Brüsszel 1893: Belle Epoque board game

Brüsszel 1893: Belle Époque is a strategic worker-placement board game for 2 to 5 players aged 14 and up. Each player takes on the role of a 19th-century architect, aiming to build elegant houses and decorate them with objects they create. Nobles of the era help expand your influence, and your goal is to complete the architectural masterpiece on your player board. The base game offers three play modes, including a five-round mode with planning, action and scoring phases. The expansion adds two new nobles, a refined building material called glass and a new building type, the pavilion, along with new bonuses that deepen the strategy. An asymmetric mode, which can be played with or without the expansion, offers a fresh twist by using the reverse side of the player boards.

The game is set in Brussels around 1893, when Victor Horta designed the Hôtel Autrique and Hôtel Tassel, among the first Art Nouveau buildings. Plant-inspired curves, ironwork, mosaics and stained glass capture the spirit of the period and shape the game's theme.