Arkadia Fan Site

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 realize the build-up of the town and the castle. …

• Try to cover the tent camps when laying out a building! The more neutral workers you get, the easier you can enclose buildings in one go in order to receive the additional seal.

• Place your workers so that you trigger a payout! You will then get an additional seal.

• Do not play building cards whose seal's color is currently the most valuable! Other players could complete the building and get many seals.

• Use the architect banners in time in order to get new workers! It could make sense to use a banner without executing an evaluation. It is not the number of evaluations, but the right moment that decides the game. …