LionsOfLydia

Object of the Game

In Lions Of Lydia you try to increase your income and collect valuable points by cleverly purchasing land.

The Rules

The Original Rules and you can find a short description of the game here.

The Interface

1. City consisting of 4 goal fields and a well field (goal fields in four colors)
2. Lands / card displays for purchase.
3. Own resource display
4. Own lands that offer improved acquisition and points.
5. The bag with 4 merchants. (Meeple)
6. Overview display of the other players (resources / money / countries)

Country card

1. Costs of the land to upgrade or acquire.
2. Effect of the land (In this case you place a yellow merchant on the yellow or green gate so you get an additional 2 yellow resources)
3. Victory point value at the end of the game

When upgraded, the lands always have double the victory point value and the distribution of Additional raw materials are twice as much.

Flow of the game

In “Lions of Lydia,” players take turns drawing merchants from their bags and sending them to different locations in the city. The merchants sent to the gates collect and exchange resources and coins, while

the merchants sent to the well buy and upgrade land cards. As soon as a player has upgraded a certain number of lands (2 players - 8 cards, 3 players - 7 cards, 4 players - 6 cards), the game is over and the

Players compare their victory points to determine the most respected nobleman or noblewoman in the kingdom!

Player Actions< /span>

On each turn you carry out the following steps in turn:

1. You remove a merchant face down your bag.
2. You place this merchant at one of the gates or at the well; You then carry out the actions that are possible at the respective location (see the following sections “Gate Actions” and “Fountain Actions”).
3. Then you select any merchant from the fountain and put it in your bag. This ends your turn.
4. If there are merchants of the same color in the gate areas, they are pushed together into the well area.

Gate fields

If you place a merchant on one of the four gate fields you receive:

1. A resource in the color of the respective gate.
2. Resources in the colors of the merchants at the gate. One resource for each merchant.

In addition, all resource bonuses from your lands are paid out.

The golden Lydian merchant

If you place a Lydian merchant at a gate or if there is already one there, you may also use the resources in the color of the Exchange Tors for coins.

You are only allowed to own as many lands as you have "unlocked" on your influence track. (3 / 5 / 8 / 9 and more)

Well field

If you send your merchant into the well space in the middle of the game board, you can acquire new lands (2) or upgrade your own lands (4).

In order to acquire or upgrade a country you must be able to pay the cost of resources (usually 3 resources or money) in the upper area of ​​the map.

1. You can purchase as many lands as you want, but they must all come from one of the 4 areas.
2. You can always upgrade as many of the lands you own as you like You can afford.

Coins always count as a joker for any resource.

Influence bar and bonuses

Whenever one of your resources reaches the value 6, You will immediately receive a bonus and you can choose either:

1. Increase your influence on the influence track. (To be able to own more lands, get money and get victory points.

OR

1. Upgrade one of your lands in your possession for free.

End of the Game

The game ends when a player has reached the required number of upgraded lands and all other players have made one last turn.

The player who is the first to reach the required number of upgraded lands receives the well bonus, which is worth one point for every money at the end of the game.

Final Scoring

The total number of points is made up as follows.

1. the victory points shown at the bottom of your silver and gold cards,
2. the victory points that are displayed on the field of the influence track and were achieved by you,
3. the determined value of all your purple cards,
4. the well bonus for the Player who signaled the end of the game.

In the event of a tie, the player who has advanced further on the influence track wins, should also have one here If there is a tie, the player with more resources and coins wins.

Additional modules

Currently three additional modules of the game have been implemented and can be activated via the options.

Croesus - King Croesus

If you place a merchant at the gate where the king is, you may immediately take an additional resource of the gate's color. You then move King Croesus to another gate of your choice.

Courtyards

< p> At the start of your turn, after you draw a merchant from your bag, you may play your courtyard merchant instead of the one you drew. The merchant from the bag is placed on your empty courtyard tile and can be used on a later turn. This means that on each subsequent turn you have a reserve merchant in your courtyard that you can use instead of the merchant you drew.

Guild - Craftsmen's Guild

To place a craftsman at a gate, you select a merchant there whom you “copy”. Now carry out the actions as usual as if your craftsman had the same color as the merchant you copied (including gaining all resources and card bonuses.