The Red Cathedral: Contractors

About this expansion

The Red Cathedral: Contractors is an expansion for 1–4 players that adds new ways to build Moscow’s St. Basil’s Cathedral in about 90 minutes.

The construction is progressing, but completing a monument worthy of the Tsar requires more than steady work. Send contractors to the far reaches of Russia, recruit skilled specialists and artisans, and use their talents to make your contribution stand out.

Contractors introduces a new board featuring a map of Russia. Its Contractors module adds a worker-placement element through Cossack meeples, while new guilds bring fresh options to the original game’s distinctive rondel mechanism.

• 10 new guilds, each with three different cards
• 30 new ways to play, with one card per guild included in a game
• 6 additional blueprint cards
• A new card for the solo mode
• A black die to use alongside the five existing resource dice
• Diamonds that serve as wild-card resources
• Cossack contractor meeples and a map of Russia

Many of the new guilds interact with the Contractors module, encouraging players to seek out talent across the country while competing to make the most memorable contribution to the cathedral. The expansion comes in a box containing almost as much content as the original game.

Illustrated by Pedro Soto and Chema Román, Contractors continues The Red Cathedral’s visual inspiration from Ivan Bilbin and Slavic folklore. Released in 2022, The Red Cathedral: Contractors expands the construction challenge for competitive groups and solo players alike.