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What this is
Convince a shadow Council that they'd be the best Chancellor of Argent's University. Players gather their apprentices, ready their spellbook, and build their influence, while secretly discovering and competing over the votes of a limited Consortium of influential board members. The game is a cutthroat worker-placement/engine-building game of manipulation and secrecy in which the criteria for victory are secret and the capabilities of their opponents are constantly changing.
At a glance
- Players
- 2–5
- Listed play time
- 60–150 minutes
- Minimum age
- 10 and up
- First published
- 2015
- Designer
- Trey Chambers
- Mechanisms
- area majority
- Photographs
- 1
How players rate Argent: The Consortium
Every dimension is rated on its own. The left column judges the game and higher is better; the right column describes it, where neither end of the scale is the good end.
Player-count fit
How well it plays at each count. Best at 4.
- 2p6.826 ratings
- 3p7.225 ratings
- 4p7.625 ratings
- 5p7.325 ratings
Every dimension
15 measures. Some judge the game; the rest simply describe it.
How good it is
Judgements, rated out of 10. Higher is better.
- Longevity and replayability6.8/10
- Ease of teach5.7/10
- Gateway friendliness6.3/10
- Component quality7.3/10
- Table presence6.2/10
- Travel friendliness6.2/10
What it's like
Descriptions, not verdicts. Neither end is better.
- Player interactionHigh7.2SolitaireConstant
- CutthroatnessSharp6.9FriendlyRuthless
- Role of luckBalanced5.5Chance-drivenPlayer-driven
- Theme integrationPresent5.8Pasted onWoven in
- Rules complexityModerate3.1LightHeavy
- Decision complexityModerate3.0SimpleDemanding
- Language dependencyNone1.8No textText-heavy
- Table spaceKitchen table5.1Lap trayTwo tables
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