"The Red Cathedral is a WHOLE lotta board game in a surprisingly small and modest box.
What the Red Cathedral lacks in box appeal is made in gameplay appeal so it's no wonder Shut Up & Sit Down have raved about this one.
Plus, I love me a rondel mechanic. Oh yeah!"
J from GetBoard 
 
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2020
1 - 4 Players
80 minute Play Time
✮✮✮✧✧ Complexity
 
The Red Cathedral is a strategic, “Euro” board game in which the players take the roles of construction teams. Their job is to work together to put up St. Basil's cathedral in Moscow, as ordered by Ivan the Terrible. However, only one of them will be able to gain the favor of the Tsar.
During the game, the players can carry out one of these three actions: assign a section of the cathedral, send resources to that section to build it, or go to the game board to achieve more resources. Each of these actions has its own mechanism and requires that the players pay close attention to what the other players are doing.When the sections of the cathedral are assigned the players take possession of the spaces in each of the columns that make up their section. The more sections built and the completion of each with its own tower, the more points the player will be given at the end of the game.
The Red Cathedral is a very accessible game with regard to its rules because it is very easy to understand the various levels of the game, but it remains very interesting with regard to strategy. It is sure to please those who are more interested in the challenge offered by trying to strategically optimize their position in each game rather than the complexity of the rules.