# My Father's Work

My Father's Work is a board game for 2–4 players. It plays in 180 minutes and is meant for ages 14 and up. Ludoya players call it best with 3. It is rated 7.6 out of 10 by 9 Ludoya reviewers. The cheapest copy in stock is $125.00 (United States).

- **Players:** 2–4 (best with 3)
- **Playing time:** 180 minutes
- **Minimum age:** 14+
- **Complexity:** 3.1 out of 5
- **Year published:** 2022
- **Categories:** Horror, Fantasy
- **Mechanics:** Storytelling, Worker Placement, Narrative Choice / Paragraph, Worker Placement, Different Worker Types, Events, Hand Management
- **Ludoya rating:** 7.6 out of 10, from 9 reviews
- **Owned by:** 36 Ludoya players
- **Plays logged on Ludoya:** 35
- **Unique players:** 61

**Designers:** T. C. Petty III

**Artists:** Cold Castle Studios, Damien Mammoliti, Anh Le Art, Janos Orban, Eric Hibbeler

**Publishers:** Renegade Game Studios

## Where to buy in United States

| Shop | Price | Link |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gamers Guild AZ | 125 $ | https://gamersguildaz.com/products/my-fathers-work |
| Ludifolie | 98.9 € | https://www.ludifolie.com/11105-le-secret-de-mon-pere.html |
| Svet deskovych her | 2515 Kč | https://www.svet-deskovych-her.cz/produkty/12318/my-fathers-work |
| Alphaspel | 1379 kr | https://alphaspel.se/491-bradspel/202709-my-fathers-work |
| Fantasiapelit | 137.5 € | https://www.fantasiapelit.com/index.php?main=ai&kat=single&mista=indeksi&etsittava=_242983 |
| Poromagia | 139.95 € | https://lautapelit.poromagia.com/fi/catalogue/my-fathers-work-kickstarter-edition_1785305/ |
| Get Your Fun | 144.99 € | https://www.getyourfun.it/033803-my-father-s-work-giochi-di-avventura.html |

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## Rules questions

### If a Town location already has pieces on it, do I have to pay $1 for each piece I place there?

No — if a Town Location already contains any player's pieces you pay a single $1 to the supply as an added cost, regardless of how many pieces are already there or how many you place at once (pg. 11).

### Does my Self always let me do a Town action twice and avoid the $1 crowd penalty?

Usually yes — the Self performs the Town action twice and avoids the $1 occupied-location cost, but Locations marked with the No Self Bonus symbol (x1) only allow the Self to perform that ability once; penalties from a Location are only applied once per turn (pgs. 12–13).

### If I use Servants on Record Knowledge or to perform an Experiment, do those Servants return to my Quarters at round end?

No — Servants assigned to Record Knowledge (and both Servants used to Perform an Experiment) are returned to Lost at the end of the round rather than back to your Quarters (pg. 12; end-of-round steps on pg. 22).

### How does Occult Knowledge work — can it be used as other knowledge and does it make me go insane?

Occult Knowledge is wild and may substitute for any Knowledge type during an Experiment, but each Occult cube you use in an Experiment forces you to move one space on the Insanity Track; collecting or recording Occult Knowledge does not cause Insanity (pgs. 20, 18).

### What do the Journal Track 'free Knowledge' and level abilities actually do, and can I use that free Knowledge to advance the Journal?

Each space you advance on a Journal Track grants a permanent free Knowledge of that type usable only toward Experiment costs (not to pay for advancing Journal Tracks), and reaching later spaces grants the listed permanent abilities (pg. 18).

### What carries over between Generations and what gets discarded at the Generation end?

At the end of a Generation you keep your Journal progress, Stored Experiments, Estate Upgrades, and one Experiment card in hand, but discard all Resources and money and place most pieces on Lost (pg. 23); follow the full End‑of‑Generation checklist on page 23 for details and timing (also see end-of-round steps on pg. 22).

## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/my-fathers-work)
- [My Father's Work in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/my-fathers-work)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/328866)

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