The King has entrusted you with the difficult task of creating the most beautiful architectural project possible, as a gift for his beloved Amytis. Compete against your rival to offer the King the most grandiose and surprising City. Will your project earn you the most Prestige?

In The Architects of Amytis, you choose one of the (up to 9) tiles available on the central board and immediately place one of your Architect pawns on the corresponding pile. This pile is now reserved, in the manner of a worker placement game: neither you nor your opponent can return to it until it is released. As for the chosen tile, you place it freely on your City Board: on any of the 9 slots (you can even freely overlap your tiles to create higher or lower stacks). A tile has 2 pieces of information: a Building type, and a color. Immediately score points for the Building type when you place it. There are 6 types of building, each with a choice among 2 scoring options, to provide variety and replayability. The colors of your tiles will be used to complete King’s Projects: cards that you can collect throughout the game, representing a colored pattern. If you reproduce one of these patterns, the project is completed, and the King will award you the corresponding points at the end of the game.