2022Sam Stockton
- Videos
- 25
- Creators
- 11
4 - 8 players45 - 75 minMedium weight

2024Sam Stockton
Mainly reviews. Forges of Ravenshire is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 35 reviews, 11 how-to-play guides, 10 recorded sessions, 9 unboxings, and 6 other videos.
From BoardGameGeek
Grab a hammer and some steel, it's time to forge! The Blacksmiths Guild of Ravenshire is in need of a new Forgemaster. You and your fellow smiths are competing to see who can make the most money and become the new Forgemaster. Forges of Ravenshire is played over 4 seasons or rounds. Each season starts with the gathering phase where players will acquire contracts, recruit guild members, and gather resources. Players roll their dice workers and place one of them on an available location to gather resources. Then retrieve a different dice worker to gather even more resources. However, the various workers are from different guilds and when retrieved will activate the guilds you have invested in. All players will take turns placing one of their workers and retrieving another worker 3 times. After the gathering phase is the production phase. Take those 3 dice workers you have taken and now place them on different areas of your forge to gather more resources, make charcoal or steel, and forge contracts to make money. At the end of every season, check to see if any special titles have been earned. Titles bring prestige and hard-earned money. Finally, roll your 3 dice workers again and prepare the county of Ravenshire for the next season. -description from the publisher
Forges of Ravenshire has 71 videos from 54 creators: 35 reviews, 11 how-to-play guides, 10 playthroughs, 9 unboxings and 6 other videos. They date from 2022 to August 2026.
To learn the rules, start with "Forges of Ravenshire - How to Play" by Let's Start Playing, which runs 17 min. For a quicker teach, "Forges of Ravenshire - 🎲🔨Dice put, retrieve and puzzle goodness! A board game preview" by Meeple University runs 6 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Forges of Ravenshire Review - Craft, Forge, Collect & Win" by BoardGameCo. 32 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "Me vs AO, Who Becomes the New Forgemaster?- Forges of Ravenshire Solo Play by The Groom" by Merry Married Meeples, one of 10 playthroughs.
If you like it, try Cult of the Deep, Goats & Goblins and Garden Dragons, also by Sam Stockton, or Parks, which shares several of its mechanics. It appears in convention videos from Gen Con 2024.
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2022Sam Stockton
4 - 8 players45 - 75 minMedium weight
2026Sam Stockton, David Stockton
2 - 4 players20 - 40 min
From BoardGameGeek:
Grab a hammer and some steel, it's time to forge! The Blacksmiths Guild of Ravenshire is in need of a new Forgemaster. You and your fellow smiths are competing to see who can make the most money and become the new Forgemaster. Forges of Ravenshire is played over 4 seasons or rounds. Each season starts with the gathering phase where players will acquire contracts, recruit guild members, and gather resources. Players roll their dice workers and place one of them on an available location to gather resources. Then retrieve a different dice worker to gather even more resources. However, the various workers are from different guilds and when retrieved will activate the guilds you have invested in. All players will take turns placing one of their workers and retrieving another worker 3 times. After the gathering phase is the production phase. Take those 3 dice workers you have taken and now place them on different areas of your forge to gather more resources, make charcoal or steel, and forge contracts to make money. At the end of every season, check to see if any special titles have been earned. Titles bring prestige and hard-earned money. Finally, roll your 3 dice workers again and prepare the county of Ravenshire for the next season. -description from the publisher
Designer
Sam Stockton
Artists
Liam Peters, Andrea Radeck
Publisher
B.A. Games
Mechanics