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Year Published
2003
# of Players:
2 − 5
User Suggested # of Players
Best with 3, 4 players
Recommended with 2, 3, 4, 5 players
(19 voters) [poll]
Playing Time
30 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages
8 and up
User Suggested Ages
6 and up
(4 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence
No necessary in-game text
(7 voters) [poll]
Category
Mechanic
Primary Name
The Ark of the Covenant
Alternate Names
Die Baumeister des Königs
Expanded By
Families
Description Edit | History

A game based on Carcassonne, Ark of the Covenant has players vie for control of cities, roads, flocks, and temples by using the tiles to create the dynamic play area and by placing followers on the tiles.

New features compared to Carcassonne include oases along roads which award 1 additional point to that road for each oasis, a one-time use "prophet" for each player which doubles the value of a completed city for that player, a simplified field scoring with each sheep in the field adding 2 points and each wolf subtracting 2 points, and a new scoring mechanism for temples. Additionally, players can forgo the placement of a follower on the board to move the Ark around the tiles and award 1 point to the owner of each follower it passes.

More Information Edit | History

Ark of the Covenant is one of the games in the broader Carcassonne series.

Components:

  • 71 Normal Land Tiles
  • 1 Starting Tile
  • 40 Meeples (8 per player in 5 colors)
  • 5 Large Meeples (1 each per player color)
  • Ark of the Covenant Piece
  • Scoring Track
  • Instructions

Microbadges: http://files.boardgamegeek.com/images/microbadges/carc-ark.gif http://files.boardgamegeek.com/images/microbadges/mb_CarcassonneA.gif (Buy One)

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3 The Ark of the Covenant - Complete Annotated Rules
English rules, FAQ's and tile distribution. A complete reference.
2008-12-22
1 3x5 Player Reference Cards
A Handy Player Aid card (2 per sheet) that folds to a 2-sided 3x5 cards that outlines the turn options on one side and scoring on the other.
2007-11-11
0 Ark of the Covenant rules in alphabetical Table format
All the rules in convenient one page, alphabetical summary
2007-09-25
1 Ark of the Covenant rules.doc
Ark : One Page Rules summary (in alphabetical Table Format)
2007-09-22
0 c-ark_hu.pdf
Hungarian rules - A szabályok magyarul (posted with permission from Inspiration Games)
2006-09-28
4 Ark of the Covenant Tile Distribution Sheet.pdf
Tile Distribution (In similar format to those posted for Carcassonne.)
2006-07-24
2 ARKrule1PAGER.doc
Quick Rule Summary for Ark
2006-07-12
1 Ark Score Sheet.xls
The Ark of the Covenant Score Sheet in Excel
2006-05-30
1 Ark of the Covenant.Rulebook.pdf
Ark of the Covenant Rules submitted with permission
2005-10-20
0 Regel_Ark_deutsch.pdf
German rule-booklet-translation
2005-02-18
Statistics
Board Game Rank: 275
Num Ratings: 930
Average Rating: 7.16
Standard Deviation: 1.11
Num Views: 68008
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Avg. Game Weight: 1.9 moreinfo
Fans: 3
Personal Comments: 475
Users Owning: 1112
Users Wanting: 66
Users Trading: 58
Has Parts For Trade: 1
Want Parts In Trade: 2
Price History: View
Total Plays: 1742
Plays This Month: 10
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