thread: 2006-05-30 : Game Game Rollcall
On 2006-06-07, Tris wrote:
I have been unable to playtest this game, but it rocks anyway*
My Name: Tristan
Game's Name: Grimwald's Court
Entry
5 players (which sucks...)
Maybe 30 minutes to play
Grimwald's court is a troubled place. Everyone knows King Grimwald has his eye on one of the young court ladies, but unless Queen Florence dies, the church won't let him marry her. Prince Roderick is desperate to be king, as soon as possible, and wants rid of his father fast. Baron Jex seeks the death of King and Prince, to end the royal line, and Queen Florence, a hopeless romantic, just wants to spend her old age with King Roderick.
Whispers of an evil sorceror, bent on corrupting the court nobles to serve his evil masters, are surely nothing more than rumours.
Players are secretly given one of the five roles at the start of the game. Each round they are dealt cards, which they distribute to other players. The cards are then played on the four court nobles, giving them treasure, guards, and assassins to deal with, and also giving the players some clue as to which player has which role - the king will want to avoid giving assassins to the prince, for instance.
At the end of the game, nobles score points for treasure, and for reaching their goals. The sorceror scores points depending only on how corrupt the court became. The player with the most points wins.
*perhaps
