Place your War Banner on the first space on the Crown Tracker located along the side of the gameboard (place it on the second space if you selected Rome as your starting city).įinally, place ten Footmen, divided in any way you like, between your starting city territory and one adjacent non-city territory. (The Tax Value is collected as a bonus each time you place a crown on a city). Be sure to collect the city's Bonus Tile and Tax Value in coins from the reserve. Select one of the eight Gold Crown Cities on the gameboard and place your crown and castle on that city territory. Note: Players may want to review the City Bonus Tiles to help decide where they would like to place their kingdom. Once all players have placed their kingdoms, the first round will begin. (See page 7 for the kingdom placement steps). Starting with the first player and passing to the left, each player will carry out all kingdom placement steps before the next player places their kingdom. Now it's time for players to place their kingdoms on the gameboard. Note: In the case of a tied bid, roll dice to determine who receives the First Player Marker. The highest bidder places his or her kingdom on the gameboard first and will start each round as long as he or she controls the First Player Marker. Players who did not win the bid keep their coins. The highest bidder pays his or her bid to the reserve and receives the First Player Marker. All players will then reveal their bids at the same time. (Keep your army units in an area near you - this is called your army reserve).īid to place first and go first by secretly selecting a number of coins from your initial five coins and holding out your bid in a closed fist.

Place the remaining components in a separate area next to the board. Next, each player receives five silver coins, one crown and one castle. Setupįirst, each player selects an army colour and takes the plastic figures, War Banner, reminder card and eight King's Orders cards for that army. 4 armies (each with 35 footmen, 12 archers, 12 cavalry, 4 siege weapons)Ĭontrol seven or more crowns at the end of a round to win the game.

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