The Royal Society of Archeology

The Royal Society of Archaeology: It Belongs in a Museum!

The Royal Society of Archaeology is a immersive management game in which you take the helm of a prestigious archaeological society. Send your archaeologists to university and on expeditions, find patrons and relics, and spread your knowledge and prestige. Follow in the footsteps of more seasoned explorers to display your finds at the British Museum!

How to play The Royal Society of Archaeology?

The goal of the game is to collect the most Prestige and Knowledge points. At the end of the game, the lower of these two values determines your final score.

The game takes place over five rounds, each representing one year. Each year, you have 3 archaeologists, each of whom can perform an action depending on the board layout and their experience level. Actions allow you to advance along the Knowledge and Prestige tracks, find patrons, go on expeditions, and exhibit artifacts. If you perform the same action as a more experienced archaeologist, you both earn a bonus. Manage your archaeologists, your money, and your position on the various game tracks to gain Knowledge and Prestige and win the game.

Why play The Royal Society of Archaeology?

• A strategic management game
• An authentic and immersive historical theme
• An original worker-placement mechanic
• Two scoring tracks—Knowledge and Prestige—to balance
• A solo mode against the AI

Content:

• 1 double-sided London board
• 1 Year marker
• 3 sets of 4 Royal Society tiles (A, B, C)
• 2 sets of 10 Bloomsbury tiles (10 Prestige, 25 Prestige)
• 2 sets of 4 Royal Demand tiles (Period 1, Period 2)
• 12 double-sided Collection tiles (4 tiles x 3 sizes)
• 60 Relic tokens (15 per region) + 4 Region bags
• 48 Expedition cards
• 16 Patron cards
• 12 Society cards
• 16 Study cards
• 96 ££ tokens (56x1, 24x5, 16x10)
• 4 Society kits in 4 colors (1 Society board, 3 Explorer tokens, 3 Expertise cubes, 15 Society discs, 3 Society markers: turn order x1 and score tracks x2)
• 1 rulebook
• 1 double-sided game aid
• 9 Automa cards (solo and 2-player modes)