From Starling Games:
Previous King’s Forge expansions have featured new dice (Glassworks and Gold), items with abilities (Queen’s Jubilee), and adding a new row of options to gathering (Apprentices). Masterworks borrows from all these precedents without adding unnecessary complexity.
We have added four new dice types, but their functions are very simple:
- Two are “dual dice” (metal/magic and wood/gem)
- One copies the basic dice (metal, wood, gem, magic)
- One gives fun, unpredictable bonuses (e.g. +3 to a die matching it)
It’s all about supporting a flexible dice pool.
- Ambassador’s Row: Use dice rolled during crafting to impress foreign dignitaries staying at the palace. Craft the best “bid” for their attention and get a sample of their new exotic die. Exotic dice are single use only, but they remain from round to round until used.
You start each round on the bottom half of the board in the Gather phase. Here you spend dice to get more or better dice and crafting bonuses. The new row below the board gives you more powerful (i.e. cheaper) options. But you only get one choice from this row per round—make it count!
- Griffin’s Landing: One distinguished guest from each realm arrives each round. This creates a row of Visitor Cards, a special type of gather card that represents hosting or collaborating. Since hosting is time consuming, each player only gets one Visitor Card per round.
Masterworks is all about easy-to-see options on the table. The set-up doesn’t even change based on the player count, it’s always the same two extra rows above and below the main board organized from West to East.
