The i of the dragon
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Before The Game Begins:Įach player must summon his first 2 subjects to court. Sort the remaining coins, along with all of the other pieces (palace floors, rice tiles, fireworks tiles, privilege tiles) into a general supply above the board. Players may exchange 1 gold coin with 3 silver coins from the supply at any time during the game. The front side shows an overview of the game's phases, and the back side displays the actions and events in brief.Īdditionally, each player takes 4 palace floors and builds 2 palaces with 2 stories each in his playing area, and takes 6 yuan (3 silver and 1 gold).Įach player should place his money next to his palaces for all to see.
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#THE I OF THE DRAGON FREE#
With the exception of the 2 peace tiles, there may never be 2 identical event tiles next to each other, so if you draw 2 of a kind in a row, slide the second one over to the next free space. Shuffle the remaining 10 tiles face down and draw 1 at a time randomly, placing them face up as you go from left to right in the other 10 spaces in the event row. The Event Tiles: Locate the 2 peace tiles, and place them face up in the first 2 spaces of the event row at the bottom of the board (containing 12 light-colored spaces). This means that, when playing with 4, there will be 8 tiles of each type in the game with 3, there will be 6 of each and with 2, there will be 4 of each. When playing with fewer, return 2 tiles of each type per missing player to the box (1 younger and 1 older for the tiles divided into those groups and 2 younger for the others - craftsmen, court ladies and tax collectors). Note: Only in a 5-player game will you place all 10 person tiles of each type on the display. The craftsmen (beige), court ladies (ochre) and tax collectors (yellow) only come in the younger version sort these into piles by type and place them in the three middle spaces of the second row. Then place the matching younger persons below them in the second row. Place the older persons in the first row, which contains 2 sections, each with space for 3 tile types. Of the 9 types of person tiles, 6 are divided by experience.įor the tiles divided in this way, there will be 6 younger, less experienced persons (their tiles have fewer symbols and higher values), and 4 older, more experienced persons (with more symbols and a lower value). Then sort them again according to their level of "experience". The Person Tiles: First, sort these tiles by their color.
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Set up the rest of the pieces as shown in the diagram to the right: Place the game board in the middle of the table. Componentsīefore your first game, carefully punch out all of the tiles from their frames, and place the dragons in their stands.
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The better a player can manage his province and withstand the seemingly unending onslaught of hazardous events, the more honor and victory points he will have to show for it in the end. Be it drought, contagion or Mongol invasion, only foresight and planning will spare the princes and their subjects from these fates. These loyal subjects will lend their expertise to the struggle to shield their rulers from the often disastrous consequences of the myriad untoward events that plague the populace from month to month. To assist in these endeavors, the princes must call upon the diverse talents of their courtiers, from scholars and monks to warriors and craftsmen. In this game, each player takes on the role of a Chinese prince, seeking to maximize the prosperity and prestige of his province in the ancient China of approximately 1,000 A.D.