Gildenberg 2017

The streets of this medieval Hanseatic city bubble with life. The storms of centuries have not been able to diminish all its glory. In spite of wars and disease, the city wall is ever stronger.

Does a venerable council lead this thriving city? Or are decisions made in guild leaders' chambers?

Not a chance.

Under the cover of night, the leaders of different brotherhoods gather in Gildenberg's chapel to divide up power in the city. You are one of them.

In Gildenberg, players compete to gain influence in this medieval Hanseatic city. To that end they use the cards for guild members and non-guild members to take control of different buildings.

There are 3 to 4 building cards in the middle of the table depending on the number of players. Each player draws 5 character cards into their hand. On their turn a player may: 1) Play a character card on a building if their guild symbol matches the symbol on the building. 2) Occupy the building if the value on their character cards is same or bigger than the value of the building. 3) Discard 3 character cards and draw 3 new cards from the deck.

The game ends when all buildings have been occupied. The players then add up the points from their building cards and whoever has the most points is the winner!