Rise to Nobility

A fantasy worker-placement game where dice are your workers and you build the capital Caveborn.

Designers: Maja Matovska, Ivana Krstevski, Toni Toshevski, Vojkan Krstevski
Published by: Final Frontier Games
Editions by: Pixie Games, TCG Factory

Five years after Cavern Tavern, the High Queen Tabita Orestes has ordered a new capital for the Five Realms. Its name is Caveborn, its job is to make the races live together in harmony, and you are in the running to succeed Berk the Town Clerk. Rise to Nobility is a worker-placement game where your workers are dice, set in this fantasy world from 2018. You collect sets, build the city, use variable player powers and push for nobility over about two and a half hours. It plays one to six, with a solo option, and it is aimed at players who enjoy a long, rule-rich fantasy economy.

Dice as workersBuild the city of CavebornSolo mode and up to six players

Who it's for

You like long fantasy worker-placement games where the dice add some risk to your plans.

Not for you if…

You want a short game or a light one. It runs about two and a half hours and has a lot of moving parts.

Vibe's take

Busy and puzzly, with a lot of dice choices and a long, slow build. The fantasy bits dress up an economic engine in which every die you place is a small bet.