Tips & Strategy

Balance the two Prestige tracks and plan each season around your contracts and winter costs.

Teach the timing

Teach instructor placement and action order first, then explain that contracts resolve at season end. Players should plan where workers and materials go before committing to a building order.

Balance your castle

Watch the exterior and interior Prestige markers together. Since the final calculation rewards the lower track most, add decorations as you expand the exterior. Keep the annual wood levy in view when deciding how many buildings to complete.

Protect your workers

Workers committed to the Factory return at season end. Workers assigned to a contract may be exhausted into the Inn, so leave enough workers for the next season or budget for Market hiring and recovery.

Videos versus the rulebook

No independently verified, edition-matched teaching video was established for this guide. Follow the publisher’s English rulebook for rules and component text. BGG Rules forum answers linked in the FAQ clarify three questions answered by designer Stefan Kretschmann.

Sources

Publisher: Skellig Games. English rulebook: BGG file 327042. Game page: BoardGameGeek.