Akropolis FAQ
54 questions players ask · Updated Nov 12, 2026 · Full rulebook
Components
Playing the game
- What does the Chief Architect marker do each round?
- If the free first tile in the construction site is taken, does the next tile become the free one?
- When tiles are taken from the middle of the construction site, do the gaps still count toward the stone cost?
- Where do the stones you pay to buy a tile go?
- Can you build a tile on top of a Plaza tile?
- Do plaza tiles follow district placement rules, and does placing one on a higher level score more?
- Do you need a plaza of a matching colour before you can place a district tile?
- Does a new tile need its whole edge against another tile, or is one shared edge enough?
- Does a tile placed on a higher level need to rest on at least two tiles?
- Must tiles on levels 2 and above share an edge with a previously placed tile?
- When the construction site is refilled, must the new tiles go out in the order they come off the stack?
- What happens to the tile nobody selects at the end of a round?
End of the game
- If two players are still tied at the end of the game, who wins?
- If a player has no plazas of a colour, does that colour score zero?
- How is the largest group measured for scoring: by number of hexes or by points?
- Do tiles on different levels count as connected when scoring a group?
- When multiplying a group by blue plazas, do covered plazas count?
- Do plazas join or split a group of districts when scoring?
- Do the stars for a colour need to be inside your largest group to score?
- Must the tiles surrounding a temple be on the temple's level to score?
- Does a barracks next to a lake count as being on the edge of the city?
- Does a barracks with only one side on the edge of the city score?
- Does a building touching an enclosed empty space count as being on the city edge?
- Do the market, temple and barracks scoring conditions have to hold during the game or only at the end?
- Is there a maximum level a district can reach?
Variants
- Does a yellow plaza next to a yellow market change its score in the base game?
- In solo mode, does the Illustrious Architect score a point for each of its stones at the end of the game?
- In solo mode against Metagenes, do the quarries on its starting tile count for scoring?
- In the Temple variant, what does a temple built on a higher level score?
- Does a lake count as a surrounding tile for a temple?
- Can you build a tile on top of a lake?
- How is variant scoring calculated for each colour?
- In the variant, does a park or market touching two lakes or plazas get doubled twice?
- In the variant, does a market count as next to a plaza when they are on different levels?
Akropolis: AthenaExpansion
- How does solo play work with the Athena expansion's construction cards?
- Does the Quarry Mine card need exactly 8 stones or at least 8?
- Does a barracks mini-tile with five adjacent empty spaces qualify for the 2x optional variant scoring?
- Does the no-stacking rule for mini-tiles apply to base-game tiles too?
- Can a mini-tile placed in the right spot complete another construction objective in the same turn?
- Does a dual-district mini-tile satisfy a construction card's single-colour district requirement?
- What does the Pilgrim's Stair card require next to its purple star?
- Does Akropolis: Athena add any new scoring variants?
- How does the Athena statue affect scoring?
Akropolis: PantheonExpansion
- Can the Athena expansion be used together with Pantheon?
- Can you use the base game's variant scoring with Pantheon?
- If a new Pantheon challenge is already met when it is revealed, does it complete at once?
- Do plaza tiles count toward the colour requirements of an architectural challenge?
- Must a Divine Altar match the colour of the capital plaza it is placed on?
- Do plazas in a player's personal city score at the end of Pantheon?
- Must a completed architectural challenge be replaced immediately, even if its Divine Altar cannot be placed yet?
- Do stones still count as points at the end of Pantheon?