T
HE GAME BOARD
The board shows the 9 regions of Spain, 1 space to hold the Castillo, the success
track along the edge of the board, and a round track with 9 game rounds and 3
horizontal scoring tracks. In each region, there is a scoreboard with 3 symbols,
which show the values of the region, when it is scored. The player with the
most Caballeros in a region scores the highest value, whoever has the second
most scores the second value, etc.
G
AME LENGTH
The game may be played in 9 or 6 rounds. The game takes around 2 hours for
9 rounds and around 1 hour for 6 rounds. If you want to play the shorter game,
you should skip rounds 1, 4, and 7 on the round track.
P
REPARATION
• Castillo:
Place the castle on the appropriate space on the game board.
• Region cards:
Shuffle the nine region cards. Turn up the top card and
place the
King
in this region. Then, each player takes a card to determine his
home region.
• Grande:
Each player chooses a color and takes the Grande (the large cube)
in his color and places it in his
home region
.
• Caballeros:
Each player takes 10 Caballeros in his color. All remaining
Caballeros are kept in a reserve on the table. This reserve is known as the
provinces
. Each player takes 2 of his initial Caballeros and places them next
to his Grande in his home region. Each player also places another Caballero
on the first space of the
success track
. The players put their remaining 7
Caballeros before them on the table. These 7 Caballeros form the player’s
court
, which will grow and shrink throughout the game.
• Secret disk:
Each player takes a secret disk. It shows each region on the
board with exception of the Castillo.
• Power cards:
Each player takes the set of 13 power cards in his color. The
value (1-13) of the power card is shown on the top and bottom of the card
and the middle pictures a number of Caballeros (0-6).
• Action cards:
These are marked on the back with between 1 and 5
Caballeros. All 11 cards with 1 Caballero form the 1 stack, all 11 cards with
2 Caballeros form the 2 stack, and so on. The 5 stack is made up of just 1
card (the King card). Shuffle each stack separately and place it
face down
beside the board.
• Mobile scoreboards:
Place the two mobile scoreboards beside the board.
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Region
Round track
Scoring track
Success track
scoreboard
Castillo-space
Castillo
Region card
Grande
Caballeros
Secret disk
Power card
Action card
Mobile scoreboard
Special Scoring:
All 5 regions are
scored.
Basque Country
Catalonia
Old Castile
New Castile
Seville