![]() ![]() All players are assigned a color, and they place three master builders each in a bag. Timing is crucial, and the game has a unique mechanism for determining when a player can place a master builder. Depending on where the builders are placed, certain actions can be performed. Players have a set of builders they place on the beautifully illustrated board depicting an English village. ![]() There's a lot going on in this two-to-four-player game, but at its core it is a worker placement game. Whoever contributes the most to the shining new building will earn the most victory points and win. ![]() In the game Pillars of the Earth, my personal favorite of the two, players are builders in the 12th century trying to help construct a great English cathedral for Philip of Kingsbridge. "The Pillars of the Earth" and "A Column of Fire" are definitely popular books, but do novels make good board games? Yes, as matter of fact, they do. Thames & Kosmos recently published two board games based on the novels of best-selling author Ken Follett. ![]()
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