Orloj: The Prague Astronomical Clock Gameplay Overview

Actions

• Activate the Clock Mechanism — Configure the clock so the hand of the astronomical dial points to a section of the outer ring and a section of the Orloj clock face, then perform the indicated actions.
• Pass — Instead of activating the clock mechanism, you may pass. Typically done to recover workers, but you may also pass even if you still have available workers.
• Resource Production — Produce resources as indicated by the current level of a production track.
• Mastery — Advance on one of the three mastery tracks to improve your abilities.
• Taking an Apostle — Take one of the two apostles displayed at the bottom of the walk of the apostles gears.
• Activating the Moon — The moon moves clockwise around the astronomical dial, granting rewards for each step taken.
• Moving the Painter — Move the painter around the calendar sections to gain bonuses.
• Performing an Upgrade — Move one of your production cubes or your hammer cube one position upward.
• Expanding Your Workshop — Purchase a workshop card to expand your workshop and gain bonuses.
• Constructing — Build month or zodiac dials on the calendar to score VP based on adjacency.
• Activating the Sculptor — Place your sculptor on one of four sculptor action spaces to gain graded bonuses.
• The Rooster's Call — Triggered when the golden rooster reaches the last position on the general rooster track. A scoring and maintenance phase.

Key Concepts

• Deviation Tokens — Each player has 5 deviation tokens. Forcing deviation flips a token to show the broken gear icon, allowing extra clock rotations, gear rotations, or m...
• Worker Management — Workers are placed on the clock, calendar dials, and objectives. If you have no available workers, you must pass or find ways to unlock/recover them. ...
• Mastery Tracks — Three tracks that improve abilities: Innovation (blue) controls astronomical dial max rotation; Precision (pink) controls pass recovery amount and scu...
• Resources — Basic resources: paint, wood, iron. Special resources: gold and coins. Gold can substitute for any basic resource. Coins can substitute for any basic ...
• Warehouse — Holds apostles and assistants. Two spaces: one exclusively for apostles, one for either. You may rearrange contents at any time. Warehouse must have s...
• Clock Mechanism — The outer ring is printed on the main board. The Orloj clock face rotates counterclockwise. The astronomical dial rotates clockwise. The hand of the a...
• Adjacency (Calendar) — When scoring construction, count all dials in a connected group that have your workers. Month dials and zodiac dials ARE adjacent to each other. A lon...