
- BGG rank
- BGG #2,356
- BGG rating
- 7.7
Sagrada Artisans
- 2–4 players
- 45–60 min
- Complexity 2.4/5
- 2023

Rules assistance for Sagrada: The Great Facades – Life
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Sagrada: The Great Facades – Life is an expansion for Sagrada released in 2020 for 1–4 players, 30–45 minutes per game, and ages 10 and up. It was designed by Daryl Andrews and Adrian Adamescu and its main mechanics are Pattern Building, Open Drafting, and Market.
From Publisher: Return to the famous Sagrada Familia cathedral in Sagrada: Life, the second of the three Great Facades expansions. This modular expansion explores the journey of life—through hardships and helpers—add everything inside or handpick modules to enhance your crafting experience. Sagrada: Life introduces new challenges to test your artisanal skills. Gain helpful abilities through apprentice cards, draft masterwork dice to gain prestige for tackling tricky new restrictions, and reap the rewards of rising to the challenge of toil public objectives. Will your stained glass window be a true masterpiece? This expansion adds 3 new modules, each interchangable and compatible with other Sagrada expansions.
Sagrada: The Great Facades – Life supports 1–4 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.
The listed playing time for Sagrada: The Great Facades – Life is 30–45 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.
The catalogue lists Sagrada: The Great Facades – Life for ages 10 and up. This is the publisher’s recommendation and reflects reading demands, rule complexity and small components rather than theme alone. Younger players can often join with help from an adult, so check the age guidance on your edition and consider your group’s experience with board games.
Sagrada: The Great Facades – Life has a complexity rating of 2.8 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.
Sagrada: The Great Facades – Life belongs to these categories: Dice and Expansion for Base-game. Its main mechanics are Pattern Building, Open Drafting, and Market. 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 Sagrada: The Great Facades – Life are: Daryl Andrews and Adrian Adamescu. 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 Sagrada: The Great Facades – Life as an expansion for Sagrada. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Sagrada to use it. Check that your edition of Sagrada is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.