![]() ![]() This game is a fairly classic worker placement type of board game, with a strong moral choices component that will affect players’ Virtue value.Īs you want to keep your noble status at all costs, you have to be prepared to make more or less legitimate shortcuts. You will have to acquire materials (wood, clay, silver, stone, marble, gold), hire apprentices, oversee all the construction sites and most importantly defend your reputation from rival Architects. Having an architecture background myself I couldn’t not include this game among the best city building board games.Īrchitects of the West Kingdom let you play as one of the Royal Architects appointed of building new landmarks across the country to impress your King in order to keep your noble status. Nevertheless, Charterstone is ultimately a simple legacy game, with nice mechanics, awesome artwork and good quality components, that will keep you and your friends busy for quite some hours. The main character is an 18 year old male enjoying his summer and navigating risky situations with the women in his life. I strongly agree with whoever thinks that Stonemaier Games should have put more time into the game’s development. Status: In development: Play time: Unknown (3 uncounted votes)Developer: ViM Studios: Publishers: ViM Studios: Description. The game is not without flaws and in particular the rules ambiguity and lack of a strong story. In Charterstone players are settlers who just arrived in an empty valley with the goal is to build and develop new towns in order to expand the King’s realm, throughout a scenario composed of 12 linked games.Īs the game progresses, the story unveils different choices players have to make, that will irreversibly change the outcome of the campaign based on what you’ve chosen. These permanent changes are mostly in the form of writing on the board/cards and stickers, as often happens to the legacy board games. The player who best manages the changing roles with their associated actions and special privileges, will win the game.Ĭharterstone is a worker placement city-building board game under the shape of a legacy experience that will permanently change the look of the game as you carry on through your campaign. The game is played over several rounds and for each round each player selects one of seven possible roles, (captain, mayor, trader, settler, prospector, craftsman, or builder) which then triggers the activity related with that role, that could be buying plantations and quarries, selling goods to the trading house, shipping goods to the old world, building new buildings and so on. You can try to attain that by earning victory points. In this game players take on the role of colonial entrepreneurs in the Americas during the conquest of the Caribbean and your goal is to achieve the greatest prosperity and highest respect. I personally agree with that, Puerto Rico is a strategic masterpiece that has changed the world of board games for the better since its creation in 2002. I could just leave this description blank as everything has already been told about the game and it is known to be one of the best board games ever designed. ![]()
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