CONQUESTS OF CHARLEMAGNE
INTRODUCTION
Card game for 2-4+ people.
Theme: Charlemagne (Charles the Great), King of the Franks 768-814.
GAME END
The game ends when all 10 Regions have been conquered.
VICTORY
The player with the most Victory Points (VP) at the end of the game wins.
THE DECKS
There are 2 decks:
The Region Deck
The Play Deck
THE PLAY DECK
The play deck has 3 card types:
Foe Cards
War Cards
Victory Cards
THE REGION DECK
There are 10 cards in the Region deck, 1 for each Region.
These are placed on the table face-up and lined-up so they are
Visible to all players.
THE REGIONS
Each region has a Strength Rating (SR) and a Victory Point (VP) value.
Region: SR VP Notes:
Aquitania 10 2 Plus Gascony; Starts the game as Hostile
Lombardy 15 4 Threaten Rome
Saxony 20 4 German Tribe
North Iberia 10 2 Moors & Basques; The Spanish March
Bretons 5 1 West Gaul
Benevento 5 2 Lombardy must be Conquered first
Bavaria 5 1 Must be Conquered before the Avars
Slavs 10 2 The Welatabians
Avars 20 5 Descendants of the Huns; Rich in Plunder
Danes 15 3 The Northmen
SETUP
Place the 10 Region cards.
Shuffle the Play deck.
The most French player goes first.
TURN SEQUENCE
Players take turns.
Each turn has 6 Phases:
1. Fate Phase
2. Foe Phase
3. Fortune Phase
4. Fight Phase
5. Feat Phase
6. Finale Phase
FATE PHASE
Draw 3 cards from the Play Deck.
Place them face-up in front of you.
If the deck runs out, shuffle the discard and draw from it.
FOE PHASE
Place any Foe cards you drew onto any Regions that have
Not yet been conquered.
Note: When placing (attaching) a Play card onto a region, place it
Slightly under the Region card so its Strength is still visible.
FORTUNE PHASE
Place any Victory cards you drew onto any Regions that have
Not yet been conquered.
FIGHT PHASE
Place any War cards you drew onto any Regions that have
Not yet been conquered. See the Hostility & Conquest Rules.
War cards, Foe cards, and Region Cards have Strength Ratings.
If the total Strength of the War cards on a Region is equal to or greater than
The Strength of the Region card plus attached Foe cards, you conquer the Region.
FEAT PHASE
If you conquered a Region (card) last phase, place it, and any attached
Victory cards into your Victory Pile.
Discard all Foe and War cards on the Region card.
Each Victory card is worth 1 Victory Point (VP)
Each Region has its own VP value listed on the card.
FINALE PHASE
You must play all 3 cards you were dealt this turn if possible.
If it is not possible to play a card, discard it.
HOSTILITY RULES
Some War and Foe cards have the Hostility Trait.
These can be played on a Non-Hostile Region to make it become Hostile.
War cards without the Hostility Trait can only be played on Hostile Regions.
The only Region that starts the game Hostile is Aquitania.
The other Regions must be converted to a Hostile State.
CONQUEST RULES
Some War cards have the Conquest Trait.
These cards can only be used if by playing them you actually
Conquer in that Phase the Region you play them on.
CARD LIST NOTATION
F = Foe Cards
W = War Cards
V = Victory Cards
SR = Strength Rating
C = Conquest Trait
H = Hostility Trait
PLAY DECK CARD LIST
Card Name: Type SR Trait
Appear in Person W 4
Frankish Nobles W 2
Fierce People F 5
Devil Worshippers F 3
Wage War W 4
Long Campaign W 2
Renew War F 5 H
Compel Foe W 4
Great Vigor W 4
Submission W 4 C
Quick Conclusion W 4 C
Premature Death W 4 C
Grounds for War W 2 H
Entreaties W 2 H
Declare War W 2 H
Long Siege W 2
Hostages V -
Restoration of Lands V -
Oath of Allegiance V -
Surrender W 4 C
Subdue W 4 C
Rebellion F 5 H
Exhaustion W 4
Pepin W 4
Set Son as King V -
Subjection W 4 C
Banishment V -
Expulsion V -
Tributary V -
Bitter Struggle W 2
Persistence W 2
Dishonorable F 3
Transgressions F 3 H
Expedition W 4 H
Breach of Peace F 3 H
Reprisals W 2 H
Great Fury W 2
Promises V -
Violate Terms F 2 H
Steadfastness W 2
Wreak Vengeance W 4
Take to the Field W 2
Open War W 2
Exact Righteous Satisfaction V -
Ambuscade F 5
Resettlement V -
Union V -
Renunciation V -
Pitched Battle W 2
Enemy Routed W 2
Protracted War W 2
Strong Position F 3
Arduous Contest F 5
Frontier Garrisons W 2
Muster Vassals W 2
Treachery F 5 H
Demand Obedience W 2 H
Threats W 2 H
Harassing Raids F 3 H
Invasion F 5 H
Send Army W 2
Great Sum of Money V -
Arrogant Duke F 3 H
Challenge F 3 H
Summon Troops W 2
Great Army W 4
Pitch Camp W 2
Quell Uprising W 4 C
Insurrection F 3 H
Auxiliaries W 2
Depopulate Region V -
Seize Treasure V -
Spoils of War V -
Scara Elite Cavalry W 2
Vain Boastful King F 5 H
Preparations for War W 2
Skillful Planning W 2
Barbarous Tribes F 3
Vanquished W 4 C
Overthrown W 4 C
Glory V -
Claim Kingship V -
Crowned Holy Roman Emperor V -
Spread of Catholicism V -
Patronize the Arts V -
Carolingian Renaissance V -
Convert Pagans V -
Warrior-King W 4
Mass Baptisms W 2
Massacres W 2
Revolts F 3
Reconcilliation W 2
Christianization V -
Monestaries W 2
Missionary Activity W 2
The Song of Roland V -
Frontier Marks W 2
Sub-Kinngdoms W 2
Assembly of Counts W 2
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LINKS
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