Game Night – Caylus
Caylus
Designer: William Attia
Manufacturers: Ystari Games, Rio Grande Games
Year: 2005
Players: 2 - 5
Time: 60 - 150 minutes
Ages: 12 and up
2006 Spiel des Jahres winner, Special Award for Complex Game.
This is a great worker-placement game. We've only played it twice, but it's one of those games you can just tell is going to be played over and over.
The year is is 1289. King Philip the Fair has decided to have a new castle built in order to strengthen the kingdom's borders. Now Caylus is a humble village, but soon workers and craftsmen will be flocking to the town, attracted by the great prospects. Around the building site, a city is slowly rising up.
The players are the master builders. By building the castle and developing the city around it, they earn prestige points and gain the King’s favor. When the castle is finished, the player who has earned the most prestige wins...