INVASIONS OF THE HORSE PEOPLE

INTRODUCTION
Card game for 2+ players. 
Theme: Migrations/Conquests of Asiatic Nomads. 

VICTORY
The first player to accumulate 12 Loot Points is the winner. 

LOOT POINTS
Use coins to keep track of Loot. 

KHAN & NOMADS
The winner of the card contest in Invasion Phase is the Khan. 
The remaining players are called Nomads. 
During a turn, The Khan and Nomads have different goals. 
On the first turn of the game, all players are Nomads. 

TURN SEQUENCE
Each turn has 4 phases:
1. Migration Phase
2. Tribute Phase
3. Invasion Phase
4. Steppes Phase

MIGRATION PHASE
Each player is dealt 7 cards. 
Players may discard up to 4 cards and draw replacements. 
If the deck runs out, shuffle the discard and draw from it. 

TRIBUTE PHASE
There are 3 types of Loot cards: Pillage, Plunder, and Rape. 
There are 3 types of Conquest cards: Europe, Middle East, and China. 
The player who earned the title “Khan” in the previous turn may play 
up to one Loot card of each of the three types and any number 
of Conquest cards. 
The Khan player earns Loot points equal to the card values of the
Loot cards he plays, but not in excess of the card values of the 
Conquest cards he plays. 

INVASION PHASE
Players reveal their hands simultaneously. 
Nomads may only play Strength & Weakness & Tribe cards: 
- Any number of Weakness cards. 
- Only 1 card from each of the 3 types of Strength cards.
- Exactly 1 Tribe card.  
If collectively, the Nomad players play Weakness cards with a 
Combined score greater than the Conquest cards played by the 
Khan player, the Khan player becomes a Nomad, otherwise he 
Remains the Khan and the phase ends. 
If all players are Nomads, the Nomad who played a Tribe card and 
has the highest value of Strength cards becomes the new Khan. 
If there is a tie, all players remain Nomads. 

STEPPES PHASE
Players discard their hands. 

CARD LIST TERMINOLOGY
C = Conquest
L = Loot
W = Weakness
S = Strength
T = Tribe
5 = The deck has 5 cards with values 1-5. 

CARD LIST
Name:			Type
Europe			C5
Middle East		C5
China			C5
Plunder			L5
Pillage			L5
Rape			L5
Assimilation		W5
Succession		W5
Resistance		W5
Great Leader		S5
Horse Archers		S5
Horde			S5
Huns			T
Cimmerians		T
Mongols			T
Scythians		T
White Huns		T
Golden Horde		T
Sarmatians		T
Turks			T
Magyars			T
Parthians		T
Jurchen			T
Avars			T
Khazars			T
Tatars			T
Bulgars			T





LINKS
Wikipedia