Sagrada: Life Expansion Review

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We review Sagrada Life, the newest expansion for the dice-rolling board game Sagrada. Published by Floodgate Games, Sagrada Life gives players new options for their games with only minimal rules overhead.

As with the Sagrada Familia in real life, the board game Sagrada (still one of our favorite games from Floodgate Games) is built off of the core architecture with three façades that have their own unique structure and expressiveness.

We have previously taken a look at the Passion expansion, and in this article, we will turn our critical eye towards the second façade: the Life expansion, which explores the journey of life as expressed through the core game

Each of the Great Façade expansions consists of a series of modules that can be added to the base game of Sagrada in any manner of combination, either individually or all together, depending on the gameplay experience that is sought. This review assumes familiarity with the rules and gameplay of Sagrada.

The Apprentice module brings the idea of hiring novice artisans into your construction, by introducing a secondary deck of Apprentice cards, and additional window patterns. When an apprentice assists in the construction of a player’s window, shown by placing a die on a specially-marked pane, that player can draw an Apprentice card and activate it for a variety of special powers. Some of these powers are one-shot powers that provide abilities similar to the Tool cards, while others potentially award large point bonuses for meeting very particular requirements in window construction.

The Masterwork module introduces a new set of dice that provide additional restrictions to how a player can construct their window. Players can use their drafted die to select a Masterwork