7 Wonders: Architects

A fun game that can be played with children as young as 7-8 and with groups new to hobby board games. The rules set is simple, and can be taught in 5 minutes.

This game is card drafting with a touch of fighting, but mostly just a set collection game to build your wonder. It's a fun game that doesn't take a lot of time. Highly recommend.

Easy, fast game. Good for beginners in bg

This new version of 7 Wonders is a lot easier for newer gamers to pick up. The production quality and setup time ate both great. I also think the wonders feel more a part of the game than the original. You actually build a unique flat wonder piece by piece. When built, several of your wonder pieces trigger your unique wonder powers. I'd like to try it with the maximum number of players to see if it keeps the smooth playthrough at every player count.

I love the idea of games with high player counts, like 7 players, and I'm often in a position to play games with up to 7 players, but usually, the reality of playing games with 7 players is not great. The original 7 Wonders addresses this with simultaneous play, which is great, but the iconography takes some time to explain, and if there's someone that's not as experienced with modern gaming, you then need help selecting a card, which means you have to look at their cards they are supposed to be keeping to themselves. Even though 7 Wonders Architects is turn-based, not simultaneous turns, on your turn you typically just take one card from three stacks (2 face up, one face down), and sometimes execute a function of your cards. Because of this, I have played multiple games of this with 7 players, and it plays in about 1 hour, including the teach, but while it's not super heavy, it's not a party game. Definitely a niche that I wanted filled in my game colleciton!

This game is fast, clean, and mostly fun, but it is short on strategy. It's hard to direct a strategy out of the randomness of the game. But especially for families wanting something accessible, this is a nice game for that genre.

The components are top-notch. This is an easy pick-up and play-style game.

Great game to introduce those younger players, or non gamers, to 7 Wonders. Play is simple & quick & the game components are amazing.

This is a great game for new gamers.

Got this to the family table twice and everybody enjoyed it. It moves quick and there is tension as the wonders get close to completion. This is a great family weight game that is probably underrated at this time.