# Legacy: The Testament of Duke de Crecy

Legacy: The Testament of Duke de Crecy is a board game for 1–4 players. It plays in 60 minutes and is meant for ages 8 and up. Ludoya players call it best with 2. It is rated 5.4 out of 10 by 14 Ludoya reviewers. The cheapest copy in stock is $29.66 (United States).

- **Players:** 1–4 (best with 2)
- **Playing time:** 60 minutes
- **Minimum age:** 8+
- **Complexity:** 2.7 out of 5
- **Year published:** 2013
- **Categories:** Economic, Card Game, Age of Reason
- **Mechanics:** Hand Management, Worker Placement, Turn Order: Progressive, Worker Placement, Different Worker Types, Solo / Solitaire Game, End Game Bonuses, Set Collection, Open Drafting
- **Ludoya rating:** 5.4 out of 10, from 14 reviews
- **Owned by:** 22 Ludoya players
- **Plays logged on Ludoya:** 83
- **Unique players:** 41

**Designers:** Michiel Justin Elliott Hendriks

**Artists:** Mateusz Bielski, Barbara Trela-Szyma, Rafał Szyma

**Publishers:** Portal Games

## Expansions

- [Legacy: The Testament of Duke de Crecy – Five Families](https://www.ludoya.com/games/legacy-the-testament-of-duke-de-crecy-five-families)
- [Legacy: The Testament of Duke de Crecy – Extra Mansion Cards](https://www.ludoya.com/games/legacy-the-testament-of-duke-de-crecy-extra-mansion-cards)
- [Legacy: The Testament of Duke de Crecy – Rodney Promo Card](https://www.ludoya.com/games/legacy-the-testament-of-duke-de-crecy-rodney-the-ambassador)
- [Legacy: The Testament of Duke de Crecy – Andrea Promo Card](https://www.ludoya.com/games/legacy-the-testament-of-duke-de-crecy-andrea-the-dance-instructor)
- [Legacy: The Testament of Duke de Crecy – Luke Promo Card](https://www.ludoya.com/games/legacy-the-testament-of-duke-de-crecy-luke-the-lucky-pickpocket)
- [Legacy: The Testament of Duke de Crecy – Frank Promo Card](https://www.ludoya.com/games/legacy-the-testament-of-duke-de-crecy-frank-the-influential-reviewer)

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## Rules questions

### If I Arrange Marriage, do I use the Marry action now or does it happen later?

Arrange Marriage places a Friend card face-down beside a child now, but the marriage is actually carried out at the beginning of the next Generation when that child grows up — then you follow steps 3–6 of the Marry action (adjust Income/choose Friends, adjust Prestige, resolve special effects, draw a Child) (pages 12, 9).

### Can I save Additional Action pawns for later rounds or must I use them immediately?

You may save an Additional Action pawn for later rounds within the same Generation, but each Additional Action pawn is single-use and must be used before the Generation ends (unused pawns are returned to the supply); any pawn used is returned to the supply at the end of the round in which it was used (page 11).

### If I take face-up Friend cards and only one remains, do I have to take that last card?

Yes — you can never leave a single face-up Friend card: whenever you take Friend cards and only one remains you must take that last card for free, then replenish the face-up display (page 17).

### Do Friends’ special effects trigger more than once or at some later time?

Unless a Friend card explicitly says otherwise, its special effect resolves immediately when the Friend becomes part of your family and is a one-time effect (pages 12, 18).

### When do I collect Income and when are Honor points awarded for Prestige and children?

Income is collected in the Income & Cleanup phase at the end of each round (except after Round 9 you get no Income), while at the end of each Generation you gain Honor equal to your current Prestige and plus one Honor per child born during that Generation (page 11).

### Can a couple have more than three children, and what happens to children when someone remarries after a Complication?

By default a couple cannot have more than three children; if an original family member loses a spouse due to a Complication they may remarry and their existing children count toward the child limit for the new couple (see Complications and Remarrying rules) (pages 12, 17).

## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/legacy-the-testament-of-duke-de-crecy)
- [Legacy: The Testament of Duke de Crecy in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/legacy-the-testament-of-duke-de-crecy)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/52461)

_Data from Ludoya, updated 2026-09-24. Ratings, ownership and play counts are Ludoya's own._