Faktoria is a medieval city-building game, mixing the strategic and economic styles. The gameplay is revolving around two main mechanism: Spending coins in an alternative auction system to get resources (wood, stone, iron, gold). Then choosing what to build from your resources: Buildings to produce more resources (only wood or stone), or buildings to get victory points. The game lasts 5 rounds. The player with the most victory points at the end wins.
—description from the publisher