Player Turns

Player turns are done in Player Turn Order. A turn consists of any number of Free Actions before and/or after either two Standard Actions, one Standard Action then Idling, or just Idling. Once a player Idles, they cannot perform any more Standard Actions this Season. Once all players Idle, the Season moves to its Battle Phase.

Summary of Available Actions

Standard Actions, 2 (if possible) during the player’s turn:

  • Assign Workers to a Workplace or to refine Resources.
  • Build a Workplace.
  • Commission, to unlock a resource conversion path for the Season.
  • Deploy a Knight on the map or another player’s Castle.
  • Engage a Workplace project, ensuring exclusive access to it.
  • Have a Knight Flee from a Tile.

Free Actions, at any time (including during another player’s turn):

  • Guarantee something, by making a binding promise.
  • Haggle with other players.

If fewer than 2 Standard Actions were performed:

  • Idle for the rest of the Season.

Player Turn Order and Tie Breaker

The same tracker handles Player Turn Order and ties.

The does not move. This board is split into two halves. At any point, one half is the Action Phase half, and the other is where the Idling players go to.

The player turn order is read in clockwise order, starting from the Action Phase half. The right side starts at the , the left side ends at the .

When they start to Idle, players move their Player Cube to the next available spot of the other half (again, in clockwise order).

Ties are broken by player turn order. Being earlier in the player turn order means winning the tie. Idling players are considered as going after non-Idling players.

In effect non-Idling players win ties during the Action Phase, but those who Idled sooner win ties during the Battle Phase (and the next Action Phase).

Example

Player Turn Order, Example A Player Turn Order, Example A In this example, the turn order is Bandits , Green Player, then Purple Player. Blue Player already passed. The priorities are: Bandits , Green Player, Purple Player, then Blue Player.

Now, Green Player passes: Player Turn Order, Example B Player Turn Order, Example B The turn order is now Bandits then Purple Player. Blue Player and Green Player already passed. The priorities are: Bandits , Purple Player, Blue Player, then Green Player.

Now, the last player passes: Player Turn Order, Example C Player Turn Order, Example C This caused the Action Phase to end, so the Action Phase half of the board changed. The turn order is now Blue Player, Green Player, Purple Player, then Bandits . The priorities are the same as the turn order.

Paying the Council

Some actions require bribing the Council. Each player has a tracker indicating how many times they bribed the Council this Season. Each new bribe is more costly:

  1. Increase the tracker by one.
  2. Pay Influence corresponding to the new tracker’s value.

Standard Actions

Assign

The player assigns Workers to a built Workplace. The Workers are moved from the Unemployed reserve to the associated Faction’s Employed reserve.

Assigning a Worker Assigning a Worker

In order to use Workers of a Faction, the player must be in Control of at least 1 Tile of that Faction (see _Tile Control). Note: Bandit Tiles are valid Faction Tiles.

For each Worker newly assigned, the player gains 1 Influence .

The player can target any built Workplace, as long as no player currently uses it and the player Controlling the associated Castle permits it (see Tile Control). To denote who currently uses the Workplace, place a Player Cube on it.

Each Workplace indicates the types of Workers it requires. All required Workers must be provided at once in order to assign.

Assigning a Worker to a workplace Assigning a Worker to a workplace

Build

The player builds a Workplace from their Reserve or the Seasonal Workplace Pool, paying the associated Resource cost. Each player may own a maximum of 9 built Workplaces, organized in a 3x3 grid. If that limit has already been reached, they may discard one of their built Workplaces to make room (as part of the build action), provided no Workers are assigned to it. All Resources on the discarded Workplace are lost.

  • Building a Commoner Workplace grants 1 Prestige .
  • Building an Artisan Workplace grants 3 Prestige .
  • Building a Noble Workplace grants 6 Prestige .

Cost of Workplace Cost of Workplace In this example, the build cost is 3 Logs, 2 Baguettes, and 1 Brick.

Control of the Castle is not required to build. Players cannot build on another’s player land.

Workplaces can only moved during the Cleanup phase of the Season, not during player turns.

Instead of a Workplace from their Reserve or the Seasonal Workplace Pool, players may build the Sovereign Workplace (Coronation Ceremony), following the same rules. Note however that, unlike all other Workplaces, this card will be automatically discarded during the Cleanup phase of the Season.

Commission

The player commissions a Worker to enable one of the Resource Board’s conversion paths. That worker is moved from the Unemployed reserve to the associated Faction’s Employed reserve. A Player Cube is placed on the conversion path’s Worker symbol to show it has been unlocked.

For the rest of the Season, the player can use that conversion path as a Free Action. Conversion follows the recipe indicated on the Resources Board. The cost is always X of Resource A + X of Resource B to generate X of Resource C.

Assigning a Worker to refine Assigning a Worker to refine In this example, a Wolf Tribe Worker can be commissioned to convert X Bricks + X Logs into X Marble.

Control of the Castle is not required, but only the Resources Board owner may perform the action, and no Influence is generated by employing that Worker.

Deploy

The player deploys one of the Knights they own from their Castle to either a Tile or another player’s Castle.

Deploying to Farmlands Deploying to Farmlands

Engage

The player pays the Council to engage a Workplace from the Seasonal Pool, moving it to their Reserve. This requires their Reserve to have an available slot. Reserves have a size of 3 Workplaces by default.

A player’s Reserve limit is only considered when attempting to perform an engage action.

Flee

The player pays the Council to order one of their deployed Knights to flee by following the corresponding direction on the Tile. This cannot be used on a Knight currently placed on Capital or in a Castle.

Flee Flee

Free Actions

Players may, at any time (even during other players’ turns), take any of the following Free Actions.

Guarantee

The player makes a binding promise. It may be joint with other players. Failure to follow through incurs a 20 Prestige penalty (noted by the crossed-out Prestige reserve, Oathbreak ). The promise is agreed on, then written down and signed by the players’ color name (e.g. Lord Blue, Lady Green). The letter of the promise - and not its spirit - determine whether it is broken or not. Only the parties failing to follow through on their promise are penalized.

If an Oathbreak occurs, the promise is voided. Cross it out.

It is recommended to be very precise when making a promise, for example by starting with “If possible”, in order to avoid getting trapped.

If some players do not agree that an Oathbreak occurred, all players vote (with “yay” and “nay”, not Influence ) to decide.

Purposefully trapping another player and/or causing an Oathbreak is absolutely permitted. You are among scoundrels, after all.

Haggle

The player trades with other players. A trade may involve Workplaces held in Hand, Resources (excluding Card Resources , Influence , Prestige , or Oathbreak , as denoted by Not Tradable ), Unemployed Workers, as well as markers (no gameplay effect, but can be made meaningful through promises - e.g. as a currency).

Idling

Instead of a Standard Action, players may start Idling. They move their Player Cubes to the next turn tracker’s highest available spot ( spot excluded). The player cannot do any more Standard Actions this Season.