Who came up with the thought of two architects designing the same basilica? That’s how it ends when you have a dispute with a bishop, but you don’t want to attack the Church ... By the way, it turned into a small competition.
Did you know that two architects are working on the construction of this new basilica? Exactly, you didn't mishear that. One is working on the behalf of the queen and the other on the behalf of the local bishop. Yes, the queen does not like this old priest, but she also doesn’t want to start a dispute with the Church, so she came up with a small competition: the one of the architects who will design most of the basilica will be showered with gold and honors. Isn’t that exciting?
Place the Basilica game board in the center of the table and place 3 Basilica Vault tiles (on the front side of the Basilica tile) and 2 Order tiles (the back of the Basilica tile) in the indicated places. From the remaining Basilica tiles, make a pile to replace the missing tiles on the board. Then add 6 Builder pawns, 4 Promotion tokens and 1 Coin to your supply. Place the remaining components - Scaffolding tiles, Stained Glass tiles, and Score markers - next to the board.
In your turn, you must perform three of the three available actions, and they may be repeated. During the Place a Vault action, you will add more Vault tiles to the Basilica, Placing a Builder will allow you to place a Builder piece on the previously placed tile, while Executing an Order will allow you to give your Builders a specialization, place Stained Glass, divide the basilica with Scaffolding, or even remove previously added Vault tiles.
