Falcon Master 2016

Introduction Man can build bridges and castles and towers. We can refine ore into wonderful tools and machines. But to truly hunt, we look not to man’s creations, but God’s - the falcon.

Use the tools and skills at your disposal to become a master falconer. Learn skills, obtain a falcon, take time to train it, then build your reputation with successful hunts.

Game Overview Each turn the player will decide to take one of the following 5 actions: - Go to town (to buy, sell, or barter items, work for gold, or obtain skills), - Stay home to build items, - Stay home to train a falcon, - Stay home to tend to an injured falcon, or - Attend a falconry hunt/tournament.

The player will need to balance finances (gold amount) with learning skills, training their falcons, and hunting with their falcons.

Falcon Master is played with a deck of 50 cards, plus about 25 tracking cubes in 28 turns total over 4 seasons.

36 cards are Item cards. 10 cards are Hunt Resolution cards used to determine outcomes of hunts. 4 cards are used to: - track the turns through the 4 seasons, - track player Gold amount, and player Reputation - hunt - aid in hunt resolution (reference card)

Winning A master falconer cares for falcons, hunts them successfully for a variety of prey, and has demonstrated the skills required for falconry. To win: - Earn 12 Reputation points, - Successfully hunt with at least 2 different falcons, and - Successfully hunt at least 3 types of prey: dove, Quail, Pheasant, or Duck.

Reputation points are gained by successful hunts, training your falcons, and by gaining skills important to the art of falconry (selling items built with your skills).

Falcon Master was an entry in Boardgamegeek's 2016 Mint Tin PnP Contest, and won the following: 2nd place Best Overall Design (tie) 2nd place Best Theme 2nd place Most Innovative Mechanic.