Rio Grande Games 80 Board Games User Manual


 
THE GAME BOARD
The board shows the 9 regions of Spain, 1 space to hold the Castillo, the success
track along the edge of the board, and a round track with 9 game rounds and 3
horizontal scoring tracks. In each region, there is a scoreboard with 3 symbols,
which show the values of the region, when it is scored. The player with the
most Caballeros in a region scores the highest value, whoever has the second
most scores the second value, etc.
G
AME LENGTH
The game may be played in 9 or 6 rounds. The game takes around 2 hours for
9 rounds and around 1 hour for 6 rounds. If you want to play the shorter game,
you should skip rounds 1, 4, and 7 on the round track.
PREPARATION
Castillo: Place the castle on the appropriate space on the game board.
Region cards: Shuffle the nine region cards. Turn up the top card and
place the King in this region. Then, each player takes a card to determine his
home region.
Grande: Each player chooses a color and takes the Grande (the large cube)
in his color and places it in his home region.
Caballeros: Each player takes 10 Caballeros in his color. All remaining
Caballeros are kept in a reserve on the table. This reserve is known as the
provinces. Each player takes 2 of his initial Caballeros and places them next
to his Grande in his home region. Each player also places another Caballero
on the first space of the success track. The players put their remaining 7
Caballeros before them on the table. These 7 Caballeros form the player’s
court, which will grow and shrink throughout the game.
Secret disk: Each player takes a secret disk. It shows each region on the
board with exception of the Castillo.
Power cards: Each player takes the set of 13 power cards in his color. The
value (1-13) of the power card is shown on the top and bottom of the card
and the middle pictures a number of Caballeros (0-6).
Action cards: These are marked on the back with between 1 and 5
Caballeros. All 11 cards with 1 Caballero form the 1 stack, all 11 cards with
2 Caballeros form the 2 stack, and so on. The 5 stack is made up of just 1
card (the King card). Shuffle each stack separately and place it face down
beside the board.
Mobile scoreboards: Place the two mobile scoreboards beside the board.
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Region
Round track
Scoring track
Success track
scoreboard
Castillo-space
Castillo
Region card
Grande
Caballeros
Secret disk
Power card
Action card
Mobile scoreboard
Special Scoring:
All 5 regions are
scored.
Basque Country
Catalonia
Old Castile
New Castile
Seville