Architects of the West Kingdom

Standard setup: each player takes twenty workers, starts at seven Virtue and below the Cathedral, and drafts three Building cards from four. The starting player receives three Silver and each subsequent seat one more. Reveal eight Apprentices, put four Silver above the Tax Stand, and prepare Cathedral rewards and Guildhall spaces for the player count.

Turns and locations: clockwise, place one worker from your board and resolve its location. Most large circles allow any players and workers; rewards count only your own. Black Market spaces hold one worker each, while Guildhall workers fill in order and remain permanently. With no workers available, spend the whole turn retrieving one eligible board worker, excluding Guildhall, Black Market, Prison, and opponents’ boards.

Resources and Workshop: Quarry and Forest give one resource per own worker; Silversmith gives workers plus one Silver. Mines give either workers plus one Clay or one Gold per pair, never a mixture. At the Workshop, hire one Apprentice for four Silver including two Tax, with columns restricted by workers, or draw Building plans. Normally retain at most five Apprentices and six Building cards at turn end.

Capture and Guardhouse: each own Town Centre worker allows one Silver to capture a single-colour group, with the first Silver taxed. Capture from at most two locations with two or three players, or one with four or more. Opponents go to your board; your own return to supply. Each Guardhouse worker grants an action to sell captives into Prison for one Silver each, release your prisoners free, ransom captured workers, or repay a Debt.

Construction: a Guildhall placement builds a card from hand or advances one Cathedral level. Buildings require resources and matching Apprentice skills; Apprentices are retained. Cathedral work needs an available space, the next level’s resources, and any discarded Building card, then grants a reward. Apply immediate Virtue and effects; save end-game effects for scoring.

Virtue, Tax, and Debts: red coins go above the Tax Stand; other payments return to supply. Stealing all Tax costs two Virtue. At ten or more Virtue, Black Market access is barred; at four or less, Cathedral work is barred; at three or less, the track discounts Tax. Each Virtue beyond fourteen may destroy an unpaid Debt; each loss below zero gains a Debt. Normally pay six Silver, including three Tax, to repay one and gain one Virtue.

Black Market Reset: filling all three Black Market spaces or the leftmost Guildhall space in either bottom row triggers a reset after completing the action. Send Black Market workers to Prison, refresh market cards, and resolve reset Apprentices. Players with at least three prisoners lose one Virtue; everyone tied for the most prisoners gains a Debt.

Ending and scoring: filling the final available Guildhall space completes the current turn, then gives everyone, including that player, one last turn. Further construction places workers beside the Guildhall. Resolve building end-game effects, then score buildings, Cathedral, Virtue, one per Gold and Marble, and one per ten Silver. Deduct two per unpaid Debt and one per pair of prisoners. Highest score wins; ties compare Virtue, then Silver, then share victory.