Variant: China - Das Duell (China - The Duel)
Michael Schacht, on his website Spiele aus Timbuktu, has posted a two player variant for China called China - Das Duel (this is equivalent to Kardinal & Konig: Das Duell but themed to suit China). To play this variant you will need to download, print and cut out some additional tiles - here is the China - Das Duell - Front and China - Das Duell - Back. Here are the rules for the variant, translated into English by Patrick Korner:
China - The Duel
Game Preparation
To play this 2-player expansion, first cut the cards on the page apart along the light grey lines using a knife and ruler (even better: a steel ruler).
The game is set up according to the 3-player rules with the following additions:
- The third colour is that of the Emperor. The pieces of that colour are placed next to the board (the score marker and fortification are not used). The Emperor gets three cards, which are placed face-up onto the table.
- The five influence cards that come with this expansion are laid out.
- Each player gets a set of three different special cards from this expansion, which he lays out in front of himself.
Gameplay
The rules for China all count, with the following additions.
Of the cards that a player plays out on his turn to place his pieces, he keeps one, which is placed face-up in front of himself. If the player now has at least as many cards of that colour as his opponent, then he claims the influence card in the matching colour.
Immediately after a player has taken his turn, he takes control of the Emperor. He uses the Emperor’s cards to place one of the Emperor’s pieces onto the board according to the usual placement rules. The Emperor’s cards are then replenished to three by drawing the topmost card from the draw pile.
Note: The Emperor always places only one piece.
The Emperor may only place a house in an unoccupied region if there are no other options.
The cards a player draws for himself can, as usual, be drawn either from the draw pile or the set of four face-up cards.
House Scoring
While scoring a region, the Emperor’s points in that region count for the player who has the influence card for that province.
Example: Alex has 5 houses in Chu as well as the purple influence card. Bert has 1 house, while the Emperor has 2 houses. Alex gets 8 points for all the houses as well as 5 points from the Emperor (for second place). Bert gets 2 points.
No player gets points from the Emperor for alliances or roads - they are not counted.
The Special Cards
A player can use the special cards to perform special actions. Each card can only be used once and is then removed from the game.
“Der Kaiser setzt zuerst”: The player plays for the Emperor before his turn instead of afterwards.
“2 verschiedene Provincen moglich”: On a player’s turn, he may place his pieces into two different regions, regardless of colour.
“1 Handkarte mit Auslage tauschen”: On a player’s turn, he may exchange one of his cards in hand with one of the four face-up cards. The Emperor’s cards are taboo, of course. |
Source: Spiele aus Timbuktu, Translated by Patrick Korner
© 2006 Rick Thornquist
Posted by Rick Thornquist on Apr 24, 2006 at 07:01 PM in
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