# Arkwright

Arkwright is a board game for 2–4 players. It plays in 120–240 minutes and is meant for ages 12 and up. Ludoya players call it best with 4. It is rated 4.9 out of 10 by 20 Ludoya reviewers. The cheapest copy in stock is $63.84 (United States).

- **Players:** 2–4 (best with 4)
- **Playing time:** 120–240 minutes
- **Minimum age:** 12+
- **Complexity:** 4.6 out of 5
- **Year published:** 2014
- **Categories:** Industry / Manufacturing, Economic
- **Mechanics:** Commodity Speculation, Tech Trees / Tech Tracks, Income, Victory Points as a Resource, Variable Phase Order, End Game Bonuses, Simulation, Tile Placement, Worker Placement, Loans, Contracts, Events, Variable Set-up, Stock Holding, Turn Order: Stat-Based, Investment, Market
- **Ludoya rating:** 4.9 out of 10, from 20 reviews
- **Owned by:** 55 Ludoya players
- **Plays logged on Ludoya:** 73
- **Unique players:** 108

**Designers:** Stefan Risthaus

**Artists:** DavidSchneiderArt, Harald Lieske

**Publishers:** Capstone Games, Spielworxx

## Where to buy in United States

| Shop | Price | Link |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Board Game Bliss | 89.95 $ | https://www.boardgamebliss.com/products/arkwright-1 |
| Gigamesh | 55.95 € | https://gigamesh.com/arkwright/ |
| Magia de Tinta | 69.95 € | https://www.magiadetinta.com/es/juegos/7058-arkwright-8436578811878.html |
| Gamers@Hart | 79.49 £ | https://gamersathart.co.uk/product/arkwright/ |
| Nexus | 17995 kr | https://nexus.is/vara/arkwright-anniversary-edition/ |

## Expansions

- [Arkwright: Noblesse Oblige](https://www.ludoya.com/games/arkwright-noblesse-oblige)
- [Brettspiel Adventskalender 2016](https://www.ludoya.com/games/brettspiel-adventskalender-2016)

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## Rules questions

### How many goods can I sell on the home market during the Production phase?

Your selling quantity is the lesser of your production (plus any goods taken from that factory’s warehouse) and the market limit: appeal minus demand; you cannot sell more than your appeal and you sell up to that allowed amount (see page 18).

### If I didn’t produce the active good this round, can I still sell goods from my warehouse to the home market?

No — players who do not have a factory that produces the active good skip the Production phase entirely, so you may not sell to the home market in that round (see page 18).

### Do ships have to be fully loaded, how many can I use, and how do I reactivate them?

Ships do not have to be fully loaded and you may only ship the active good; the basic shipping card provides 2 ships and you flip/use them as you ship, then reactivate used ships only during the Stock Exchange action (reactivate ships) (see pages 20 and 14).

### Can I take bank loans to pay production costs if I don’t have enough cash?

No — you may not take bank loans during production; if you lack funds you must use the emergency fund which gives only half the current share value per loan token, and if you run out of loan spots you can be declared bankrupt and eliminated (see page 20, and loans explanation on page 14).

### What happens when I employ workers — do wages or demand change for everyone?

After adding one or more worker cards you move the demand marker for all four goods one step (increasing demand) and move the wages marker one step to the right regardless of how many workers you added (see page 11).

### Can I add, flip or move quality/distribution cards between factories and are there limits?

You may add, flip, rotate, remove or swap quality/distribution cards between your factories or reserve subject to development-level limits; each factory’s distribution and quality max is normally 4 (quality max 6 with Engineer), you may not add quality and distribution in the same turn, and distribution on a producing factory is reduced by 1 after production (see pages 12–13 and 21).

## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/arkwright)
- [Arkwright in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/arkwright)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/154825)

_Data from Ludoya, updated 2026-09-23. Ratings, ownership and play counts are Ludoya's own._