Helvetia

About this board game

Helvetia is a board game for 2–4 players that takes about 90 minutes, inviting you to develop a busy mountain village in the Swiss Alps. Released in 2011, it combines village building, work, trade, culture, and marriage into a lively competition for growth.

Each player runs a small community where residents work, build, and exchange goods. Your village needs new homes, cultural development, and essential products to sell at the market. The choices you make shape how your settlement grows and thrives.

Life in Helvetia is about more than production and commerce. Villagers can form relationships across village boundaries, creating opportunities for marriage between the communities of different players. A farmer’s son might marry in another village, earning additional income, while a baker may find a partner from a neighboring settlement.

These marriages can also bring new citizens into your village. As families grow, offspring become part of the community, adding another dimension to the challenge of developing a thriving Alpine settlement.

• Build: Bring new homes to your village and support its growth.
• Trade: Sell essential goods at the market.
• Develop: Bring culture to your community.
• Connect: Arrange marriages between villagers from neighboring villages.

Whether you focus on construction, culture, commerce, or the relationships between villagers, the village life of Helvetia remains active and unpredictable. Create a community that grows, prospers, and stands out among the villages of the Swiss Alps.