Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Easier to teach
High replayability
Low interaction
Scales well
Deep strategy
More strategic control
How it plays
How does it play?
Build specialist academies, assign dice workers, and turn overlapping guild objectives into a tightly connected Valeria engine.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Worker Placement
Commit limited workers to action spaces before opponents occupy them.
Contracts
Complete specific requirements to earn rewards, income, or victory points.
Action Drafting
Choose actions from a shared supply before opponents can claim them.
Dice Rolling
Roll dice to introduce uncertainty into actions, production, movement, or resolution.
Open Drafting
Select cards or items from a shared face-up display.
Tile Placement
Place tiles to build a shared or personal spatial arrangement.
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Read the full game description
Guild Academies of Valeria is a puzzle-forward engine builder about training students for the kingdom’s many guilds. Players draft academy tiles, place dice as workers, and complete contracts that reward careful combinations of colors, values, and specialties. Each new tile reshapes the action network, so a modest opening school can grow into an efficient chain of placements and bonuses. Shared drafting and limited opportunities keep the puzzle competitive while asymmetric academies encourage different paths across repeated plays.
