The game of escape of the famous painter Rikanati in Venice in 1756!
The aim of the game is to discover with your Lord, the famous painter Rikanati and secure him to your palace,before he was discovered by the Doge.
Preparing the Game
Each player chooses one of the colored palaces and a medallion of the same color.
Pawns / figures, mix well so that no players may not know what the playing figure is positioned Rikanati.
Each player chooses a pawn / figure and places it in the Gondolas.
Hangs the medallion has chosen in his figures to standout and placed in front of the palace.
The other figures that do not belong to a player, placed by all players, depending on their preference, in seven theaters.
In each theater is placed only a figure!
Now nobody knows where exactly hiding Rikanati!!!
There is chance to be already below the figure of any players.
The remaining permits gondolas placed by player to the dock preferences.On each pier is placed a gondola!
Now mix the jewelery cards.
A player gets up the card that is above the rest and thus determines which player will start first the game.
Then each player gets the card jewelry that corresponds to him.
When you play less than three players remaining cards are placed back in the box.
The motion in channels and alleys
If it's your turn to play, you can move all three gondolas.
Each time you move a gondola from a pier in a another should be keeping the following:
1) The three movements may preferably split them either in your own gondola with your pawn,either in empty gondolas.
But you never move a gondola which standing pawn of other players.
2) On each pier is placed a gondola along.
Each pier has a column.The position of the column shows
(in case of doubt) in which channel belongs the pier.
3)No allowed the overtaking of the pier if there is another gondola stopped.Exceptions are the five palaces and palace of the Doge.
4)After moving the gondolas, in continuation of your turn you move your pawn.
You can download your pawns from the gondola,to cross an alley to reach the next pier and if there is free gondolas upload your pawns and continue wandering in Venice.
5)Every time your pawn arrives at an alley, you can cross it until the end.
With dexterous movements in alleys and moving appropriate the gondolas you can move very quickly your pawns.
When intersecting alleys, is not allowed to change course.
6)At the end of your turn should your pawn park again in a gondola.The game continues with the searching of Rikanati.
7) As your figure crosses with the gondola the board of the game
is looking the gondolas and theaters for Rikanati.
Looks rapidly under the cloak of the other figures which is parked there.
Rikanati is on another gondola
1) To find Rikanati you must reach your figure to a pier,
you cross the alley and you met a another figure which probably can be hidden Rikanati.You take the two figures (your own and that you meet) and examined them under the table.
2) If you discover under the cloak of the figure that you met
or even your own figure, the Rikanati(namely...the white nail)
you can change the medallion secretly and this way bring the Rikanati in your own pawn.
Place the pawn back in gondolas are parked on the pier and return your pawn in your own gondola after walking rear in the alley.
Rikanati located in theater
If you discover Rikanati in theater you can change again the medallion secretly and bring him to your gondola.
Bribery
Before you transport Rikanati in your palace with safety, you must bribe the Doge to withdraws his pursuers.
Therefore you must pass your figure from the palace of the Doge and leave it at a jewelry card.
Winner
The player who manages to get to his palace with Rikanati, is the winner of the game. For confirmation shows the lower part of the figure to the other players.
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