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Orloj: The Prague Astronomical Clock
#1302BGG8.0RATING
Consulted 3 times·Updated Jul 5
1–4
PLAYERS
60–120
MINUTES
3
BEST WITH
3.6
HEAVY
ERRATA1
Coin-to-resource rate and directionality of exchangedesigner
- RULING
- "1 coin = 1 basic resource, so 3 = 1 gold. Same is 2 wood + 1 coin, for example. But gold or resources cannot be coins. 'However, you cannot pay with coins instead of gold or vice versa' this sentence meant 1 coin by 1 gold. It could have been explained clearer, yes."
DESIGNER CLARIFICATIONS10
Left wheel direction and apostle order when rotatingdesigner
- CONTEXT
- Players debated whether the left gear could be rotated in either direction when spending deviations during the apostle action.
- RULING
- "You have to rotate the left wheel as the red arrow indicates in the board, so de left gear to the right. Apostles should come in order: first 1 and 2, then 3 and 4, and so on."
Blocked actions give no compensationdesigner
- CONTEXT
- A player's chosen action was blocked because they had no eligible worker to place.
- RULING
- "there's no kind of compensation for it. You just can't perform the action."
Only one production track level is used when multiple are availabledesigner
- CONTEXT
- Players questioned whether you combine multiple track levels or choose one when your track marker is high enough to unlock several.
- RULING
- "No, you just use one, normally the highest because is the best one, but if you want the previous one instead in a particular case, you can."
Center calendar construction requires no worker placementdesigner (independently confirmed in two threads)
- RULING
- "The centre of the calendar can be built multiple times by all players. You dont send a worker there, just spend one of each resource and gain the 8 points." / "No extra worker needed. You cannot place it in the tile so you don't need to have it."
AUTHOR: kingofspin101 (designer); PalTaube (Paloma J. Pascual, designer)SOURCE: boardgamegeek.comDATE: 2026-03-16Moon actions available at precision track level 1designerpublisher
- CONTEXT
- Players were unsure which moon actions are unlocked at the lowest level of the pink precision track.
- RULING
- Appendix pg.21: "Level 1: Force one deviation and move the painter; or activate the moon without forcing a deviation."
Two distinct round types: rooster rounds and natural roundsdesigner
- CONTEXT
- Players confused the game's two end-of-game triggers and the corresponding "round" terminology.
- RULING
- "As the game has 2 different ways of ending, there are rooster rounds, which are four like you said; and the 'natural' round as every game, consisting of one turn per player till all of them have played the same number of turns (in the case of finishing by painting the whole calendar)."
Moving the Orloj clock requires spending deviationsdesigner
- CONTEXT
- Players questioned whether the Orloj clock moves automatically on its own or only when players choose to move it.
- RULING
- "The Orloj clock works independent, you are not required to move it and if you want to, you always need to use deviations."
Clock hand pointing to two spaces triggers both actionsdesigner
- CONTEXT
- When the clock hand lands between two action spaces, players were unsure whether to pick one or resolve both.
- RULING
- "You do both actions pointed by the hand."
Worker recovery tokens are "up to" — taking fewer is alloweddesigner
- CONTEXT
- Players asked whether "recover up to X workers" is a fixed amount or a maximum.
- RULING
- "Up to. If you don't have enough in the clock or don't want to take them from the calendar, you can get less."
Maximum scroll yield from all production tracks combineddesigner
- CONTEXT
- Players were computing their maximum possible scroll income and overlooked that multiple tracks contribute red scrolls.
- RULING
- "You are forgetting about the other tracks where you also get red scrolls, so you can get up to 6 red scrolls and 3 blue ones."
Q&A6
Apostle wheel can be rotated multiple times in one roundpublisher
- QUESTION
- Can you rotate the apostle wheel multiple times in a single round by spending deviation tokens each time, potentially triggering the rooster multiple times?
- ANSWER
- "you can move it multiple times in one round, correct"
Coins and gold bars both substitute for any basic resourcepublisher
- QUESTION
- The additional-actions card mentions only coins as a substitute for basic resources, not gold — does gold work the same way?
- ANSWER
- "You can use one coin or one gold as any basic resource"
Bonus rooster points are only awarded when the rooster callspublisher
- QUESTION
- Do you receive extra victory points from your rooster track bonus position at the end of each round, or only when the rooster actually calls?
- ANSWER
- "You don't. It's only when the rooster calls that extra points are given. Side note: If you lose points when the rooster calls, the deviations are not corrected"
Deviation tokens can extend hammer reach to distant dial positionspublisher
- QUESTION
- Can you use deviation tokens to reach dial positions that your hammer cannot reach on its own?
- ANSWER
- "if your hammer doesn't reach the dials positions you can use your desviation tokens to reach It."
Construction marker only moves when actively building a piecepublisher
- QUESTION
- Does the construction area marker advance automatically each turn, or only when you choose to build something?
- ANSWER
- "No, you select the piece you are going to build and then move the marker to an adjacent space to it. If you aren't building anything, you aren't moving the marker"
Pink precision track moon bonus activates only when passingcommunity high-engagement
- QUESTION
- Does the moon bonus on the pink precision track apply to any action that triggers the moon, or only when a player passes their turn?
- ANSWER
- The pink precision track moon bonus triggers only when a player passes their turn (rulebook §5.5), not during other moon-triggering actions. Passing is the exclusive condition — the bonus does not apply to moon activations that occur outside of a pass.
Last researched: 2026-06-09
CATEGORIES
Medieval·Renaissance
MECHANICS
Action RetrievalEnd Game BonusesRondelSet CollectionTech Trees / Tech TracksVariable Set-upWorker Placement
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