Heroes of the Build

For 2–4 players

Objective

The Game Guide will assign your build. Race to complete job in three rounds by collecting resource cards and assembling the right crew—without going over budget.

After 3 rounds, the player with the lowest total score wins!

Deck Composition

Material Cards (worth 5 points each)

Lumber

Drywall

Steel

Mechanicals

Concrete

Brick

Role Cards (worth 10 points each)

Carpenter

Substitutes for Lumber

Mason

Substitutes for Brick

Metal Fabricator

Substitutes for Steel

Master Craftsperson

Substitutes for Concrete, Mechanicals, or Drywall

Project Manager

Project Manager Cards are required to complete each build trick.

Superintendent

Wild card: can substitute for any material or a Project Manager

Completing a Trick

There are many ways to complete each trick. For example, here are the 4 ways you can complete a Lumber trick.

1 Project Manager

+ 2 Material Cards

1 Project Manager

+ 1 Material Card

+ 1 Role Card (substituting a material)

Superintendent cards are wild, but can only fill one role per trick.

May replace any material or a Project Manager, but cannot replace both in the same trick.

Important Rules

You must include at least one actual material card in every trick.
You cannot complete a trick using only role cards (e.g., Project Manager + Carpenter + Carpenter).
Only perform tricks assigned by the AI Foreman. No extras or freelancing!

Scoring

At the end of each round, calculate the score for each player by totaling the numbers on the unplayed cards left in the player's hand.

The player who completes all three tricks for their build gets a score of zero, regardless of what is left in their hand.

The winner of the game is the player with the lowest total score after 3 rounds.

Start with the Build Companion

Everyone click "Let's Play," from their own device.
One player starts a new game and shares the join code with the other players.
Once everyone's joined, the Companion will assign each player a unique build (your 3 resource sets for the round).
These assignments are secret—only you will see your build.

Deal everyone 7 cards

The remaining deck is placed on the table.
Flip the top card and set it beside the deck to start the discard pile.

On your turn

Draw one card (from the top of the deck or from the discard pile). NOTE: If drawing from lower in the discard pile, you must use that card immediately in a trick and pick up all cards above it.
Lay down a trick if you have one completed.
Discard one card from your hand to end your turn.

End of the round

As soon as a player completes all three tricks for their build, the round ends. The winner gets a score of zero, regardless of what is in their hand. Everyone else is over budget. Their score is the total of the unplayed cards left in their hand.

Enter everyone's scores into the Build Companion. The Companion will then assign new builds for Round 2 and Round 3.

Winning the game

After three rounds, the player with the lowest total score wins and earns the title of Hero of the Build!