Gameplay
Building
Before the game you build the game board together. For this commitment the central part on the table, then you put the four market areas for tower sections as to the midsection that the scoring track gives a consecutive series of numbers. In the simple game you put now the corner pieces with the bank and with the annual bar in any corner of the game board. The other two corners you put in the remaining free corners, with the blank side facing up. There one puts on one part, the coins and the other the good reshuffled deck. The four different tower sections are sorted according to their shape and made of any one batch. This is then covered on the appropriate square. The empty boxes in the market place is filled up with appropriate, open tower parts. The annual count is the 1 of the year bar. Then each player picks out a scoring marker and places it on the zero of the scoring track. Likewise, everyone gets a viewscreen, he sets up in front of him. Behind this then the players collect their coins and not built tower parts. It is determined a starting player, who receives the marker "favor the Caliph". The starting player gets 20 coins, the other players clockwise always a coin more than the players in front. Finally, each player receives another card to the hand. The amount varies depending on the number of players. With two players, each player gets 9 procurement cards in three players 8 and four players 7. Let's go.
Gameplay
The players will perform in their round two actions:
1. A buyer send
2. Carry out the action that has chosen the buyers.
1. Shopping
Located in an area where you want to shop, no procurement card, we may choose the color of the card free. The card is sent to an empty seat and then executed the action (see next section). Located in the Bereicch already a procurement card, the player must have a card with the same color drop them in order to perform the action can. Does he have a map in color, he may also use any two procurement cards. This he puts face down on top of an empty field.
This rule applies to every area of the game board, and the Baukreis in the middle.
2. Run Action!
Depending on where the player has sent its buyers, the player leads immediately after laying the map the action when he wants.
Buy a) tower parts
On the four market areas, the player can acquire tower parts. He lays a buyer card to a market area, so he may buy 1 tower part of the display. Prices of tower parts shall do so only by the color, not to the part. So taste every red tower part always 5 coins, whether base, midsection or tip. The tower part bought puts the player from behind his screen.
Tower parts with gold trim
Tower parts on which a gold ornament can be seen, should always be bought, as they bring additional points in each annual vote.
b withdraw) money
In the bank, the player can provide back with money. The first player to there hinschickt a purchaser, gets 12 coins, the second 10 and the third 8. There is also an empty space on the bench. Here the players can put a purchaser of any color to get 5 coins. This is also the only field that may be on the cards as many buyers.
c) Baukreis and Tower
In the middle of the board is the area of the tower. If a player wants from his tower parts build towers behind the screen, he must place it on the construction site, which corresponds to and pay the amount of its ends to be installed tower parts a purchaser. Example: The player would obstruct 4 tower parts. So he puts a purchaser on the 4 of Baukreises and paid four coins. Also in the same color Baukreis buyers must be placed. Is on the field, I want to take the already buyers, so I can occupy and pay the next higher box.
The following rules apply for the Tower:
- It may be built towers in any color. But a tower always consists of a color.
- A tower must always start with the base and have a bit to be considered as completed and wertbar.
- It is always possible to set middle parts in the tower, though the tip was already on it built.
- The rebuilding of the tower parts between towers is prohibited.
- At the end of turn one tower must always have at least a base and a top.
As a reward for the construction of the player immediately gets as many prestige points as he has built tower parts.
Espionage and Diplomacy
a) favor the caliph
If a player puts on this area a buyer, so wanders the "favor of the caliphs-marker" to him. He is then in the next round, the first player and gets in addition during the vote at the end of a prestige point separately.
b) espionage
If there is a buyers in one of these fields, the player pays the cost. Then he takes any tower pile and searched this for a tower part, he would like to buy. If it finds one, it displays it all other players and paid it. Then he mixes the tower parts by again and puts it back. If it finds none, he must also buy none.
The year is over!
When each player has used all of its buyers, as the year ends and it comes to the first vote.
- For each built tower there is a prestige point.
- For each tower part with gold trim, there is a prestige point.
- The player with the marker "favor of the caliphs" gets a prestige point.
A new year begins
After scoring the New Year is being prepared.
a) All procurement cards come from Schedule are shuffled and dealt again in accordance with the number of players.
b) The empty areas on the market stalls are filled again with tower parts.
c) Each player gets 20 tokens.
d) The annual stone is pulled further one year.
Then the player with the "favor of the caliphs marker" the new round.
So now more than four years will be played away. According to the fourth annual ranking then follows the final scoring.
Final Scoring
Now the most prolific builders are again rewarded.
a) For each tower color of the highest and the second highest tower is determined. These get prestige points shown in the table on the display screen.
b) The player with the highest and the player with the second highest tower also get points.
c) The player with the most and also get to the second highest number of towers points.
With a tie, the points of the first and second place are added together and divided by the number of players who have the same.
The gold ornaments are no longer relevant in the final scoring. For each 10 coins a player has, he gets another 1 prestige point.
The player who has the most points is the winner of the game.
Small Conclusion
A very nice worker placement game. The game plan is, however, quite large for a normal table.
The game is a two player as much fun as with 4 players. If you like such games, you do not go wrong here.
DETAILED PRESENTATION VIDEO
There are on this title on my YouTube channel "Mike's Gaming Net" a detailed explanation of the game as a video.
