Mechanisms
- Action / Event
- Alliances
- Area Majority / Influence
- Area Movement
- Auction / Bidding
- Campaign / Battle Card Driven
- Card Play Conflict Resolution
- Hand Management
- King of the Hill
- Negotiation
- Semi-Cooperative Game
- Worker Placement, Different Worker Types
- Release
- 10/2026
- Publisher
- PHALANX
- Designers
- Aleksander Jagodziński
- Languages
- English, Polish
- Age
- 14+
- Illustrators
- Aleksander Jagodziński
In Lords of Heaven, every choice matters. Expand cities, forge alliances, lead crusades, or betray your companions in the name of faith and dominion. Command your armies, invoke divine powers, and write your own history in a land torn between heaven and earth. Will your faction ascend to glory, or fall to ruin?
Lords of Heaven is a grand strategy board game for 2–4 players set during the time of the Crusades. Players take command of one of four rival factions, the Crusaders, Byzantines, Seljuks, or the Caliphate, each striving to dominate the Holy Land through faith, diplomacy, and warfare.
The game combines card-driven action management with layered systems of influence, development, and conflict. Each faction has unique abilities that shape its playstyle — from the wealth of Byzantium and the zeal of the Crusaders to the cunning of the Seljuks and the devotion of the Caliphate.
Lords of Heaven also includes three modular expansions: Scenarios, Fleets, and Leaders, offering historical setups, naval warfare, and legendary figures that enhance replayability and thematic depth.