Orloj – Strategic Construction and Engineering Board Game (Worker Placement)

🕰️ Orloj – The Eurogame where engineering meets time

Deep worker placement, smart washer, modular construction. Italian edition edited by Tesla Games .

Orloj is a eurogame for players who love precision. No frills, no guided narrative: just thoughtful choices, constant tension and the progressive construction of a mechanical masterpiece inspired by the real Prague Astronomical Clock , a 15th century work capable of intertwining astronomy, art and mathematics.

If you're interested in games like Teotihuacan , Lacrimosa , Tzolk'in or Coimbra — and you want something that unites historical theme + rigorous strategy — here you will find a rare balance.

🔧 Why Orloj Affects Experienced Players

Designers Abraham Sanchez Hermida and Paloma J. Pascual They built a system that works like clockwork: every mechanical cog is a game decision. There is no room for unnecessary moves: every turn is an investment in the future.

The illustrations by Jesús Fuentes and Amelia Sales avoid the fantasy effect, choosing a medieval, scientific and artisanal aesthetic: parchments, brass, midnight blue and zodiac symbols. The right atmosphere for a game that talks about astronomy, calculation and construction.

Orloj doesn't want to tell you a story: wants to make you feel like you're in a 15th century laboratory .

✨ Trivia that few know about the royal Orloj (and that enrich the game)

1️⃣ The Prague clock is the oldest still working clock in the world.
Since 1410, it has been keeping time with original mechanisms. This gives the game a very strong cultural dimension: you are reconstructing a work that really exists.

2️⃣ It doesn't just tell the time: it tells time "as medieval man saw it."
Movements of the Sun, the Moon, sidereal day, zodiac position. And the game takes up the idea of ​​“time as a complex mechanism”.

3️⃣ The astronomical dial is composed of three superimposed mechanisms.
Just like the modular parts you assemble in the game: calendar – astrolabe – hour dial.

4️⃣ The figures on the sides of the clock represent medieval fears.
Vanity, Avarice, Death, the Turk. They are not directly present in the game, but the iconographic atmosphere recalls that visual language.

🎯 Orloj is perfect for you if...

Time waits for nothing. Not even in your next Eurogame.

Orloj is a game that rewards the head more than the hand: a calibrated, elegant and profound system. You don't have to interpret, you have to construct. And this, for many players, is the greatest pleasure.

Want to enrich the experience? The Orloj Promo Pack adds new modules to integrate into the construction.