Basilica 2.0

Basilica is a new edition of an iconic game by Łukasz M. Pogoda (ORP Orzeł, Sawanna) from 2010. A basilica unlike anything the world has ever seen is being built in Florence. Not one, but two architects are working on it. The first received this task from the queen, the second from the diocese bishop. Who will design a larger part of the temple, thus gaining fame and wealth? You will encounter many tactical solutions and negative interactions in this two-player, dynamic game. During your turn, you will have to perform three actions: adding more Vault elements to the board, placing Builders underneath them, and giving them all sorts of orders. Oftentimes, your opponent can pay to copy a player's action outside of their turn, so you must plan each move carefully. In the new edition of Basilica, you will find a mini-expansion - Festum Fatuorum, which adds special Basilica tiles and Altar tokens to the game.

SET UP

Place the Basilica game board in the center of the table and place 3 Basilica Vault tiles (on the front side of the Basilica tile) and 2 Order tiles (the back of the Basilica tile) in the indicated places. From the remaining Basilica tiles, make a pile to replace the missing tiles on the board. Then add 6 Builder pawns, 4 Promotion tokens and 1 Coin to your supply. Place the remaining components - Scaffolding tiles, Stained Glass tiles, and Score markers - next to the board.

GAMEPLAY

On your turn, you must perform three of the three available actions, and they may be repeated. You will add more Vault tiles to the Basilica during the Place a Vault action. Placing a Builder will allow you to place a Builder piece on the previously placed tile. Executing an Order will allow you to specialize your Builders, place Stained Glass, divide the basilica with Scaffolding, or even remove previously added Vault tiles.

SCORING

There are four colors of the Basilica tiles - yellow, blue, red, and green, as well as Jokers, or two-color tiles. Vault tiles placed in the Basilica are divided into areas. An area is a group of tiles of one color adjacent to each other with at least one side. During the scoring phase, you check the number of your Builders in each area of the Basilica. The player with the most Builders in a given area scores points equal to the number of tiles that the area has. His opponent will receive as many points from this area as the number of Workers he has in it. The game ends immediately after the third scoring.

Basilica

Keypoints:

• A revised edition of an iconic 2010 game by Łukasz M. Pogoda (ORP Orzeł, Sawanna)
• Two-player strategy game with strong negative interaction set in the medieval times
• Mini-expansion Festum Fatuorum introduces special Basilica tiles and Altar tokens

• 58 CATHEDRAL TILES
• 8 SCAFFOLDING TILES
• 12 BUILDER PAWNS
• 16 STAINED GLASS TOKENS
• 6 PROMOTION TOKENS
• 2 SCORE TOKENS
• 1 QUEEN PAWN
• 2 COINS
• 1 SCORING BOARD
• 1 GAME BOARD
• 1 RULEBOOK
• FESTUM FATUORUM EXPANSION
  • 8 CATHEDRAL TILES
  • 14 ALTAR TOKENS

Download:

• Rulebook EN