# Spyrium

Spyrium is a board game for 2–5 players. It plays in 75 minutes and is meant for ages 12 and up. Ludoya players call it best with 4. It is rated 5.9 out of 10 by 21 Ludoya reviewers.

- **Players:** 2–5 (best with 4)
- **Playing time:** 75 minutes
- **Minimum age:** 12+
- **Complexity:** 2.9 out of 5
- **Year published:** 2013
- **Categories:** Industry / Manufacturing, Science Fiction, Economic, City Building
- **Mechanics:** Income, Worker Placement, Events, Auction: Dutch Priority
- **Ludoya rating:** 5.9 out of 10, from 21 reviews
- **Owned by:** 22 Ludoya players
- **Plays logged on Ludoya:** 71
- **Unique players:** 68

**Designers:** William Attia

**Artists:** Neriac, Arnaud Demaegd

**Publishers:** Ystari Games

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## Rules questions

### If I place a worker next to a card during Phase I, can I activate that card immediately?

No — placing a worker is a Placement (Phase I) action and does not itself activate the card; you must be in the Activation (Phase II) to activate cards, although you may move to Phase II during Placement and immediately take an Activation action (pages 4–5).

### When I activate a card, how do I calculate what I must pay? Do other players' workers add to the price?

You pay the card's printed price plus £1 for each other worker adjacent to that card (regardless of owner); the chosen worker is then removed from the market and placed inactive by your Start card (page 5).

### When I construct a building, do I have to pay to add it to my neighborhood and are there discounts?

You pay the card cost (plus £1 per other adjacent worker) and then either place it in a new space (cost £1 per building you already own), replace an existing building for free, or replace a building that shares a symbol to both replace for free and reduce the new building's price by £3 (pages 5–6).

### If I use a building's effect, can I use it again later that same turn?

No — when you use a building you incline (turn) it and it cannot be used again that turn; all inclined buildings are straightened at the end of the turn (page 6).

### How do the numbered tokens on characters/buildings/events work when they are placed and when they are used?

Tokens (values 1–3) are placed on certain market cards face-up; for buildings like Mines/University you discard the token when you construct it and take the indicated resources/points, while for characters a limited number of tokens are placed and you discard a chosen token when calling the character to gain its value/effect (and the Commerce technique can let you keep tokens instead of discarding up to 7) (page 7).

### Can I pass even if I still have workers in the market?

No — you may only take the Pass action if you have no workers left in the market; if you still have workers you must first take Gain money or Activate a card actions (page 6).

## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/spyrium)
- [Spyrium in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/spyrium)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/137269)

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