1998Mark Herman
- Videos
- 35
- Creators
- 20
2 players360 minHeavy weight

2024Vahe Harutyunyan
Mainly reviews and how-to-play. ARQA is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 1 reviews, 1 how-to-play guides, and 3 other videos.
From BoardGameGeek
From the woods of the Danube valley to the sandy dunes in the South, from the Greek islands to the Armenian highlands, from Scythian camps in the North to the mighty walls of Babylon... war trembles the Ancient World. To survive people need a powerful leader, a ruler brave enough to face the challenges of the Past. Unite your kingdom, build fortresses and your capital, strengthen the economy, and raise a glorious army to stand against your enemies. Use skillful characters, whose path brought them to your lands. Find ancient maps and send your heroes overseas in search of treasures of forgotten empires. Through a combination of area movement, negotiation, and dice rolling, players expand their empires, fortify territories, and engage in diplomatic alliances to outmaneuver opponents. Each turn, players roll dice to determine their actions, draw cards to introduce unpredictable events, and engage in open-ended diplomacy to negotiate alliances, all while strategically deploying their units and resources to achieve their empire's goals. Lead your chosen faction to establish dominance and become a formidable empire in ARQA, strategically expanding your territories and outwitting your opponents. Victory is achieved through a combination of territorial control, strategic conquest, and economic prosperity. -description from the designer
ARQA has 5 videos from 2 creators: 1 review, 1 how-to-play guide and 3 other videos. They date from 2024 to March 2025.
To learn the rules, start with "ARQA the Board Game | How to Play, Rules & Tips" by Dwin Games, which runs 21 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "I had so much fun with this game, I played it two days in a row. #boardgames" by Boarding School with Brandi.
If you like it, try For the People, Star Wars: The Queen's Gambit, Limits of Glory: Bonaparte's Eastern Empire or Paths of Glory, which share several of its mechanics.
1998Mark Herman
2 players360 minHeavy weight
2000Rob Daviau, Alan Roach, Craig Van Ness
2 - 4 players120 minMedium weight
2024Andrew Rourke
1 - 2 players90 - 180 minMedium weight
1999Ted Raicer
2 players480 minHeavy weight
From BoardGameGeek:
From the woods of the Danube valley to the sandy dunes in the South, from the Greek islands to the Armenian highlands, from Scythian camps in the North to the mighty walls of Babylon... war trembles the Ancient World. To survive people need a powerful leader, a ruler brave enough to face the challenges of the Past. Unite your kingdom, build fortresses and your capital, strengthen the economy, and raise a glorious army to stand against your enemies. Use skillful characters, whose path brought them to your lands. Find ancient maps and send your heroes overseas in search of treasures of forgotten empires. Through a combination of area movement, negotiation, and dice rolling, players expand their empires, fortify territories, and engage in diplomatic alliances to outmaneuver opponents. Each turn, players roll dice to determine their actions, draw cards to introduce unpredictable events, and engage in open-ended diplomacy to negotiate alliances, all while strategically deploying their units and resources to achieve their empire's goals. Lead your chosen faction to establish dominance and become a formidable empire in ARQA, strategically expanding your territories and outwitting your opponents. Victory is achieved through a combination of territorial control, strategic conquest, and economic prosperity. -description from the designer
Designer
Vahe Harutyunyan
Artist
Luisa Galstyan
Publisher
Self-published
Categories
Mechanics