Barony

Barony is a strategic board game designed for 2 to 4 players aged 14 and above, with an estimated playtime of 45 minutes. In this game, players assume the roles of ambitious barons seeking to expand their dominion over the land. The objective is to become the new king by strategically developing territories, constructing cities, and advancing through the political ranks.

Key Features:

• Modular Board Setup: The game begins with players creating the board at random using nine tiles per player. Each tile comprises three hexagons, with each hexagon representing one of five landscape types: forest, plains, field, mountain, or lake. This setup ensures a unique game board in every session.
• Diverse Actions: Players can choose from six possible actions during their turn:
• Recruitment: Add two knights to a city, or three knights if the city is adjacent to a lake.
• Movement: Move one or two of your knights one space each.
• Construction: Replace one or more of your knights with a village or stronghold, gaining a resource token matching the landscape under the structure.
• New City: Replace one of your villages with a city and earn 10 victory points.
• Expedition: Remove two knights from your reserve, placing one back in the box out of play and the other on any empty space on the edge of the game board.
• Noble Title: Discard at least 15 resource points to upgrade your title, progressing from baron to viscount, count, marquis, and finally duke. Once any player has gained the title of duke, the round concludes, and victory points are tallied.
• Victory Points System: Players earn victory points through various means, including constructing cities, upgrading titles, and accumulating resources. The player with the most victory points at the end of the game is declared the winner.

Components:

• 36 Territory tiles
• 80 Resource tokens
• 112 Wooden pawns (28 knights, 20 cities, 8 strongholds, 56 villages)
• Scoreboard and score counters
• Player reference sheets and rules

Gameplay Overview:

Players start by placing three cities on the game board, each with a knight. They then take turns in clockwise order, selecting one of the six available actions. Strategic expansion of territories, construction of cities, and advancement through noble titles are key to accumulating victory points. The game concludes when a player achieves the title of duke, after which the player with the highest victory points is declared the winner.

Barony offers a rich and engaging experience for fans of strategic board games, combining elements of territory control, resource management, and political progression.