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In a remote land there lies a region with undulating hills and fertile valleys. Widely-travelled
settlers have laid the foundation stone for the city of Arkadia. In addition to several other
buildings they want to construct a magnificent castle on a hill. Four wealthy families – the cloth
merchants, the spice merchants, the carpenters and the silversmiths – want to enhance prestige
and augment their influence. For this reason, they compete for the major contribution to the castle's
construction. Players act as architects. The four families commission them to plan and realise the
MATERIAL
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1 game board
1 building lot for the castle
(with 10 squares for the castle pieces)
4 screens in the players' colours
(yellow, orange, green, violet)
16 architect banners (4 in each player's colour)
40 building cards
40 buildings in 7 different forms:
1
residential house,
2
5
smithy,
6
trade centre,
88 seals of the 4 families (8 of them with the value 5)
Red = cloth merchants, olive = spice merchants,
black = carpenters, silver = silversmiths
44 workers (11 in each player's colour)
24 neutral workers (beige)
28 castle pieces
Stick one of the square seal tiles in each castle piece with the help
of the attached double-sided stickers. This should be done by an
adult.
Gold coins with the values 1, 5 and 10
AIM OF THE GAME
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Players build houses and the central castle in the town of
Arkadia. For constructing houses, they get seals of the four
families. Whenever a house is completed, castle construction
is continued. Subject to the family's contribution to the castle
For 2 – 4 players aged 10 – 99 years
Author: Rüdiger Dorn · Illustrations: Michael Menzel, Walter Pepperle
Design: DE Ravensburger, KniffDesign · Photos: Becker Studios
Ravensburger Game
WELCOME TO ARKADIA
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build-up of the town and the castle.
farm,
3
tavern,
4
mill,
7
monastery
Arkadia
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Building lot for the castle
Building cards
4
Seals
Workers
construction, the value of the family's seal changes. In the
course of the game, each player can convert his seals into
gold – he may decide when to do this himself. The player
with the most gold wins the game.
20
Architect banners
Buildings
1
3
2
5
6
7
Castle piece
Seal tiles
Gold
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Summary of Contents for Rio Grande Games Arkadia 6
- Page 1 Author: Rüdiger Dorn · Illustrations: Michael Menzel, Walter Pepperle Design: DE Ravensburger, KniffDesign · Photos: Becker Studios —-—-—-—-—-—-=-—-—-—-—-—-— In a remote land there lies a region with undulating hills and fertile valleys. Widely-travelled settlers have laid the foundation stone for the city of Arkadia. In addition to several other buildings they want to construct a magnificent castle on a hill.
- Page 2 PREPARATION —-—-—-—-—-=-—-—-—-—-— If you are playing for the first time, punch out the elements carefully. Stick one of the 28 square seal tiles in each castle piece as shown in the illustration. For the first game we recommend the set-up shown on page 7 of these rules.
- Page 3 HOW TO PLAY -—-—-—-—-=-—-—-—-—- The youngest player starts. Then, play continues in a clockwi- se direction. A player’s turn is divided into two parts: 1. MUST The player chooses one of the following possibilities: A) Playing a building card and laying out the corresponding building B) Introducing one or several workers 2.
- Page 4 B) Introducing workers The player chooses any building on the game board. He pla- ces any number of his own and / or neutral workers from their pool behind the screen on vacant squares that are hori- zontally or vertically adjacent to this building. Important: All workers that a player introduces during their turn have to touch one and the same building.
- Page 5 2. CAN: Use the architect banner At the end of each of their turns, players may decide if they want to use one of their 4 architect banners. If they play it, they get two workers of their colour from the general pool for it (the banner is then out of game).
- Page 6 To make it easier to learn the game, we recommend the following set-up for your first game: Remove the following seven building cards from the game: Place the seven corresponding buildings and the building lot for the castle on the game board as shown on the illustration.