Cover art for The Cathedral of Orléans

The Cathedral of Orléans

2023 · BGG
Avg rating
6.15
Bayes rating
5.55
Weight
1.78 (Light)
Players
2-4
Playtime
30 min
Ratings count
176

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Description

It is 1598, and you have settled in the middle of France in the city of Orléans on the Loire. Your goal is clear: Build a cathedral in Orléans — all of you together because only together can you meet this challenge!

In the co-operative game The Cathedral of Orléans, players will recruit followers familiar from Orléans to take actions — knights, craftsmen, scholars, traders, and monks — but these followers are divided between two pouches, so the question you will constantly face: From which pouch should I draw to get the desired tile? You will want to remember which tiles go into which bag at the end of the round, dividing duties between one another in order to work out your strategy together as effectively as possible.

Time is always a pressing issue. The cathedral must be completed in the third round at the latest, and if a tile can no longer be placed elsewhere with an action, it must go into the bell tower, with that tower's toll ending the round.

Special highlight: You build a real, three-dimensional cathedral!



Mechanics

Cooperative Game Deck, Bag, and Pool Building Memory

Themes

None recorded

Publishers

GaGa Games Matagot dlp games

Designers

Markus Müller (I) Reiner Stockhausen Wolfgang Dirscherl