Tybor der Baumeister is set in the world of Longsdale, previously seen in Oh My Goods! and its expansions.
During the game, each player receives a hand of five multipurpose cards, each depicting a professional (priest, soldier, merchant, craftsman, etc.) who has come to Longsdale. After choosing a card to draft, the remaining cards are passed to the next player, then you may choose how to play your chosen card:
As a worker, only the strength is relevant. The card is placed in the player's tableau.
As a builder, this person is discarded, then you can build a building from the existing supply, discarding workers with a certain strength to build it.
As a citizen in the city, they provide special powers and facilitate the building of certain buildings.
After a predetermined number of rounds, the point values of the buildings are summed, and whoever has the most points wins.
Tybor der Baumeister contains "chapters" and scenarios set during Tybor's lifespan that serve as variants for tasks or rules of play, with 32 possible combinations. With two copies of the game, up to eight players can compete at once.
Tybor the Builder: At the King's Behest consists of twenty-four (four of them are rule / deck cards) new cards that comprise three modules that can be added to the Tybor the Builder base game individually or in any combination. The three modules are as follows:
1) Royal Decrees
This module offers ten cards which show a royal decree. These decrees can be fulfilled in a similar manner as the Public Objectives from the base game. The difference is that the decrees are fulfilled in game and can only be fulfilled by one player.
2) The Councilmen
This module adds a new kind of character who is offering a new symbol and bonus accordingly. If a Councilman becomes a citizen of your tableau, each Legal Text symbol is worth 1 point for every set of discounts of all four colors.
3) The Mystery
This module adds four new buildings to the game. These buildings not only offer the usual victory points, but also serve as one symbol of your choice for game end scoring.