Argent: The Consortium

About this board game

Argent: The Consortium is a worker-placement and engine-building game for 2–5 players, with play lasting about 150 minutes. Set at Argent University of Magic, it challenges rival candidates to compete for the position of Chancellor.

Gather apprentices, prepare your spellbook, and build your influence while secretly discovering the votes of a limited Consortium of influential board members. The criteria for victory remain hidden, so success depends on identifying what matters and adapting your plans before your opponents do.

• Worker placement: Send apprentices where they can best support your strategy.
• Engine building: Develop your capabilities and create new strategic possibilities.
• Secret objectives: Discover and compete over the Consortium’s hidden voting priorities.
• Player interaction: Manipulate the competition and respond to constantly changing opponents.

Spells must be used at the right moment, and selecting the correct apprentices can make the difference between a promising plan and a failed one. Because the capabilities of other candidates are continually changing, every decision takes place within a shifting contest of influence and secrecy.

Argent: The Consortium is a European-style game that minimizes luck and emphasizes direct player interaction alongside strong core mechanisms. Its hidden victory criteria and flexible systems allow new strategies to emerge each time you play, rewarding careful observation, timing, and clever adaptation.