# Gùgōng

Gùgōng is a board game for 1–5 players. It plays in 60–90 minutes and is meant for ages 12 and up. Ludoya players call it best with 3. It is rated 6.2 out of 10 by 44 Ludoya reviewers.

- **Players:** 1–5 (best with 3)
- **Playing time:** 60–90 minutes
- **Minimum age:** 12+
- **Complexity:** 3.1 out of 5
- **Year published:** 2018
- **Categories:** Medieval, Travel
- **Mechanics:** Worker Placement, Hand Management, Area Majority / Influence, Set Collection
- **Ludoya rating:** 6.2 out of 10, from 44 reviews
- **Owned by:** 84 Ludoya players
- **Plays logged on Ludoya:** 236
- **Unique players:** 329

**Designers:** Andreas Steding

**Artists:** Noah Adelman, Andreas Resch

**Publishers:** Game Brewer

## Where to buy in United States

| Shop | Price | Link |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mono de Juegos | 49.95 € | https://www.monodejuegos.shop/juego-de-mesa/gugong/ |
| Spielezar | 64.9 Fr. | https://www.spielezar.ch/brettspiele/gugong |

## Expansions

- [Gùgōng: Pànjūn](https://www.ludoya.com/games/gugong-panjun)
- [Gùgōng: Bonus Travel Tokens](https://www.ludoya.com/games/gugong-bonus-travel-tokens)
- [Brettspiel Adventskalender 2018](https://www.ludoya.com/games/brettspiel-adventskalender-2018)
- [Gùgōng: The Stairs of the Palace](https://www.ludoya.com/games/gugong-the-stairs-of-the-palace)
- [Gùgōng: Bonus Gift Cards](https://www.ludoya.com/games/gugong-bonus-gift-cards)

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## Rules questions

### When I exchange a Gift Card, do I get the card’s action, the location action, or both?

After you exchange, you may perform the Gift Card action (if any), the location action where you placed the card, or both; if you do both the Gift Card action must be resolved before the location action (pages 5–6).

### My card is equal or lower value than the board card — do I have to pay anything to exchange it?

If your card is lower or equal you may only exchange it by either returning 2 Servants from your Servant Pool, discarding another Gift Card from your hand, or choosing to exchange but skip performing any action; note the special value‑1 ↔ value‑9 exception and that some Decrees can modify exchange rules (page 5; see Decrees on page 11).

### What happens if I collect a Travel Token but have no room above my player board?

If you would place a Travel Token and have no free slot, you must immediately exchange Travel Tokens (for Servants, VP, or Jade) until you have space to place the new token (page 7).

### Can I use my Double Servant everywhere (Great Wall, Ships, Decrees, Harbour rewards)?

The Double Servant can act as 1 or 2 Servants on the Great Wall and on Ships (even occupying two spaces), and may be used to pay for two‑Servant costs or gained via the Grand Canal, but you may NOT use your Double Servant to place by a Decree or to claim a Harbour reward on your Player Board (page 13; Grand Canal rewards on page 12).

### How is the Great Wall scoring resolved and how are ties broken?

When a wall section is completed the player with the most Servants on that section scores 3 VP and moves their Envoy 1 step, then returns their Servants; ties are broken by the Intrigue Track order (top/forward marker wins), and afterwards players present may take Intrigue Benefits in order from the lowest Intrigue marker (pages 8–9).

### How do the Destiny Dice matches work at Night — who gains Servants and who gets the 3 VP/Envoy bonus?

During the Night Phase each Gift Card in your discard pile that matches a Destiny Die value grants you 1 Servant (if a die value appears twice, matching cards yield 2 Servants each), and the player with the most matches gains 3 VP and moves their Envoy 1 step (ties are decided by the Intrigue Track) (page 14).

## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/gugong)
- [Gùgōng in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/gugong)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/250458)

_Data from Ludoya, updated 2026-09-19. Ratings, ownership and play counts are Ludoya's own._