Paverson Games
Luthier – German deluxe edition (2025) 2025 German Funtails, Paverson Games
Luthier: Hangszerek művésze – Hungarian edition (2026) 2026 Hungarian A-Z kiadó
Luthier – Italian edition (2025) 2025 Italian Giochi Uniti
루티어 – Korean deluxe edition (2025) 2025 Korean Korea Boardgames
Lutnik – Polish deluxe edition (2025) 2025 Polish Lucky Duck Games

Game and edition data

All specifications (27)

Play and group

Players
1–4
Play time
90–150 min
Age
14+
Complexity
3.8/5
App
None app Source
Player elimination
No Source

Practicalities

Setup time
About 20 min Source
Teach time
About 35 min Source
Teardown time
About 20 min Source
Table footprint
Very Large Source

Campaign and continuity

Campaign commitment
No campaign Source
Group continuity
Flexible Source
Resettable
Fully Resettable Source
Save system
None; each play is a complete workshop competition. Source
Scenarios
1.0000 scenarios Source
Consumable components
No consumable components. Source

Edition and product

Optional extras
Includes an official solo mode. The Standard and Deluxe editions have identical gameplay. Source
Recommended edition
Luthier – English edition (2025) Source
Language
English
Region
US
Availability
Current
Edition type
Standard Source
Current edition
Yes Source
Box weight
3856 g Source
Box dimensions
32.4 × 39.4 × 7.9 cm Source
Consumable components
None. Source
Compatibility
Standard Edition With The Same Gameplay As The Deluxe Edition But Different Component Finishes. Source
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

2
Dave Beck Abe Burson

Artists

2
Vincent Dutrait Guillaume Tavernier

Publishers

6
Paverson Games A-Z kiadó Choo Choo Games Devir Funtails Giochi Uniti

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