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3-player Game

The 4-player rules are still valid, but:

Players must decide at the beginning of the game if they are going to use 4 or 3 neighborhoods (in which case neighborhood #4 will not be used). Using 3 neighborhoods will make the game more strained!

There are only three gems to win in each port (i.e. the three gems on each 'Ship' card; the large stone now only counts as one gem). The player holding a majority in a neighborhood now wins two gems; the second player wins one gem; the third player wins nothing. …

The Bastion is setup according to the same rule as with 4 players, with the exception of the following:

Each player chooses a Hero and links the corresponding Hero board to the Horde board in front of them. Unlinked Horde boards become Neutral boards.

Clarification: Horde phases for neutral boards are performed differently.

Prepare the deck according to the number of players:

• Remove 4 Monster cards for each player less than 4 and shuffle the Monster cards
• Take 8 Monster cards, place them under the Warlord card, then place the remaining Monster cards on top.

The deck is therefore formed thus, from top to bottom: …

Two to four players take the role of alchemists competing to discover the secrets of their mystical art. Points can be earned in various ways, but most points are earned by publishing theories - correct theories. Therein lies the problem.

Players gain knowledge by mixing ingredients and testing the results using a card-scanning app on a tablet or smartphone. They deduce how to make potions that they can sell to adventurers.

Gold pieces can be spent on magical artifacts, which are very powerful but also very expensive. …

Leo the lion definitely has to go to the barber, since his mane is literally growing over his head. So he sets out for Bobo's barbershop. But Leo dawdles, since he likes to have a chin wag with the other animals he encounters along the way. Keep in mind what animals he meets and bring him cooperatively to the barber before his mane grows too long!

Components

• 30 path tiles
• 20 movement cards
• 1 starting tile (Leo's bed)
• 1 destination tile (Bobo's barber chair)
• 1 snap fastener
• 5 puzzle pieces (Leo's mane)
• 1 clock
• 1 wooden figure (Leo)

Object of the Game

Leo goes to the barber is a cooperative game. Players try cooperatively to bring Leo to Bobo's barbershop before it closes in the evening. They have up to 5 days to accomplish this. In the first days, they become familiar with the route and try to memorise it. …

Object of the Game

Throughout a game of Twilight Imperium, players will barter, plot, and wage war upon one another to complete objectives. The first player to accumulate 10 victory points claims the Imperial Throne and wins the game.

Components

• 17 Faction Sheets
• 6 Command Sheets
• 51 System Tiles
• 354 Plastic Units
• 8 Strategy Cards
• 8 Ten-Sided Dice
• 1 Victory Point Track
• 59 Planet Cards
• 40 Objective Cards
• 80 Action Cards
• 50 Agenda Cards
• 41 Promissory Note Cards
• 1 Speaker Token
• 122 Technology Cards
• 1 Custodians Token
• 62 Unit Upgrade Technology Cards
• 2 Creuss Alpha/Beta Wormhole Tokens
• 1 Naalu "0" Token
• 2 Nekro X/Y Assimilator Tokens
• 48 Trade Good and Commodity Tokens
• 272 Command Tokens
• 289 Control Tokens
• 49 Infantry Tokens
• 49 Fighter Tokens

Units

During a game of Twilight Imperium, each player's units are represented by plastic figures. There are three types of units: ships, ground forces, and structures. …

The dice determine which parts of the body or features must not be mentioned. They also may not be described or hinted at. If the team members ask questions about current forbidden characteristics the explainer is not allowed to answer them!

If done so anyway the current card must be put back under the pile and the next one is drawn. That is why the opponent team(s) should always pay full attention!

*Size:

It is not allowed to describe if something is fat, skinny, big, small, short, broad, slender, etc. …

1. The number of Servants is limited to 12 and 1 Foreman.

   Once the general supply of Servants is empty, you won't be able to gain any more Servants. This can become tricky if you have a lot of Servants on the Great Wall, Decrees and your Ships.

   Plan carefully and try to balance your Servant income with your Servant investments on the board.

   
   
   

2. In your first game, you may find that it's pretty tough to gain enough Servants. Your basic income every round won't be enough for all the stuff you'd like to do. …

Amulet Of Air

When you summon the Amulet of Air, move your sorcerer token on your summoning gauge forward two spaces.

Amulet Of Fire

When you summon the Amulet of Fire, draw four power cards. Look at them and put one in your hand, and the other three in the discard pile.

Amulet Of Earth

When you summon the Amulet of Earth, move your sorcerer to- ken on the crystal track forward nine spaces.

Amulet Of Water

When you summon the Amulet of Water, get four energy of your choice from the stockpile and place them on the Amulet of Water. The energy tokens placed on the Amulet of Water are not considered part of your reserve. They are thus not affected by the effects of the Wondrous Chest, the Beggar's Horn, the Air Elemental, the Lantern of Xidit, Lewis Greyface, the Potion of Dreams, the Potion of Life, and the Cursed Treatise of Arus. …

Movements

Q: Can I Control A Creature Away From A Troop?

A: No, from the moment a creature is no longer accompanied by at least one unit, it returns to its card, in the player's reserve until the next recruitment.

Red Powers

Q: Divine Wound: Can I Discard One Of The Di Cards That I've Played With My Battle Card To Win +1 Strength?

A: No

Blue Powers

Q: Deep Desert Snake: Does The Deep Desert Snake Cancel All The Opponent's Creature Abilities Engaged In Battle?

A: Yes. If your troop, accompanied by the snake fights with a troop with another creature, it's as if this other creature doesn't participate in the battle. …

The Tomb Raider (2-player Game)

In a 2-player game, the tomb raider comes into play. The tomb raider blocks one of the research funds spaces each round and, in addition, loots finds and research funds.

In the following, all amendments to the rules will be shown that are necessary to play with the tomb raider.

Phase 2: Distributing research funds

After you have laid out the two research funds cards, place the tomb raider on a research funds space.

• If you drew 2 cards with money bags on them, place the tomb raider on the space showing 2 money bags (the 5th space from the right). …