CAESAR & CLEOPATRA

 


OBJECTIVE OF CAESAR & CLEOPATRA: The objective of Caesar & Cleopatra is to win the support of more Patricians by influencing them.

NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 2

MATERIALS: 135 cartes, dont:

  • 35 Forum cards
  • 21 Patrician cards (5 Senator, 5 Quaestor, 5 Praetor, 3 Censor and 3 Aedile)
  • 8 Vote of Confidence cards
  • 6 Bonus Goal cards
  • 50 Roman cards: 37 Influence cards and 13 Action cards
  • 50 Egyptian cards: 37 Influence cards and 13 Action cards


TYPE OF GAME: majority influence duel game

AUDIENCE: teen, adult

OVERVIEW OF CAESAR & CLEOPATRA

Caesar and Cleopatra fought a battle for influence in the Roman Senate, each trying to win the support of more Patricians than the other in the regular elections. Whoever ultimately has the most Patricians will control the Senate, and the Empire…

SETUP

1. Constitution of the Forum

Sort the 35 Forum cards, then separate the 21 Patrician cards into 5 groups, placed next to each other in the centre of the table. The order of the cards within a group is not important. Then shuffle the 8 Vote of Confidence cards and place them face down next to the Patrician cards.

2, Party constitutions

One player plays with Roman cards (Caesar), the other with Egyptian cards (Cleopatra). Each deck consists of two types of cards: Influence cards (with a number or a P in the corner) and Action cards (with an A on the back). Each player takes 10 cards (two sets of cards numbered from 1 to 5) from the 37 Influence cards and sets them aside. The remaining cards are shuffled and placed in front of the player: these cards form the first reserve pile. Each player then takes their 13 Action cards and sorts them in any order they wish, and places them in front of them, next to pile 1, to form reserve pile 2. These two piles shall no longer be looked at or shown.

3. Bonus Goal Cards

The 6 Objective Bonus cards are shuffled, and each player chooses a card at random, the contents of which are, of course, kept secret. The 4 remaining cards are put back in the box without being shown.

4. Placement of the first Influence cards.

Each player takes the 10 Influence cards they had set aside, then places 5 cards face down (with the values numbered 1 to 5) on their side of the Patrician cards, one card per group. Each player is free to choose which card he places in front of which group. Finally, the players take the 5 remaining cards in their hands.

Standard game setup

The player playing Cleopatra always starts first, then the players take turns. The current player has two possibilities:

  • A. It decides to be active
  • B. It decides to remain passive

Actions of an active player

A player who decides to be active performs the following actions:

  • he must put down one or two Influence cards
  • he can play an Action card
  • he must complete his hand
  • he must draw a Vote of Confidence card

A.1. Play one or two Influence cards

The player places 1 or 2 Influence cards in front of him:

  • either 1 card face down in front of the group of Patricians of his choice
    • or 2 cards face up in front of one or two groups of his choice.

Rules to follow:

  • A player can always look at his own face down Influence cards.
  • A group of Patricians cannot have more than 5 Influence cards on one side.
  • A group of Patricians cannot have more than 8 Influence cards in total.

A.2. Playing an Action card

The player may play an Action card at any time during his turn, but before drawing a Vote of Confidence card (even during the resolution of an Exceptional Vote of Confidence). Apply the effects of the Action card, then discard it.

A.3. Completing the hand

When the player has played all the cards he wanted, he refills his hand so that he always has 5 cards. If at that moment there are 8 Influence cards in front of a group of Patricians, an Exceptional Vote of Confidence is performed. 메이저놀이터

A.4. Drawing a Vote of Confidence card

At the end of his turn, the player turns over the top card from the Vote of Confidence deck.

  • If the card indicates a group of Patricians, the Vote of Confidence is resolved (See Resolving a Vote of Confidence).
  • If the card says “Orgy”, there is no vote. In addition, one of the Orgy cards asks you to reshuffle the discarded Vote of Confidence cards in the Vote of Confidence deck.

The discarded card is then discarded next to the Vote of Confidence deck.

Actions of a passive player

A passive player can only discard cards from his hand, and draw the same number from either of his draw piles. There is no Vote of Confidence.

Once a player’s turn is over, it is the next player’s turn.

Resolving a Vote of Confidence

A Vote of Confidence occurs if:

  • a group of Patricians received 8 Influence cards (this is an Exceptional Vote of Confidence)
  • a player has drawn a Vote of Confidence card designating one of the groups of Patricians

Vote of Confidence is solved this way:

  • The Influence cards in front of the group of Patricians are turned face down.
  • The points of influence of the cards placed by each player in front of the group of Patricians are added up.
  • The player with the most influence wins: he takes a Patrician card from the group and puts it face up, next to him (special case: if there is a Philosopher, this rule is reversed, the weaker player wins).
  • discarding:
    • The player with the most points discards the highest card he has played on the group.
    • The player with the fewest points discards the lowest card he has played on that group.
    • All the other cards that had been played on this group remain in place, face up.
  • If there is a tie between the two players, all Influence cards remain in place until a new Vote of Confidence takes place.

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