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Gameplay
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Starting Round
- Take 1st 4 dominoes from draw pile
- Line up vertically with terrain side down, lowest number at the top, highest number at the bottom. Then flip over to expose terrain side
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Players claim dominoes
- One player takes all 4 king pieces in hand
- Randomly pulls pieces one at a time . Each King Piece that is pulled indicates which player claims a domino
- Players claim dominoes by putting their King Piece on them
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Select 4 new dominoes from drawing pile when all dominoes are claimed
- Line up vertically with lowest number at the top and highest at bottom, terrain side down, next to claimed dominoes.
- Flip new dominoes over
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Subsequent Rounds
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Action 1: Add claimed Domino to Kingdom
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Dominoes added to kingdom with the following connection rules
- Kingdom cannot be more than 5X5 squares
- When connecting domino to another domino, at least 2 connecting squares must have same terrain
- 4 sides of starting tile are Wild Cards - any terrain can be connected to them
- Once in place, dominoes cannot be moved
- Dominoes that do not meet the connection rules are discarded
- Dominoes cannot be discarded if they can be placed in the Kingdom
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Action 2: Choose a new domino from next line
- After adding domino to their kingdom, players select any available domino in next line
- Players place king on top of domino to claim it
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When all players added their dominoes to their Kingdom, draw another 4 Dominoes
- Line up vertically, with lowest number at bottom and highest number at top
- Flip over to start new round
- Use position of each king in the line as new playing order
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Game Ends
- Game ends when no more dominoes
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Players Calculate points
- Territory is a group of identical terrain squares connected horizontally or vertically
- For every territory, count number of connecting terrain squares and multiply by total number of crowns found in that territory
- Multiple territories of same terrain that are not connected are scored seperately
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Player with highest score wins
- If tied, player with largest territory wins. If still tied, victory is shared.
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Setup
- Assemble 4 3D castles
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Starting King Pieces and Tiles
- Each player takes single square starting tile
- A castle and one king piece that matches castle colour
- Players put starting tile with castle on it, in front of them
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Setup Dominoes Drawing pile
- Shuffle dominoes and place in box
- Position box so that gap in dominoes line-up section is away from players. This is the drawing pile
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2 Player Game
- Each player takes 2 king pieces, 1 starting tile and 1 castle
- Play with 24 randomly selected dominoes
- During round, player selects 2 dominoes, 1 for each king piece
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Additional Game Variations
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Mighty Duel (2 players)
- Advanced players. Use all 48 and each player creates a 7 by 7 grid
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Harmony
- Get 5 bonus points if kingdom forms a complete grid (5 X 5 or 7 X 7) and no gaps
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Middle Kingdom
- 10 Bonus points if castle is in the centre of the kingdom's grid (kingdom may have gaps)
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Dynasty
- Play 3 games in a row. Player with highest total points wins.
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