In Orléans, you will recruit followers and put them to work to make use of their abilities. Farmers and Boatmen supply you with money and goods; Knights expand your scope of action and secure your mercantile expeditions; Craftsmen build trading stations and tools to facilitate work; Scholars make progress in science; Traders open up new locations for you to use your followers; and last but not least, it cannot hurt to get active in monasteries since with Monks on your side you are much less likely to fall prey to fate.

You will always want to take more actions than possible, and there are many paths to victory. The challenge is to combine all elements as best as possible with regard to your strategy.

COMPONENTS:

1 Large Game Board

1 Small "Beneficial Deeds" Board

5 Player Boards

5 Followers Bags

5 Merchant Tokens

50 Trading Stations

35 Wooden Cubes

125 Character Tiles

90 goods

20 Technology Tiles

14 Citizen Tiles

47 Coins

20 Place Tiles

2 Overview Cards

1 Start Player Token

Rulebook

AWARDS & HONORS:

2019 Juego del Año Recommended

2018 Gra Roku Advanced Game of the Year Nominee

2017 Nederlandse Spellenprijs Best Expert Game Winner

2017 Nederlandse Spellenprijs Best Expert Game Nominee

2017 MinD-Spielepreis Complex Game Winner

2017 MinD-Spielepreis Complex Game Nominee

2016 Tric Trac Nominee

2016 Gouden Ludo Best Expert Game Winner

2016 Gouden Ludo Best Expert Game Nominee

2015 Spiel der Spiele Hit für Experten Recommended

2015 Kennerspiel des Jahres Nominee

2015 JUG Adult Game of the Year Winner

2015 JUG Adult Game of the Year Finalist

2015 International Gamers Award - General Strategy: Multi-player Nominee

2014 Meeples' Choice Nominee

2014 Golden Geek Most Innovative Board Game Nominee

2014 Golden Geek Board Game of the Year Nominee

2014 Golden Geek Best Strategy Board Game Nominee

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