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Resumen del manual
In the shadow of the Notre Dame cathedral, the players compete for prosperity and reputation. Each family controls one of the 3 -5 boroughs chat surround the site of Notre Dame. As head of his family, each player tries, through clever use of his action cards, to advance the power and prestige of his family. When he plays an action card, he can add influence in specific sectors of his borough. When he chooses to add to his influence with the bank, he increases his access to money or when he turns his attentions to the residence, his prestige grows direccly as a result. Of course, each player must make his own choices to try to gain prestige in his own way. In each round, the players also have the opportunity to hire the services of one of several persons to enhance their prestige or position. On some rare occasions, the best choice is obvious, but often it is not. A successful player will find the right moments to make the best use of his cards and the persons for hire. The player with the mosc prestige ac chc end is chc winner. CONTENTS 5 game board sections 3 Nocre Dame tiles (one each of three, four, and five sided) 45 action cards (I each hospital, residence, cloister school, hotel, bank, carriage house, park. Notre Dame, and trusted friend in each of the 5 player colors) 15 person cards (6 brown and 9 gray) 70 influence markers (14 each in the 5 player colors) 5 black markers (rat markers) 5 crusced friends (1 each in the 5 player colors) 5 carriages (1 each in the 5 player colors) 1 bell-ringer (♦ plastic stand start player figure) 20 messages (octagonal; 4 each in the 5 player colors) 25 gold coins 84 prestige tokens (hexagonal: 35 x 1. 18x3, 18x5, 13 x 10) OVERVIEW The players take the roles of heads of important Parisian families. Players use action cards to place influence markers in the various sectors of their boroughs in order to gain money, influence markers, prestige, etc. Players may also hire the services of special people to help them. The player with the most prestige points is the winner. s!lSfe. ■■¡a- $ *» tun When reading these rules for the first time, we recommend you pay no attention to the bold text in the red-bordered area next to the rules. This text should be considered a rule summary to be used by those familiar with the game, but needing a quick reminder ofsome point during play. PREPARATION PREPARATION Before the first game, carefitlly remove the cardboard parts from their frames. Place the bell-ringer in his platic stand. Arrange the sections of the the game board in the middle of the table as shown below. The Notre Dame tile depends on the number of players: 00 00 • 3 players 3-sided • 4 players 4-sided (with the side showing four figures face up) • 5 players = 5-sided Note: look for the special rule* for two players on the last page of these rules. 3 players 4 players Sort the prestige point tokens by their four values and place them along with the gold coins, as supplies next to the game board. Each player chooses a color and takes (in that color): • the trusted friend, which lie places in his play area. • the carriage, which he places on the market place in the center of his borough, • 4 influence markers, which lie places in his play area (as /¿/¿supply). I le places the remaining 10 influence markers of his color next to the game board as a general supply, • 4 messages, which he shuffles face down and then places 1 on each market place at the edges of his borough. Finally, he turns them all face up, and • 9 action cards .which lie shuttles and places as a face down supply in his play area. Each player also takes • 3 gold coins from the supply, placing them in his play area. • 1 rat marker, placing it on space 0 of the plague track (0 to 9) in the harbor in his borough. Place unused material back in the box. Prepare the person cards in the following manner: • Shuffle the 6 brown person cards (which have no letters on their backs) and place as a face down supply next to the game board. Each of these persons is available once in each period. • Sort the 9 gray person cards according the the letters on their backs (A, B or C), shuttle each 3 card set, and place them as a single face down supply next to the person cards, so that the three C cards arc on the bottom of the stack, the three B cards are in the middle of the stack, and the three A cards are on the top of the stack. Each of these persons will be available just once in the game. The players choose a start player, who takes the bell-ringer. Arrange the game board based on the number of players. r. Next, each player selects one of the game ' . v . V board sections as his borough, usually the one closest to where he is seated at the table. Place unused game board sections and Notre Dame tiles back in tire box. .V c Place prestige tokens and coins next to the board as a supply. Each player takes • 1 trusted friend • 1 carriage • 4 influence markers • 4 mess...