Architects of Amytis

The King of Babylon wants to offer a marvellous present to his wife, Queen Amytis: The most beautiful city ever created. He asks two of the best Architects in the world to design the city, and only the very best one will be built. It's now up to you to create the best design.

How to play

The Architects of Amytis is a Tile placement game, containing some worker placement and even some "Tic Tac Toe" mechanisms.

Each turn, players cycle through a tight, tactical sequence:

1. Select & Place an Architect: Choose an available building tile on the central board and place one of your Architect Pawns on that pile.
2. Build Your City: Take the tile and add it to your personal city board—either on an empty space or stacked directly on top of an existing tile to grow your city vertically.
3. Immediate Scoring: The game features 6 distinct building types (such as Gardens, Markets, Walls, Theaters, Palaces, and Residences), each offering unique immediate scoring rules depending on whether you use their standard (A) or variant (B) side.
4. Tic-Tac-Toe & King's Favors: By placing your architects on the central grid to form a line of three (horizontal, vertical, or diagonal), you claim a "King's Favor" which unlocks valuable end-game scoring bonuses.
5. Pattern Projects: Matching specific color arrangements on your personal board fulfills the King's projects for extra points.

Which strategy will you choose to create the most marvelous city of the World?

What the reviewers say...

"This is probably one of the best 2 player games that we have ever played." - Board Game B*llocks