Rio Grande Games 10 manual Overview, Contents, Preparation

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LEO COLOVINI

WHO WILL OCCOPY THE MOST PRODUCTIVE PROVINCES?

for 2-4 players aged 12 and up

Overview

Alexander moves with army his back and forth across the Persian Empire, conquering the land as he passes. To bring peace to these newly conquered lands and to reward his generals, he gives them control of the new lands. The generals establish administration over the lands and levy taxes on the people living there.

Naturally, each general tries to acquire the most productive lands for himself. With more productive lands, the general can levy higher taxes, show his worth to Alexander, and win the game!

Contents

1 Alexander figure

16 guard figures, the troops of Alexander’s army,

in 4 different colors

4 scoring discs in the 4 player colors

1 game board, separated in triangular spaces, most in open (light brown) with no symbols, the rest in 5 different colors with 5 different symbols.

Card supply and discard stack

Empty space

Symbol space

2 face-up cards

Scoring track

55 cards, 11 each with the 5 symbols and colors used on the board: temple - administration, amphora - nourishment, horse - transport, lyre – culture, soldier - security

65 black boundary walls and 10 red boundary walls

Preparation

Each player chooses a color and takes the 4 guards and scoring disc in that color. Each places his scoring disc at the beginning of the scoring track.

Place the Alexander figure on the starting space in the upper left of the board.

Separate the black and red boundary walls and place them next to the board.

Shuffle the cards and deal one face down to each player. Place two cards face-up next to the bottom of the board.

Place the remaining cards face down next to the board as a card supply.

The players choose a starting player using any method they prefer.

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Contents Overview ContentsPreparation Playing the game Empty spaces showing the symbolMoving Alexander Path that already includes boundary walls. If he does, heAlexander’s special move Further actionsProvince Occupy provinceOccupy an empty province Province may be divided when moving AlexanderCards instead of the extra guard Levy taxes Take over an occupied provincePlayer may only levy taxes once in his turn Game end and the winnerSpecial situations Rio Grande Games