A GAME BY HALABAN, ZATZ, AND SÉAGHDHA RULEBOOK

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1 A GAME BY HALABAN, ZATZ, AND SÉAGHDHA RULEBOOK

2 OVERVIEW layers take e role of spiritual leaders competing to become e Elected of e gods. Over e course of twelve days (rounds), players will make offerings at e temples in order to acquire e gods favor. At e end of e twelf day, e player wi e most points in favors is e new Elected (winner). BASIC GAME COMONENTS 12 Offering Cards + 1 Scoring Aid (Red) 12 Offering Cards + 1 Scoring Aid (Grey) 2 6 Zeus Favor Tokens (Yellow) 7 Aena s Favor Tokens (Red) 8 oseidon s Favor Tokens (Blue) 9 Artemis Favor Tokens (White) 10 Apollo s Favor Tokens (Green) 12 Offering Cards + 1 Scoring Aid (Brown) 5 Gods Tiles 3 Temples (6 pieces to be punched and assembled) 12 Offering Cards + 1 Scoring Aid (Green) p t E S N Z e o t e u I t c 12 Offering Cards + 1 Scoring Aid (Blue)

3 + ) REARATION lace e ree Temples in e middle of e playing area. (In a 3-player game, only use two Temples.) Each player takes e 12 Offering Cards and Scoring Aid in a color of eir choice. ut e 50 God s Favor tokens in e bag. Note: In a 3-player game, do not use e 6 Zeus Tokens (Yellow) and remove one of each of e oer color s tokens (for a total of 40 tokens in e bag). lace all e Gods tiles in e center of e table so players can identify e values of each one. Note: In a 3-player game, do not use e Zeus tile. If is is your first game, we recommend at you do not use e following components: The Hades Temple punchboard. 2 Hades tokens. 5 special rules cardboard tokens. The youngest player takes e bag of tokens. They will be e first player in e 1st round. GOAL Accumulate e most points in Gods Favors to become e new Elected. HOW TO LAY Important! When playing wi only two players, a special set of rules are used. These are explained at e end of e rulebook. The game is played over twelve rounds. Each round has e same sequence: 1. DRAW GOD S FAVOR TOKENS: The first player draws 4 God s Favor tokens from e bag (3 tokens in a 3-player game). They en select and place one token on top of each Temple. The remaining token is returned to e bag. 2. LACE OFFER CARDS: Beginning wi e first player and following in a clockwise direction, all of e players 3

4 now place one of e Offering cards from eir hand, facedown, next to one of e Temples. If a Temple already has a card placed next to it, e next one is laid on top of e previous card. 3. RELACE, MOVE: Once all of e players have placed eir Offering cards, each player will have a chance to make ONE CHANGE to eir Offering card. Beginning wi e first player and following in a clockwise direction, each player can EITHER: a) RELACE e placed card wi anoer one from eir hand. b) MOVE e played card to a DIFFERENT Temple. In eier case, if a change is made, e player s new card must be placed on top of any cards already laid next to at Temple. Note: A player is not obliged to make is change. They can pass and leave eir card where it was originally played. 4. RECEIVING GOD S FAVOR TOKENS: All cards are turned face up. For each Temple, ere are ree possible results: a) If only one player placed an Offering card at e Temple, at player takes e God s Favor token. b) If multiple players placed Offering cards at e same Temple, e player who played e highest Offering card takes e God s Favor token. Note: In case of a tie, e player who placed eir card first (e card closest to e bottom of e pile) gets e token. c) If no players placed an Offering token next to a Temple, e God s Favor token is removed from e game. Note: layers place eir God s Favor tokens in front of em so everyone can see em. 5. RETRIEVING OFFERING CARDS: layers at did not receive a God s Favor token in a round can take eir card back into eir hand. However, ey MUST en discard a card (facedown into e discard pile.) It can eier be e card ey just took back or a different card from eir hand. 6 If lo m T o 7 A c c p T n E T 4

5 n d 6. LOW VALUE OFFERING CARDS: If a player wins a God s Favor token using a low value Offering card (number 1-5), ey must place at Offering card facedown below eir Scoring Aid card. These cards may score bonus points at e end of e game. (See e Bonus Scoring section of e rules.) 7. END OF A ROUND: All played cards (except low value winner cards) are removed from e game. Make a common discard pile (facedown) next to e playing area. The player to e left of e first player takes e bag. They will be e starting player for e next round. END & SCORING The game ends after 12 rounds. layers score points for: a) God s Favor tokens ey have acquired; b) Bonus points for collecting groups of God s Favor tokens of e same color; c)bonus points for low value Offering cards stored. a) God s Favor tokens are scored as follows: For each Apollo token => 1 point For each Artemis token => 2 points For each oseidon token => 3 points For each Aena token => 4 points For each Zeus token => 5 points b) Bonus points for collecting several tokens of e same color are scored as follows: 3 tokens of e same color => 5 points 4 tokens of e same color => 10 points 5 tokens of e same color => 20 points c) Bonus points for having low value Offering cards are scored as follows: (check 2-players special scoring rules): 2 cards stored => 3 points 3 cards stored => 6 points 4 cards stored => 10 points WINNER The player wi most points wins. If two or more players tie wi e most points, e one who has e most God s Favors tokens wins. If ere is still a tie, tied players share victory. 5

6 EXAMLE OF LAY In hase 2 (lace Offering Cards), e Red, Blue, and Gray players place eir Offering cards next to each of e available Temples. The Green player en decides to place eir Offering card next to e Neptune (blue) token. Their card is placed on top of e Grey player s card. Since everyone has played an Offering card, hase 2 is over. hase 3 (Move/Replace) now begins. The Gray player is e first one to choose. Believing e Green player s Offering card to be higher an eirs, e Gray player moves eir Offering card to e Apollo (green) Temple, hoping at eir Offering is higher an at of e Red player. Red is e second player, so ey decide to change e Offering card ey played for a card ey have in hand. Apparently, e Red player really wants at Apollo token! hase 3 continues, first wi e Blue player, and en e Green player, choosing to move or replace eir Offering cards. Once everyone is done, e cards are revealed, e God s Favor tokens are awarded, and e players who didn t receive a token retrieve eir Offering card. E a c O H W p 6

7 s n Anne has 8 God s Favor tokens (3 green, 4 white, 1 red) and 2 low value Offering cards. Her final score is: A) God s Favor Tokens: 3 Apollo tokens (1 point) = 3 points 4 Artemis tokens (2 points) = 8 points 1 Aena token (4 points) = 4 points Total: 15 points REARATION lace e ree Temples in e middle of e table. Each player takes two sets of Offering cards and a Scoring Aid from eier of ose 2 colors. Each player must keep eir two sets of Offering cards separated from one anoer. ut all God s Favor tokens in e bag. HOW TO LAY When playing wi two players, you will follow e same rules as wi ree, four, or five players, but wi e following changes: SCORING EXAMLE B) Bonus for collecting tokens of e same color: 3 Apollo tokens = 5 points 4 Artemis tokens = 10 points Total: 15 points C) Bonus for low value Offering cards: 2 cards stored = 3 points Total: 3 points ANNE S FINAL SCORE IS 33 OINTS. SECIAL RULES FOR TWO LAYERS The game is played in two stages of six rounds each. Use one set of Offering cards for each stage. Sequence of a Round: The drawing and distribution of e God s Favors tokens are e same as for games wi four or five players. The first player alternates after e end of every round. Starting wi e first player, alternate placing Offering cards until bo have placed two. (Four cards total placed per round.) Bo Offering cards placed by a player come from e same color set. 7

8 8 Once e four cards have been placed, players have a chance to make ONE CHANGE to only one of eir cards. Beginning wi e first player, each player can EITHER: a) RELACE one card wi anoer one from eir hand, or b) MOVE one of e cards ey played to a DIFFERENT Temple. All of e cards are turned faceup and e God s Favor tokens are distributed in e same way as described for e game wi 3 to 5 players. Retrieving an Offering card: A player at did not receive any God s Favor tokens in a round can retrieve bo cards ey just played, but ey MUST discard an equal number of cards afterwards. They can eier be e cards ey just took back or different cards from eir hand. Low value Offering cards: A player at managed to gain a God s Favor token wi a low value Offering card (from 1-5), keeps at card to score bonus points at e end of e second stage. STAGE AND GAME END Once players have used up all of eir first 12 cards,, players use e second set to play 6 more rounds. The game ends after e second stage has been played. SCORING layers score points for: a) God s Favor tokens are scored as follows: oints for individual Favor tokens are scored in e same way as in e game for 3 to 5 players. b) Bonus points for collecting several tokens of e same color are scored as follows: 4 tokens of e same color => 5 bonus points 5 tokens of e same color => 10 bonus points 6 tokens of e same color => 18 bonus points c) Bonus points for having low value Offering cards are scored as follows: 4 cards stored => 3 bonus points 6 cards stored => 6 bonus points 8 cards stored => 10 bonus points ti T to D W A a is o

9 e s:. s s REARATION lace e Hades tile next to e oer Gods tiles and his special Temple next to e oer Temples. lace e two God s Rage (black) tokens in e bag, togeer wi e oer tokens. DURING THE GAME When a God s Rage token (black) is drawn from e bag, a special round takes place. All oer tokens except e God s Rage token are returned to e bag. The God s Rage token is placed on e special Hades Temple, wi no oer tokens being placed is round. 1 Hades Tile 2 God s Rage Tokens VARIANTS 1 - HADES 1 Hades Temple Starting wi e first player, all players must place one Offering card face down next to Hades Temple. The player who places e lowest value Offering card takes e God s Rage token. In is special bidding round, players cannot Replace or Move eir Offering cards. In e case of a tie, e played who placed eir card last (closest to e top of e pile) take e God s Rage token. Each God s Rage token is wor 3 negative points at e end of e game. (See scoring section below). Note 1: All cards played in is special round are removed from e game. No low value Offering card is saved is round. Note 2: If e first player draws bo God s Rage tokens, only one of em is placed on Hades Temple. The oer God s Rage token is returned to e bag. 9

10 10 SCORING Before proceeding to scoring points, players who have God s Rage tokens must pay for em wi God s Favor tokens. Each God s Rage token is wor 3 negative points. The players must discard any combination of God s Favor tokens at add up to at least ree points. Example: To pay for one God s Rage token, a player may discard one Zeus token (wor 5 points), two Artemis tokens (wor 2 points apiece) or one Apollo and one Artemis token (wor 1 point and 2 points, respectively), etc. 2 - SECIAL RULES TOKENS There are 5 double-sided cardboard tokens. Each side has one special rule at can be added to e game. There are ree types of rules: Local, General, and Scoring rules. During set-up, randomly assign one token to each Temple. IN A TWO LAYER GAME When a God s Rage token is on Hades temple, each player places two Offering cards. Add up e value of e two cards played. The player wi e lower total takes e God s Rage token. Local rules only apply to e Temple it is assigned to. General and Scoring rules apply to e whole game. Move ese tokens to e middle of e table so everyone can see em. H L 1 c 2 to to a 3 F 4 O 5 6 to w c

11 o. Here is a list of e 10 different rules: LOCAL RULES: 1. Reverse tiebreak rule: Instead of e first card, ties are won by e last Offering card played. 2. First token here: When placing God s Favor tokens for e round, draw and place e first token here. Then draw and assign e oer two as usual. 3. Lowest Offering card wins: At is Temple, e lowest Offering card played wins e God s Favor token. 4. No card retrieving: layers cannot retrieve Offering tokens played on is Temple. 5. Draw a new token and choose between em: When you gain a God s Favor token from is Temple, you can draw second token from e bag and decide which one you want to keep. lace e oer back in e bag. 6. Exchange 1x2 or 2x1: You can exchange is token wi two from anoer player or is token plus one more from your personal reserve wi one token from anoer player. In eier case, e value of tokens you take from anoer player must be equal or lower an yours. Note: This temple must be resolved first. 7. Choose e first player of e next round: Give at player e bag. GENERAL: 1. Draw an extra token: The first player draws an extra token at e start of e round. They en place tokens as usual, putting e extra tokens back in e bag. SCORING: 1. Bonus for different colors: Score 6 points for a complete set of 5 different colors (4 in a ree-player game). 2. Bonus for bonus: Score 3 / 6 points if you succeeded to gain 1 / 2 bonus for collection of tokens of e same color. (page8, Scoring: B) 11

12 TURN SUMMARY Each of e 12 rounds proceeds as follows: 1. DRAW GOD S FAVOR TOKENS (ONE MORE TOKEN THAN NUMBER OF TEMLES) lace one token on top of each Temple. Return e extra to e bag. 2. LACE OFFERING CARDS FACEDDOWN (IN CLOCKWISE ORDER): The next card at a Temple is always laid on top of e previous card. 3. RELACE, MOVE OR ASS (IN CLOCKWISE ORDER): a) RELACE e card wi anoer one from eir hand. b) MOVE e card to a DIFFERENT Temple. c) ASS your turn. 4. RECEIVING GOD S FAVOR TOKENS: Turn all e cards at a Temple faceup. Highest card takes e God s Favor. 5. LAYERS WHO DO NOT RECEIVE A GOD S FAVOR TOKEN MAY RETRIEVE AN OFFERING CARD, DISCARDING ANOTHER CARD FROM THEIR HAND. 6. LOW VALUE OFFERING CARDS THAT WIN ARE KET UNDER THE LAYER S SCORING AID. 7. END OF A ROUND - DISCARD ALL LAYED CARDS ON THE TABLE Game Design: Sergio Halaban, André Zatz & Mícheál Úa Séaghdha Artwork: Giovanna Guimarães Graphic Design: Fabio de Castro Art Direction: David reti CREDITS roduction: Guilherme Goulart, Renato Sasdelli & Thiago Aranha ublisher: David reti roofreading: Jared Miller, Jason Koepp, & Colin Young Special anks to all e playtesters. 12