Castle Builders Rules v1 0

Game-o-gram #1 – Castle Builders
Full rules version 1.0 (18 October 2008)
Game-o-gram #1 - Castle Builders

The king has ordered two builders to build a new castle for him. You are one of them.
“The award you will be given will be in proportion to the quality of your work”, the king said.
“The quality of your work”, you think. He doesn’t care about the quality, he only cares for
what he can see with his eye…
You will have to build the top of the towers, for that is where the king will look first. And if
you can show the king how much you have built, you will surely be given an extra award.
Preparation
- Before the first game you need to cut out the counters at the bottom of the postcard. There
should be 22 counters of each color.
- Each player takes all the counters in one color and shuffles them.
- Each player then takes two random counters from his/hers draw pile. This is their starting
hand.
Playing the game

On a player's turn, he/she places a counter and then draws a replacement counter.
1. Place counter: The player chooses a counter from his/hers hand to play. Most of the
counters will be placed in a tower, they are building counters (see chart below). The
player may place a building counter at the bottommost free space in any tower. If it is not
a building counter then the player uses the counter’s special ability, if possible, and then
places the counter in a discard pile.
2. Draw replacement counter: After a counter is played the player draws a replacement
counter.
3. If the played counter contained a continuation icon, the player conducts a new turn. If not,
it is the other player's turn.
The counters
Building counters:
Ordinary Continuation Bonus counter

building counter counter
Special counters:
Remove counter Remove and Stop counter

continue counter
Special counters
Remove counter: Select a topmost counter in any tower and then discard that counter.
Remove and continue counter: Same special rules as Remove counter plus the player may
conduct a new turn.
Stop counter: Player may not do anything this turn.
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Game end
When all spaces in the towers are filled the game ends and scoring takes place.
Calculate scores:
The player with the topmost counter in each tower gets as many points as stated on the roof of
that tower. Also, the player with the most counters in each row gets as many points as stated
on the beginning of that row.
If a player has a bonus counter in a tower which he/she gets points for and the arrows on the
counter is pointing vertically then the points of that tower is doubled. The same applies to
rows, but there the arrows must be pointing horizontally. The player chooses the direction of
the arrows when placing the counter.
Players sum up their points and the player with the most points is the winner.
Scoring sample
The picture below illustrates a game that has just ended. Let’s count the score!
We will start with the rows: In the first row (at the bottom of the play area) there are 4 yellow
and 1 green counter. This means that yellow player gets 7 points for this row since the yellow
player got the most counters in that row. Moving up there are 3 yellow and 2 green counters.
This means 6 more points to the yellow player. The yellow player got the most counters in the
next row also, and one of the counters is a bonus counter where the arrows are point
horizontally. This means that the points are doubled: 10 points more to the yellow player. In
the next row there are 2 yellow and 2 green counters which mean that no one gets the points.
In the top row it is also a tie which means no more points for the rows.
Let’s move on to the towers: In the tower to the left the yellow player has the topmost
counter. The yellow player therefore gets 4 points (as stated on the top of the tower). On the
next tower the green player has the topmost counter and gets 5 points. Since the bonus counter
in the tower is yellow, the bonus does not apply. The yellow player gets 7 points for the tower
in the middle. Next the green player gets 12 points for the following tower, since the green
player has placed a bonus counter pointing vertically there. The green player also gets 5
points for the last tower.
Summing all points up the yellow player gets 34 points (7 + 6 + 10 + 4 + 7) and the green
player gets 22 points (5 + 12 + 5). The yellow player is the winner!
Credits
Game idea & design: Björn Jansson.
Co-design: Daniel Johansson
Playtesting: Ida, Nellie, Junis, Stefan, Maléne, Mats, Peter - Thank you
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