2023 · City Building

Celtae

Players lead a migrating tribe across Europe through a worker-swapping rondel. On a turn, a player swaps one of their three active workers with a worker on an action space, then resolves that action, with effects strengthened by having matching worker types (farmers, builders, soldiers, nobles) in their pool. Farming draws cards used for building, battle preparation, or engaging druids; building expands citadels and grants setup bonuses that combine into combos; battle defeats Romans and garrisons citadel outskirts; recruitment increases the tribe’s worker pool while sending workers into the druid order can earn a druid joker that boosts many actions. Each player receives a leader card with a choice between a safe scoring side or a heroic side with tougher requirements and higher points. As the rondel cycles, players place progress markers that determine which progress cards will score at the end.

groupPlayers

1–4 best 3

schedulePlaying time

50–100 min

cakeAge

10+

psychologyComplexity

2.7 / 5