The Royal Court 2020

For centuries, rulers have ruled their Kingdoms with the support of a royal court. A royal comprised of the Kings closest and most trusted family, advisors and nobles. A Kingdom lived or died on the strength of their Kingdoms royal court.

In The Royal Court, players take on the role of royal advisors to their respective kingdoms. Each advisor has been tasked with gathering trusted individuals to join their own kingdom's court.

The Royal Court is played in a series of rounds. Over the course of a round, players fill their royal courts with trusted royals, clergy, servants, and of course the Kings and Queens themselves.

The object of The Royal Court is be the first player to win 3 rounds. To win a round, a player must assemble the highest scoring royal court.

Players take alternate turns drawing cards and performing actions. When the deck empty the round is over

To play a turn, players perform the following actions in order:

The first player draws the top 4 cards of the deck and forms 2 pairs of their choice face-up next to the draw pile.

The second player chooses which pair of cards they receive and which pair the other player receives.

Both players take and place their assigned pair of cards face-down in a single pile in front of them. This is their court. Now starting with the second player, repeat the above steps until the deck is empty.

When there are no more cards left to draw, each players score their own royal court for the current round. The player with the most points wins the round.

The first player to win 3 rounds is the winner of the game.

—description from the designer