Rio Grande Games 80 manual Game Board, Game Length, Preparation, Scoreboard, Scoring track

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THE GAME BOARD

The board shows the 9 regions of Spain, 1 space to hold the Castillo, the success track along the edge of the board, and a round track with 9 game rounds and 3 horizontal scoring tracks. In each region, there is a scoreboard with 3 symbols, which show the values of the region, when it is scored. The player with the most Caballeros in a region scores the highest value, whoever has the second most scores the second value, etc.

Region

 

Basque Country

Catalonia

 

Success track

 

 

 

Old Castile

 

 

 

 

Round track

 

 

 

New Castile

 

 

 

scoreboard

 

 

 

 

Scoring track

 

Seville

 

 

 

 

Castillo-space

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GAME LENGTH

The game may be played in 9 or 6 rounds. The game takes around 2 hours for 9 rounds and around 1 hour for 6 rounds. If you want to play the shorter game, you should skip rounds 1, 4, and 7 on the round track.

PREPARATION

Castillo: Place the castle on the appropriate space on the game board.

Region cards: Shuffle the nine region cards. Turn up the top card and

place the King in this region. Then, each player takes a card to determine his home region.

Grande: Each player chooses a color and takes the Grande (the large cube) in his color and places it in his home region.

Caballeros: Each player takes 10 Caballeros in his color. All remaining Caballeros are kept in a reserve on the table. This reserve is known as the provinces. Each player takes 2 of his initial Caballeros and places them next to his Grande in his home region. Each player also places another Caballero on the first space of the success track. The players put their remaining 7 Caballeros before them on the table. These 7 Caballeros form the player’s court, which will grow and shrink throughout the game.

Secret disk: Each player takes a secret disk. It shows each region on the board with exception of the Castillo.

Power cards: Each player takes the set of 13 power cards in his color. The value (1-13) of the power card is shown on the top and bottom of the card and the middle pictures a number of Caballeros (0-6).

Action cards: These are marked on the back with between 1 and 5 Caballeros. All 11 cards with 1 Caballero form the 1 stack, all 11 cards with 2 Caballeros form the 2 stack, and so on. The 5 stack is made up of just 1 card (the King card). Shuffle each stack separately and place it face down beside the board.

Mobile scoreboards: Place the two mobile scoreboards beside the board.

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Castillo

Region card

Grande

Caballeros

Secret disk

Power card

Special Scoring: All 5 regions are scored.

Action card

Mobile scoreboard

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Contents Historical Background ContentsSubtle Strategy Game For 2-5PLAYERS Aged 12 and UP Object of the GamePreparation Game BoardGame Length ScoreboardRound marker small black cube Play the power cardsPlaying the Game Turn over the action cardsCastillo Next RoundKing and the KING’S Region Score the Castillo ScoringSelect a region with the secret disk Move the Caballeros from the Castillo to the regionsMobile Scoreboards King’s BonusHome region bonus Game ENDFollowing applies to all cards Action CardsDetailed explanations of the card texts Action Cards in the 1 Stack Intrigue move any 4 of your own Caballeros on the boardAction Cards in the 2 Stack CourtprovinceAction Cards in the 3 Stack Special Scoring pick one region to be scored cardsAction Cards in the 4 Stack Special scoring score the first position only in all regionsAction Cards in the 5 Stack 5 stack has only one card, the King cardEl Grande English translation/editing Jay TummelsonQueen/Jester Game contents Grand InquisitorPortugal Action cards Ship and jail symbolsPreparation Playing the gameGame contents King’s card and the Intrigue cardSpecial rules for 2 or 3 players New special actionsRepositioning Scoring RegionsLimit table Stack 7 action cardsMobile scoreboards New regionsGold and Wares Mobile scoreboards can be moved to any of the new regions