- BGG rank
- BGG #12,863
- BGG rating
- 7.0
ORP Orzeł
- 2 players
- 20–30 min
- Complexity 2.2/5
- 2020
- BGG rating
- 6.5
Rules assistance for Basilica: Festum Fatuorum
Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.
- 2 players
- 45 min
- Complexity 2.3/5
Rules assistant for Basilica: Festum Fatuorum
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Basilica: Festum Fatuorum is an expansion for Basilica released in 2012 for 2 players and 45 minutes per game. It was designed by Łukasz M. Pogoda and its main mechanics are Area Majority / Influence, Tile Placement, and Modular Board.
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About the game
The Feast of Fools – Festum Fatuorum – a medieval festival for the young ones, begins! Today they will chose from among their own number a mock pope, archbishop, bishop, or abbot and parody high ceremonies in profane and extravagance celebrations. Dare you join them? Festum Fatuorum, a mini expansion for Basilica, consists of new promotion tokens (one for each player) and new cathedral tiles. The new promotion tokens introduce a new rank for builders: Jester. Vault tile, where a builder promoted to Jester is present becomes a wild tile with one color more. Thus, the Jester can change a single-color tile into a wild one, and wild tile into three-color one. The new cathedral tiles contain a new order, Altar, which allows a player to place two Altar tokens on two separate tiles of the cathedral. Altars increase the value of Stained Glass tokens and protect vault tiles from the effects of two orders: Disaster and Confuse. (A set of altar tokens is included in the expansion.) Festum Fatuorum debuted in issue 22 of the Polish boardgame magazine Świat Gier Planszowych.
Designers
Publishers
- Rebel Sp. z o.o.
Questions and answers
Basilica: Festum Fatuorum supports 2 players according to the catalogue. This is the publisher’s listed player count, so the game is designed for exactly that number of participants. Variants for other group sizes, if any, are described in the rulebook of your edition, so check it before setting up a different configuration.
The listed playing time for Basilica: Festum Fatuorum is 45 minutes. This is the publisher’s estimate for a full game. The actual duration depends on the group, the player count and familiarity with the rules: first sessions usually run longer, while experienced groups often finish faster. Setup and teaching time are not included in this estimate.
Basilica: Festum Fatuorum has a complexity rating of 2.3 out of 5 from BoardGameGeek players, which makes it a medium-light game. The rating reflects how much rules knowledge, planning and decision-making a typical game demands. Expect a longer first teach for heavier games, and use a preparation guide before game night.
Basilica: Festum Fatuorum belongs to these categories: Territory Building, Medieval, and Expansion for Base-game. Its main mechanics are Area Majority / Influence, Tile Placement, and Modular Board. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.
The credited designers of Basilica: Festum Fatuorum are: Łukasz M. Pogoda. These credits come from the published game data and name the people responsible for the game’s design, not its illustrators or publishers. Designer pages on MeepleRules collect other titles by the same designers, which helps when you enjoy a game and want to find similar ones.
The catalogue lists Basilica: Festum Fatuorum as an expansion for Basilica. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Basilica to use it. Check that your edition of Basilica is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.