Build your masterpiece with Sagrada Artisans. This is a legacy game from Floodgate Games based off of their very successful game Sagrada. Compete against fellow builders over a number of games as you try and make the best stained glass windows.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/floodgategames/sagrada-artisans?ref=discovery_category_newest

Sagrada Artisans Quick Overview

Sagrada Artisans is going to keep much of what you already know about Sagrada. It is a die drafting game where you are picking dice and placing them onto a stained glass window. But in this case, you are doing that by drafting a die and then coloring in and putting the number down on the spot. Creating your own permanent creation.

The better you do in the game the more that you can unlock. New powers or tools to use, as you advance in the game. And story that unfolds. I like that this appears to be setting it up, thematically as going through generations.

What Doesn’t Work?

The one thing that stands out to me as something that doesn’t work is a reason to back this game now. I look at the price point, with shipping, and it’s not that cheap. I expect that the MSRP on Sagrada Artisans is going to be $80-$90 which seems fair and in line for other legacy games. But with shipping on this campaign it’s $90.

Yes, I’ll miss out on some extra stuff, but do I need extra colored pencils? Not really. Is the pencil sharpener cool and same with the gold stickers, sure, but again not needed. Now, I’m not saying that I want an exclusive to be extremely important. I just don’t know that I see the exclusives or price point as telling me that I need to back it now.

What Works?

I love that they keep the core of the game. Dice drafting in Sagrada is fun, and because they are making it so that you fill stuff in, you see windows that are not just a grid. That’s going to change up a game. If a spot is now adjacent to more tiles those placements are going to be trickier.

And I like that it comes with a pack, built into the Kickstarter but available later, that you can continue the game. I know that BoardGameCo talks about how often people play a legacy game that you can continue to play after the fact. He’s right, it isn’t that much. But with Sagrada Legacy, I could see continuing that. And while it seems like you might not be unlocking stuff, it might be more that you can still gain more access to things.

Who Is It For?

This is for fans of Sagrada. I really don’t know that it has much appeal beyond that. I doubt it’ll be a jumping in point for Sagrada. And I don’t think that people who don’t like Sagrada will like this game. Now, that said, Sagrada is really well liked. So it will do well, and I think it will do well at retail as well as solidly well on Kickstarter.

Back or Brick Sagrada Artisans

I’m split on this. I don’t really feel like I need to back it now, and that is a problem. So right now it is a Brick. My negative or the thing that doesn’t work is purely in me wanting to back the game now. I know that Sagrada Legacy is a game that I want to play. And I could even see playing it with my wife if I don’t get a group together. That sounds weird, I mean that it’s a legacy game that she’s excited and interested in as well, so I could see playing it just the two of us.

But, the way that I’m considering backing it right now is if I can get another couple to buy in on it. If I do that, then I can see backing it. But stuff like colored pencils, fine, but we have more and exact colors don’t matter. I have a lot in Cartographers because I got the big box. So I don’t feel like I’m missing out on much. On the flip side, I do like to support companies on Kickstarter because a strong Kickstarter means that they can do a bigger initial release of the game.

How about for you is this a back or brick?

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