At the Gates of Loyang Fan Site

Rating:	7.7 Very Good
Popularity:	20
Difficulty:	Medium
Year:	2009
Players:	1-4 players
Playing time:	60-120 minutes
Age:	10+

Official Site: Website at publisher H@ll Games (info, rules)

Created by: Uwe Rosenberg, Klemens Franz

Published by: 999 Games, Fullcap Games, Hall Games

Alternate Names: Alle Porte di Loyang, Aux Portes de Loyang, Loyang, Voor de Poorten van Loyang, Vor den Toren von Loyang

Description:

At the Gates of Loyang is a trading game in which you are able to produce goods by planting them and later selling them to customers. You can use the abilities of some helpers to increase your income or production.

Fields, customers, helpers, and miscellaneous objects are represented by cards. Each player receives two of these cards per round distributed by a bidding/drawing mechanism in which you end up with one of the cards you draw and one of the cards of a public offer filled by all players. Additionally, to these cards you always receive one field for free each round.

Placing one good on a field fills the complete field with goods of this type. Each round, one unit per field is harvested. After planting, harvesting, and distributing cards, each player can use as many actions as he wants, only limited by the number of his cards or the number of goods he owns.

At the end of his turn, he can invest the earned money on a scoring track, where early money is worth more than late money. The game ends after a certain number of rounds, and the player who is first on the scoring track wins.

Prices:

Retail Price:	$81
Amazon:	$79
Ebay:	$104

Awards:

JoTa Best Card Game Nominee 2010
Essener Feder Best Written Rules Winner 2010

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At the Gates of Loyang Game Rules

China, 2000 years ago: Loyang has risen to become the Capital of the Han Dynasty and one of the four great Capitals of old China.

The economic upturn of the now-flourishing city requires a better supply of basic foodstuffs. These are provided by the local farmers, who plant wheat, pumpkins, turnips, cabbages, beans and leeks in their fields.

After each harvest, the farmers assemble at the gates of Loyang to sell and trade their vegetables. They deliver to their regular customers or lucratively sell their vegetables to passing shoppers. Vegetables can also be traded at Market stalls or used for seed and planted in fields. â€¦

At the Gates of Loyang Solo Rules

The Solo game takes around 1 hour.

It works exactly the same as the game for 2 to 4 players, with the following additions:

Setup

Shuffle the Action cards. For an imaginary opponent, turn over cards until there are exactly 2 Market stalls, 2 Regular customers and 2 Casual customers.

Fill the Market stalls with the required vegetables. These cards give the Market woman, Trader, Deliveryman and Tout an opportunity for interaction.

Any additional cards that are turned over are placed in the Discard pile.
Before the Solo player sows his Home field, 12 Action cards are turned over, and placed in a grid of 4 rows and 3 columns. Cards will be bought from this grid during the Card phase. â€¦

At the Gates of Loyang Board Game

Price: $60