Buy this first
- Our take
- Board Game Quest says to pick this first if you buy only one Architects expansion because it adds strong choices while being very easy to integrate, and a designer says on BGG they would not play without its Buildings and Apprentices.
- What you need first
- Just the base game
- What it adds
- Components for a 6th player (orange), a personal Artisan meeple that counts as two workers, 24 Craft Cards usable as Adornments or Tools, 12 new Apprentices, 12 new Buildings, a dual-layer Guildhall overlay, two new player boards and a score pad.
- What it fixes
- Gives a score pad the base game lacks, adds a free starting Apprentice and doubles the Apprentice and Building decks so repeat plays vary more.