Game components and setup
Place the game board, parliament board and the 2 supply boards in the center
Common components:
1 Game board
2 Supply boards
37 Squires
37 Gold
37 Voting markers
36 Nobleman tiles
1 Start player marker
12 Conflict cards
(plus 2 spare cards)
6 Tiles kings favor
1 Parliament board
18 Law cards
1 Rules booklet
plus this extra sheet
Individual components
of the players
(in 5 colors):
5 Player markers
35 Knights
5 Castle boards
30 Extension tiles
5 Screens
(each screen to be
assembled of 3 parts)
10 Voting tiles (5 x
yes & 5 x no)
1 Sticker sheet
(incl. spare stickers)
Special components
for the 2-player-game:
4 Ally boards
Before your first game,
please fix the stickers to
the wooden game pieces as
follows:
1er 2er 3er 4er
(3x) (2x) (1x) (1x)
Please repeat this procedure
for the other 4 colors.
of the playing area. Disperse all voting markers, gold and squires equally to County
both supply boards. Each player selects their player color and places their Sort the nobleman
player marker on space 0 of the power point track and their 7 knights on the tiles by the letters
corresponding reserve area. on their back and
randomly place each
Power point Castle board Supply board Back Front
pile face open in one
track
of the counties. The
Number of players Nobleman tiles per county
Start player exact number of tiles
2&3 2 tiles
marker Reserve depends on the number
4 3 tiles
of players.
9 Counties 5 4 tiles
Player marker
Castle
Gold
Keep gold and squires always Place voting markers always on the
hidden behind the screen. castle board, visible for all players.
Reserve
Supply board
Squire
Company at table
Parliament
board
Voting marker
Voting tiles
Castle
Give each player... Place the two
Court
knights at the court.
...in their player color: ...from general supply:
Summary of game
1 castle board 1 voting marker round:
6 extension tiles 2 gold I. Place knights
II. Parliament Each player selects one of their The 5 remaining
1 screen 2 squires extension tiles and places it on tiles form the
III. Reward Counties
2 knights (strength 1 & strength 2) 2 voting tiles (yes & no) IV. Reward Castle their castle, covering the space players per
(taken from reserve) V. Reward Conflicts showing the same reward. sonal supply.
Parliament Conflict
Sort the law cards by the numbers Place the 6 tiles kings favor face open on the game board.
on their back. Remove 2 of the 12 conflict cards. Shuffle the remaining cards and put the
pile on its designated space, face down. Draw the top 2 cards and place
Shuffle the 3 0 laws and place them them face open in the upper row.
from left to right in the upper row, face
Kings favor tiles Strength of france
open. These are the current laws. Remove the tile
Upgrade from
Form the draw pile in the center. First, the game in a
shuffle the 3 4 laws and place them face 3-player-game. Conflict cards
Only 5 favor tiles
down in the center space. Repeat this pro- are used.
cedure with laws 3, 2, and 1, placing
the cards always on top of the others.
Remove the
Finally, draw the top 3 cards and place following conflict Number of players Strength of conflict cards
them, from left to right, in the lower row, cards from the 2&4 2 & 10
face open. game, depending
on the number of 3 9 & 10
players: 5 2 & 1 x 3
 Summary of rewards
New knight with strength 1 Nobleman tiles
The player takes one knight with strength 1 form the reserve area on the game The player takes a nobleman tile and places the nobleman on the first em-
board and places him on the court of their castle board. Forfeit this reward, of pty seat of their company at table. Each player may invite each nobleman
there is no such knight available in the reserve. only once.

York (C) Suffolk (F)

County: In York, the player receives 2 voting markers additionally, which they place openly on
their castle board. If there is no knight with strength 1 available, the player still receives the voting
markers.
Castle: The player must expend 3 (back to general supply) squires for their knight with strength 1.
Upgrade a knight
The player may upgrade any one of their knights by one level. They swap
the knight with one knight from their reserve with exactly 1 more strength.
Forfeit this reward, if there is no such knight available in the reserve.
County: The player may take the nobleman only from that county where they deployed their knight.
Conflict: The player takes a nobleman tile from any county of their choice immediately after
placing their knight.
Extension tiles
The player selects an extension tile from their personal supply and places it
on their castle, covering the space showing the same reward and covering the
knights space as well. No more knights can be placed there, but the player
receives this reward each time they score their castle.

Stafford (B) Gloucester (D) Northumberland (A) & Bedford (E)

County: In Gloucester, the player receives 2 voting markers additionally, which they place openly on Note: If a knight is present on the covered space, the player moves him to their court immediately
their castle board. If there is no eligible knight available, the player still receives the voting markers. without scoring.
Castle: The player must expend 2 (back to general supply) squires for the upgrade of their knight.
Conflict: The player receives the reward immediately after placing their knight.

Gold and squires Power points

The player receives a number of gold and squires from the general supply as The player advances their player marker on the power point track according to
shown, putting it behind their screen. the shown number of power points.

Surrey (I) Somerset (G)

Conflict: Players gain power points for their knights deployed to a conflict.

Voting markers Passage to France

The player receives a number of voting markers from the general supply as The player moves their knight from Dorset to a conflict in France. They do not
shown and puts them openly on their castle board. win a kings favor in this case.

York (C) Gloucester (D) Dorset (H)

Company at table: The player receives 1 voting marker for each nobleman at their table plus 1 Note: Put any supporting squires from Dorset back to the general supply
voting marker for the Lord of the Castle himself.

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