A roll and write version of the popular Biblios.
The life of a monastic scribe is not easy. Every day you spend long hours in the monastery copying books; praying; and performing tasks. Through hard work and prayer; earn the abbot’s trust and display your dedication to the pious life.
The object of the game is to score the most piety points. The game consists of 8 days (i.e.; rounds). In the first 4 days; players simultaneously roll their own dice (that show various book types; abbot influence and travel points) and may do so up to 3 times. After each roll; the players have 3 options: (1) to keep the dice as shown; (2) to reroll exactly one die or (3) to roll all the dice.
Most of the dice are resource dice showing books monks are copying; but there are also abbot influence dice (abbot influences is accrued in the first half; but spent in the second half of the game); and a travel die (allowing a player's novice to go out into towns to do good works and find more books).
In the last 4 rounds; players use their abbot influence to bid for a priority of tasks.
This is a rare (if not unique) roll + write game that includes auctions and; unlike many roll + write game; it is highly interactive.
After 8 days; the game ends and the players calculate scores. As in the original Biblios; the relative value of books changes during the game; so players are unsure of which books will be most valuable until the end of the game.
