# Praga Caput Regni

Praga Caput Regni is a board game for 1–4 players. It plays in 45–150 minutes and is meant for ages 14 and up. Ludoya players call it best with 3. It is rated 7.5 out of 10 by 97 Ludoya reviewers. The cheapest copy in stock is $43.52 (United States).

- **Players:** 1–4 (best with 3)
- **Playing time:** 45–150 minutes
- **Minimum age:** 14+
- **Complexity:** 3.7 out of 5
- **Year published:** 2020
- **Categories:** City Building, Medieval, Puzzle
- **Mechanics:** End Game Bonuses, Action Drafting, Track Movement, Variable Set-up, Hexagon Grid, Income, Tile Placement, Area Majority / Influence, Three Dimensional Movement, Enclosure
- **Ludoya rating:** 7.5 out of 10, from 97 reviews
- **Owned by:** 202 Ludoya players
- **Plays logged on Ludoya:** 735
- **Unique players:** 560

**Designers:** Vladimír Suchý

**Artists:** Milan Vavroň

**Publishers:** Delicious Games

## Where to buy in United States

| Shop | Price | Link |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Board Game Bliss | 60.95 $ | https://www.boardgamebliss.com/products/praga-caput-regni-1 |
| 401 Games | 63.95 $ | https://store.401games.ca/products/praga-caput-regni |
| Milan Spiele | 15.4 € | https://www.milan-spiele.de/praga-caput-regni-insert-p-29394.html |
| Svet deskovych her | 1080 Kč | https://www.svet-deskovych-her.cz/produkty/8426/praga-caput-regni-en |
| Ludifolie | 44.9 € | https://www.ludifolie.com/10253-praga-caput-regni.html |
| Alphaspel | 569 kr | https://alphaspel.se/491-bradspel/125700-praga-caput-regni |
| World of Board Games | 585 kr | https://www.worldofboardgames.com/praga-caput-regni |
| Fantasiapelit | 55.6 € | https://www.fantasiapelit.com/index.php?main=ai&kat=single&mista=indeksi&etsittava=_237292 |
| Spielezar | 52.9 Fr. | https://www.spielezar.ch/brettspiele/praga-caput-regni-en |
| Game Ninja | 649 kr | https://www.gameninja.no/produkt/praga-caput-regni/ |

## Expansions

- [Praga Caput Regni: Wooden Eggs & Promo Cards](https://www.ludoya.com/games/praga-caput-regni-wooden-eggs-and-promo-cards)

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## Rules questions

### If I take an action tile from the crane, do I get the wheel bonus right away or can I wait to use it?

You generally take the wheel bonus immediately but it is legal to delay using that bonus until later in your turn; some wheel bonuses (like buying an egg) may be used after you earn the needed gold during the same turn (page 7).

### A tile in the red zone shows a cost — what if I can't pay that cost? Can I still take it?

No — if a red‑zone tile requires an immediate payment and you cannot pay it, you are not allowed to take that tile (page 7).

### If I buy an extra action, can I use the special‑tile bonus or the upgrade bonus with that extra action?

The special‑tile bonus applies only to the action you take from the action crane slot and does not apply to an extra action, but upgrade bonuses apply whenever you perform the upgraded action (including if you use it as your extra action); additionally, placing an upgrade can retroactively grant its bonus for that action if you already performed it earlier that turn (pages 9 and 14).

### How do Hunger Wall / St. Vitus Cathedral moves work — what's a sideways move vs moving up and when do I pay?

Placement of tiles with the Hunger Wall or Cathedral icon gives a sideways move (left on the Wall, right on the Cathedral); to move up you must pay 2 silver windows per upward move, and crossing tiers has an extra gold/stone cost; landing on spaces with points/arrows triggers their immediate effects (page 13).

### How are plaza bonuses resolved when a plaza is completed — who gets the rewards and how are ties broken?

Buildings with a cube claim a plaza; when a plaza is completed each player with a cube chooses one reward while the player with the most cubes takes both rewards; ties for most cubes are broken by comparing the total cost spent on those players' buildings (stone+gold), and if still tied all tied players get both rewards (page 11).

### If I upgrade an action that already has an upgrade, do the effects stack?

You may upgrade an action that is already upgraded, but upgrades are not cumulative: stack the new tile over the old and use only the new upgrade's effects; each upgrade still grants 1 or 2 advances on the Charles University track as printed (page 9).

## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/praga-caput-regni)
- [Praga Caput Regni in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/praga-caput-regni)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/308765)

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