Aljubarrota: The Royal Battle Rulebook

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Goal
• Content
• Preparation
• During the Game
• Attention

Goal

The fastest player to discard all his or her cards wins the game.

Content

• Manual of rules
• Educational leaflet
• 2 character cards / joker (1 for each player)
• 42 Game Cards:
  • Crown (green, 1) x6
  • Shield (black, 2) x6
  • Banner (red, 3) x6
  • Archers (blue, 4) x6
  • People (orange, 5) x6
  • Cavalry (pink, 6) x6
  • Infantry (blue, 5) x6

The character card can be used at any given moment during a play.

Preparation

A. The players pick a character card/joker and place it in front.

B. The cards are shuffled and distributed. Each player should have 21 cards. This is the "hand game". It is piled up face downward.

C. Each player retrieves a card from the bottom of the pile of his or her "hand game" and places it in the centre of the table face upward.

During the Game

During the game, all the players play at the same time by retrieving a card from the bottom of the pile of the "hand game". This card must be discarded onto one of the "discard piles" placed in the centre of the table. For that to happen, one of the three rules must be followed:

1. Discard by colour
2. Discard by image
3. Discard by number

The example for discarding by image or colour and the example for discarding by number or joker are shown on the rules sheet.

Attention

When a player is not able to discard his or her card onto any of the "discard piles", it is possible to:

a. insert the card back on top of the "hand game" and then retrieve a new card from the bottom of the same pile;

b. play the character card/joker by placing it on top of the "discard pile" and immediately after place the next card.