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Night Soil KS

€55.83
Clean the streets of Tudor London by night while trying to turn a profit. learn more +
14+
2-5
60 min.
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New History Deck Building Variable Player Powers pick-up and deliver Grail Games Strategy games Ultra Late Pledge
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Rules Difficulty

Simple
Moderate
Complex

Concentration

Casual
Focused
Intense

Atmosphere

Relaxed
Exciting
Engaging

Publishing

Language:
EN
Game Designer:
Jon Moffat
Illustrator:
Jesse Gillespie
Original publisher :
Grail Games

Universe

Night Soil is a very mature game about sanitation in Tudor London.

As the exemplar of cultural progress in Europe, Tudor London (1485-1603) is at the spear’s edge of cultural and technological development. However, as modern plumbing is still generations away, the city is gradually filling up with human waste, making it a terribly fragrant place to live.

Includes the The Coronation Day Solo Mini-Expansion

Gameplay

In this game, players run competing waste collection companies. During the day, neutral workers can be sent into London to advertise, gain the favor of local businesses, or upgrade their company’s assets. However, the growing crowd of workers tends to worsen the city’s waste problem.

At night, worker cards are used to carefully move waste cubes through London’s narrow streets to generate profit and recruit new workers. Each player begins with a starter deck and can purchase additional unique cards during the day phase, gradually building a small personal engine.

Night Soil blends several mechanics in an innovative way: victory points are the game’s currency, workers are neutral and can be recovered during the night phase, a guild system adds strategic depth, and the waste cube movement uses a shared mechanic—every move brings you closer to your goal, but may also benefit your opponents.

All of this is wrapped in a streamlined rule system, brought to life by dozens of illustrations from artist Jesse Gillespie.

Technical sheet

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Reference

GRLNIG010665

Release date

2025-12-05

Age

14+

Number of players

2-5

Game length

60 min.

Rules Difficulty

Moderate

Concentration

Intense

Atmosphere

Exciting

Theme

History

Language

EN

Game Designer

Jon Moffat

Illustrator

Jesse Gillespie

Product type

Game

Mechanics

Deck Building , Variable Player Powers , pick-up and deliver

Material

1 Game board , 1 Historical notes booklet , 1 Round marker , 1 Rule book , 1 The Coronation Day Solo Mini-Expansion , 3 Neighbourhood tiles , 5 Wooden turn order tokens , 6 Favour tiles , 10 Player aid cards , 15 Starting labourer cards , 16 Worker pawns , 19 Special labourer cards , 50 Waste cubes , 50 Wooden player tokens , 81 Coin tokens

Collection

Night Soil

Box size

215 x 215 x 50 mm

Weight

1.04 KG

Package size

22.00 x 22.00 x 5.00 CM

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