Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Easier to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Deep strategy
More strategic control
How it plays
How does it play?
Place and retrieve guild dice, upgrade a personal workshop, convert resources, and forge the richest contracts across four seasons.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Dice Rolling
Roll dice to introduce uncertainty into actions, production, movement, or resolution.
Contracts
Complete specific requirements to earn rewards, income, or victory points.
Solo / Solitaire Game
Provide rules and objectives designed for a single player.
End Game Bonuses
Earn additional points for meeting conditions evaluated when the game ends.
Turn Order: Progressive
Determine or change the order in which players take their turns.
Read the full game description
Forges of Ravenshire is a dice-worker-placement and engine-building game about competing for the vacant title of Forgemaster. Each of four seasons begins in town, where players place one coloured die to use a district and retrieve a different die, triggering the matching guild row they have developed on their personal board. That place-and-take rhythm makes every action do double duty: the die value matters now, while its colour powers an invested engine. In the production phase, the three retrieved dice move to the forge to make charcoal and steel, gather specialised materials, and complete increasingly valuable contracts. Guild members, workshop upgrades, market exchanges, assistants, reputation, and public titles all open distinct paths to gold. A dedicated solo system and progressive turn order preserve the efficiency puzzle from one to four players.
