Keythedral Rulebook

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Contents
  • Turn order card
• Preparation - distribute the playing pieces
• Set up - lay the field and cottage tiles
• The game
• Phase one - place worker counters
• Phase two - collect resource cubes
• Phase three - spend resource cubes
  • Phase three, action one - acquire a seat in the Keythedral
  • Phase three, action two - convert a cottage into a house
  • Phase three, action three - build or remove a fence
  • Phase three, action four - make a purchase from the blacksmith, glassmaker or goldsmith
  • Phase three, action five - trade with the trader
  • Phase three, action six - procure a new law card
• Phase four - retrieve worker counters
• Phase five - change start player
• End of the game
• The winner
• Variation one - for two players
• Variation two - face up building tiles
• Acknowledgements
• Appendix - law card detail
  • 1 - Work order
  • 2 - Price increase
  • 3 - Price decrease
  • 4 - Upgrade cottage
  • 5 - Substitution
  • 6 - Cottage number
  • 7 - Craft bargain
  • 8 - Unexpected harvest
  • 9 - Broken fences
  • 10 - Repeal law
  • 11 - Unsafe fence
  • 12 - House moratorium
  • 13 - Design change
  • 14 - Double production
  • 15 - Bargain
  • 16 - Sale
  • 17 - Downgrade house
  • 18 - Good harvest
  • 19 - Poor harvest
  • 20 - Start order

Introduction

Keythedral is a game for three to five players, aged eight or above, lasting approximately 60 to 90 minutes. Keythedral can also be played by two players (see variation one). There are two versions of the game, a short version and the full version. The only difference is the number of building tiles that can be acquired. See the section in bold type under Preparation.

Throughout the rules booklet the most important actions are summarised in the shaded column for easy reference. Hints on play are shown in white type.

Contents

• 1 Rules booklet

• 1 Store — The box bottom, which is used to store the resource cubes not in play.

• 5 Turn order cards — Summarise the order of play for easy reference.

• 50 Worker counters — Round counters, ten in each of the five different player colours.

• Field tiles in the following colours:

  • 6 Grey tiles — Quarries
  • 8 Brown tiles — Woods
  • 5 Blue tiles — Lakes
  • 5 Green tiles — Farms
  • 5 Red tiles — Vineyards

  Octagonal tiles of five different types and numbered on the reverse side.

• 34 Building tiles — Squared tiles. The acquisition cost of each tile in cubes is shown on the front of the tile. The reverse of the tile depicts a seat and its value. The value of the seats will determine the winner of the game.

• 25 Cottage tiles — Squared tiles numbered 1 to 5, one set in each of the five different player colours. The tiles depict a cottage on one side and a house with a darker background on the reverse side. These are known as cottage tiles irrespective of whether the cottage or the house side is face up.

• 1 Keythedral (and turn order) mat — This mat depicts the inside of the completed Keythedral building and also includes five spaces, numbered one to five, to accommodate the work order markers.

• 5 Work order markers — Five large cylindrical wooden markers marked 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.

• 20 Law cards — Cards detailing a new law.

• 5 Player screens — One in each of the player colours so that players may keep all of their law cards, cubes, counters and tiles secret from the other players.

• Craft cubes in the following colours:

  • 10 White cubes — Ironwork
  • 10 Purple cubes — Stained glass
  • 10 Yellow cubes — Gold

• Resource cubes in the following colours:

  • 20 Brown cubes — Timber
  • 20 Black cubes — Stone
  • 15 Green cubes — Food crops
  • 15 Blue cubes — Water for building and drinking
  • 15 Red cubes — Wine

• 1 Start player marker — A flat green wooden marker.

• 15 Fence markers — Three wooden sticks in each of the five different player colours.

• 1 Keythedral tile — A square purple tile depicting the Keythedral.

• 1 Keytown mat — This mat depicts the blacksmith, law master (plus two new law spaces), goldsmith, glassmaker and trader locations.

Turn order card

1. Place worker counters
   • (a) Select work order marker
   • (b) Place the corresponding worker counters
2. Collect resource cubes
3. Spend resource cubes
4. Retrieve counters
   • (a) Retrieve worker counters
   • (b) Remove the turn order markers
   • (c) Place law cards into empty new law card spaces
5. Change the start player

Preparation - distribute the playing pieces

Each player receives a set of five cottage tiles, ten worker counters, three fences, a screen and a turn order card in their chosen colour.

If there are fewer than five players, remove the surplus worker counters and cottage tiles from the playing surface.

Place the field tiles to one side of the playing surface. These tiles are dealt with under the 'set up' section that follows.

Place the Keythedral tile in the centre of the playing surface.

Position the Keytown mat containing the blacksmith's forge, the glassmaker's glassworks, the goldsmith's workshop and law master's chapter house at the side of the playing surface. Place the purple, white and yellow craft cubes onto the forge, glassworks and workshop respectively.

Place the law cards in a stack face down onto the Keytown mat in the Law Master location. Place the top two law cards from the stack face down onto the two 'new law' card spaces.

Place the resource cubes into the store (the box bottom) and place the store at the side of the playing area.

Place the Keythedral mat at the side of the playing surface. If you are playing the short version of the game, then place the building tiles face down (number side showing) only onto matching numbered spaces on the Keythedral mat that are coloured grey. If you are playing the full version of the game, then also place the building tiles onto the one orange coloured space at the end of each row. The full version of the game takes approximately fifteen minutes longer than the short version. Remove the surplus building tiles from the playing surface. Do not look at the front of the surplus tiles. In this way you will never be certain what the exact building requirements will be until the building tiles in play are turned over.

Place the five work order markers next to the Keythedral mat in easy reach of all of the players.

The start player in the first round is chosen by the youngest player. The start player takes the start player marker.

Hint — Turn order. There are slight advantages and disadvantages inherent in a player's turn order position during the set up phase. The first player can always place a cottage tile adjacent to the Keythedral tile, where there is marginally less competition for the fields as no worker counter is played from the Keythedral tile (and there is no chance of the Keythedral tile becoming a house and generating two workers). In a three player game the first player will be able to place two tiles adjacent to the Keythedral tile. In the five player game the fifth player may not be able to place a cottage tile next to the Keythedral tile if the first four players decide to do so. However, there is an advantage in playing the very last field tile as it can be placed in such a position so as to give the last player exclusive access to that field.

Set up - lay the field and cottage tiles

The number of field tiles that are used in the game depends on the number of players. Those field tiles that are used are the tiles that have a number equal to or smaller than the number of players. If there are five players use all of the field tiles, if there are four players use those field tiles that are numbered one, two, three or four. If there are three players use those that are numbered one, two or three only. If there are fewer than five players, remove the surplus field tiles from the playing surface.

Place the four number one field tiles so they are each connected to one side of the Keythedral tile. The two grey quarry tiles should be opposite to each other and the two brown woods tiles should be opposite to each other.

Shuffle the remaining field tiles and then place them into a single stack face down (number side up) at the side of the playing area.

Starting with the start player and continuing in clockwise order, each player now undertakes the following two actions:

Firstly, a player plays a field tile. The field tile is taken from the top of the stack and is then played onto the playing surface so that it is connected to at least one existing cottage or field tile and so that it is possible for four cottage tiles and four other field tiles to be placed next to every field tile.

Secondly, a player plays a cottage tile (of any number). When laying a cottage tile the tile is placed so that the lighter coloured background is showing.

Hint. Try to avoid having a cottage tile next to one of the same number which is owned by the player to your right, otherwise in all but your own turn in phase one, the player on your right will be able to place a worker in the field between your cottages first.

Make sure all your cottages can access at least three fields. A cottage on the edge of the board, which can only access one or two fields, is especially vulnerable to being unable to place its worker.

When laying cottage tiles a player will find it helpful later in the game if their cottages are adjacent to each of the five types of fields. Access to the grey and brown fields are particularly useful at the beginning of the game as stone and timber are the most used resources in the building stages 1 and 2 of the Keythedral and they are also required to build houses. Black is not required in building the Keythedral after phase two. Timber is required in stages 1 to 3 of the Keythedral building, but not after stage 3, and timber is also required in order to construct fences. Blue and green are moderately useful throughout the game as food and water are required in all stages of the Keythedral building. Red is useful from stage 3 onwards, where wine may be used to reward the Keythedral builders and also throughout the game in order to dismantle a fence.

Players continue to lay one field and one cottage tile at a time in turn until each player has played five field tiles and all of their five cottage tiles.

Turn over the four number four building tiles so that the acquisition cost of each of the number one tiles is showing.

You are now ready to start the game.

The game

Play proceeds in a clockwise order throughout the game.

The game is played in a number of rounds. The number of rounds will vary from game to game. Typically there will be seven, eight or nine rounds in a game. Each round consists of five phases as follows:

1. Place worker counters.
2. Collect resource cubes.
3. Spend resource cubes.
4. Retrieve worker counters.
5. Change start player.

Each phase is listed in a little more detail on the turn order cards and is explained fully in the following sections of the rules.

The game finishes after the last building tile has been acquired from the Keythedral mat.

Hint — Object of the game. Do not lose sight of the object of the game, which is to purchase building tiles, not to acquire the most houses or to fence off the most fields!

Phase one - place worker counters

The cottages and houses each have a number from one to five. The same numbers appear in the circular spaces at the base of the Keythedral mat.

The workers will leave the cottages and the houses to work in the adjacent fields in a particular numerical order determined by the players. Firstly, all of the workers from the cottages and houses of one particular number, chosen by the start player, will leave, followed by the workers from another cottage number chosen by the next player and so on until all the workers who are able to do so have entered the fields.

The start player takes the work order marker marked first (number 1) and places the marker on one of the numbers one to five on the Keythedral mat. The work order marker now indicates which cottage and house number has been chosen to be first.

The start player (player A) then places a worker counter into a field adjacent to the cottage tile which has the same number as the number they have selected. The other players, in clockwise order, then do the same.

If a player has a house tile (see phase three, action two) and not a cottage tile then that player may place two worker counters, one each into two different fields adjacent to the house tile.

If an adjacent field is fenced off (see phase three, action three) or is already occupied by a worker counter then that player may not place a worker counter into that field.

If there are no vacant fields adjacent to the cottage tile or house tile then the workers are idle and will not produce anything this turn.

The next player (player B) in clockwise order then chooses the work order marker marked second (number 2) and places the marker on one of the remaining numbers in order to denote which of the numbered cottages and houses they have chosen.

Player B then places a worker counter into a field adjacent to the cottage tile which has the same number as the number chosen. All the other players, in clockwise order, then do the same. (Note that when player B chooses the cottage and plays the first worker counter, it follows that the player who chose the previous cottage number, in this case player A, will play last on this occasion).

The process continues until all of the cottage numbers one to five have been chosen (irrespective of the number of players). If there are fewer than five players then one or more players will therefore select more than one work order marker.

Phase two - collect resource cubes

Starting with the start player, each player in turn order collects one resource cube for each and every field in which they have placed a worker counter.

The resource cubes are taken from the store. The cubes taken must be of the type corresponding to the field type in which their worker counter was placed; black cubes from the quarry, blue cubes from the lakes, brown cubes from the woods, green cubes from the farms and red cubes from the vineyards.

In the unlikely event that there are no cubes remaining of the correct colour then the harvest has failed and the player does not receive anything from that worker. Other players who have already collected cubes of that colour may retain those cubes.

Phase three - spend resource cubes

Starting with the start player and continuing clockwise each player in turn may now initially do one of the following:

1. Acquire a seat in the Keythedral.
2. Convert a cottage into a house.
3. Build or remove a fence.
4. Make a purchase from the blacksmith, glassmaker or goldsmith.
5. Trade with the trader.
6. Procure a new law card.
7. Pass and do nothing.

Actions one to six are explained in more detail in the following sections.

A player may additionally continue to perform any one of the above actions until either:

• A. they procure a new law card, or
• B. all players who have not procured a law card have passed in succession.

Once a player has procured a law card they may not perform any other actions in phase three during that round (except to play a law card in accordance with the instructions on that law card). A player who has previously passed may still perform any of the above actions (unless either A. or B. above apply).

Players may not trade with each other.

Phase three, action one - acquire a seat in the Keythedral

You may acquire a seat in the Keythedral by purchasing one of the face up building tiles. The face up building tiles show the resource and craft cubes which are required in order to acquire that particular seat.

The building tile front side shows the resource and craft cubes required. The building tile reverse side depicts a seat and its value.

The Keythedral will be built in five stages. In stages one and two the building will require stone and timber and the workers will require food and water. In stage three the building will require some timber and may also require some ironwork. The workers will require more food and water and, if they are lucky, may also receive some wine. In stages four and five the building may require ironwork, stained glass and gold decorations and the workers are likely to require food, water and wine.

Place the resource and craft cubes that are shown on the building tile you are acquiring into the store. Take the building tile and keep this behind your screen.

Once all of the face up number four building tiles have been acquired, immediately turn over the number six building tiles so that their cost is visible. Once the number six tiles have all been acquired then turn over the number eight tiles. Once the number eight tiles have all been acquired then turn over the number ten tiles. Once the number ten tiles have been acquired turn over the number twelve tiles. Once the number twelve tiles have been acquired the game is finished.

Phase three, action two - convert a cottage into a house

In order to convert a cottage into a house a player must spend two resource cubes; one black and one brown.

Place the two resource cubes into the store and then turn over one of the cottage tiles so that the house side is showing. The house side is the side with the darker background. This denotes that the conversion has taken place.

In all future rounds, a player may now place two worker counters instead of one. The worker counters may not be placed in the same field as each other and must be placed into fields adjacent to the house. If only one field is available (because the adjoining fields are fenced off or occupied) then only one worker counter can be played. If no fields are available then no worker counters can be played.

Hint — Buying houses. The earlier in the game that a house is built, the more valuable it will be as it will enable a second worker to be played a greater number of times. The fewer the number of players, the more valuable the houses become, as there are usually more rounds in a game when there are fewer players and therefore more opportunities for two workers to be used.

If a house is fenced off from all fields then it is removed from the playing surface (see phase three, action three). When the tile is replaced it remains as a house.

Phase three, action three - build or remove a fence

Each player has three fences of their own colour. It costs one brown resource cube to build each one of these fences. A player gives one brown resource cube to the store and then immediately plays one of their three fence markers. No more than three fences can be played by a player during the game.

The fence marker is placed between one side of a cottage tile and an adjoining field tile. In the illustrated example, the fence prevents a worker from cottage one from entering field D.

A fence of any colour will normally prevent any workers from a cottage or a house entering an adjacent field where the fence has been placed between the cottage or house tile and the field tile.

If a cottage or house tile has been fenced off from all of the fields adjacent to it, then the cottage worker decides to relocate and the cottage tile is removed. This could happen as a result of one, two, three or four fences being played, depending on how many field tiles are adjacent to the cottage tile. Any cottage tile removed in this way is immediately replaced into any available new position. House tiles remain as houses when they are replaced. The fences remain in the same position.

You may fence off one of your own cottages or houses. You may wish to do this in order to reposition the cottage or house elsewhere.

It costs two red resource cubes to remove a fence marker. A player may remove any colour of fence. Removed fences cannot be re-laid and are removed from the game.

Hint — Fences. It is expensive to dismantle a fence. If an opponent builds a fence next to one of your cottages and you want to 'counter attack', it is usually more cost effective to build a fence next to one of their cottages instead of attempting to dismantle the fence your opponent has built.

Phase three, action four - make a purchase from the blacksmith, glassmaker or goldsmith

If the blacksmith has any white cubes (ironwork) available at the forge, the blacksmith will exchange one white cube for any two other cubes. Place the two cubes you have given the blacksmith into the store. Take a white cube from the forge.

If there are no white cubes left at the forge and there are some 'used' white cubes in the store, the required number of white cubes in the store may be replaced into the forge.

If the glassmaker has any purple cubes (stained glass) available from the glassworks, the glassmaker will exchange one purple cube for any three other cubes. Place the three cubes you have given the glassmaker into the store. Take a purple cube from the glassworks.

If there are no purple cubes left at the glassworks and there are some 'used' purple cubes in the store, the required number of purple cubes in the store may be replaced into the glassworks.

If the goldsmith has any yellow cubes (gold) available from the workshop, the goldsmith will exchange one yellow cube for any four other cubes. Place the four cubes you have given the goldsmith into the store. Take a yellow cube from the workshop.

If there are no yellow cubes left at the workshop and there are some 'used' yellow cubes in the store, the required number of yellow cubes in the store may be replaced into the workshop.

Hint — Acquiring building tiles. It often pays to purchase an ironwork, stained glass or gold cube before these are actually required (to purchase the number 8, 10 and 12 building tiles) in order to be in a position to purchase the building tiles containing these requirements first, once they are turned over. Usually there is a requirement for at least one cube of each type during a game, however this is a little bit of a gamble as sometimes one particular type of craft cube is not required.

Phase three, action five - trade with the trader

The trader owns a shop, however the trader's stock is kept in the store (the box bottom). The trader will exchange any one of any type of resource cube (but not a craft cube), which is available at the store, if you give the trader any two other cubes.

Place the two cubes you have given the trader into the store. Take a resource cube of your choice from the store.

Phase three, action six - procure a new law card

There are two new law cards available in each round. One on each of the two new law card spaces. If either of these law cards is available then the law master will issue one of the law cards in exchange for any one resource or craft cube.

Place the cube you have given the law master into the store. Take one of the law cards from the new law card spaces.

Once a player has procured a law card then the player's workers will need time to consider this new law and how it will affect them. Therefore, after a player has procured a new law card the player may not perform any further actions (except to play a law card in accordance with the instructions on that law card) during phase three of the round in which the new law card was procured. It follows that a player can only procure a maximum of one law card per round.

If the type of law card held by a player is declared to the other players then the law card must be played immediately. It cannot be withdrawn for use later in the game.

The new law will come into operation in accordance with the instructions on the law card. A full explanation of each of the law cards is included in the appendix.

Each law card is used only once and is effective only once. After it is used it is discarded.

Phase four - retrieve worker counters

Players pick up their worker counters and place them back behind their screens.

Remove the work order markers from the Keythedral mat and place them by the side of the mat in easy reach of all of the players.

If one or both of the 'new law' spaces on the Keytown mat are empty, place the top law card(s) from the stack face down onto the empty new law space(s). The law cards remain face down so that the type of law card cannot be seen. If there are no law cards remaining in the chapter house then no further new laws are created.

Phase five - change start player

The start player (player A) passes the start player marker to the person on their left (player B).

Starting with the player to the left of player B (player C), each player has one opportunity to bid in order to be able to choose the start player for the following round.

Each bid made must be higher than the previous bid except for the last bid, which is the bid made by player B. Player B will win the bidding if player B matches the previous highest bid.

Bids are made in resource cubes and craft cubes. Each resource cube and each craft cube has a value of one for bidding purposes.

If a player other than player B wins the bidding, then the cubes are paid by the successful bidder to player B and the successful bidder may then choose the new start player.

If player B wins the bidding, then player B pays the cubes to the player whose bid they matched and player B then chooses the start player.

If no player bids to become the start player then player B may choose the start player.

The player who is chosen as the new start player takes the start player marker.

Hint — Change of start player. Instead of choosing yourself as the start player, one tactic is to nominate the player to your right. If you do this you will play second and then first when placing worker counters and in addition become the player to auction the start player marker in the following round.

End of the game

The game ends immediately the last building tile has been successfully acquired from the Keythedral.

If a law card is played (e.g. 'price increase' or 'design change') against a player (player A) at the time player A attempts to purchase the last building tile, then the law card can have the effect of preventing player A from making a successful acquisition.

The winner

Each player's score is the total of the numbers on the building tiles they have acquired plus the value of the unused craft and resource cubes that they own at the end of the game.

Yellow cubes count as four points, purple cubes count as three points and white cubes count as two points. All of the resource cubes: black, blue, brown, green and red, count as one point each.

Example: At the end of the game Player A has building tiles numbered 12, 8, 6 and 4. They also have one purple craft cube and three green resource cubes. Player A's final score is 12 + 8 + 6 + 4 = 30 points for the building tiles, plus 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 6 for the unused cubes, a total score of 36 points.

The winner is the player who has the highest score in building tiles, craft cubes and resource cubes.

Variation one - for two players

Keythedral can be played by two players only. The following modifications to the rules are required:

1. In the initial set up, use one brown number one field tile and one number one grey field only instead of the Keythedral tile and the two brown and two grey number one field tiles.
2. In addition to the two number one field tiles, only the ten number two field tiles are used.
3. Only one law card is available per turn.

Variation two - face up building tiles

In the basic game the building tiles are placed face down so that the exact requirements for the Keythedral are not known. This adds to the tension as the tiles are revealed and, as it is a family game, provides more opportunity for the less able players to win by anticipating the requirements of the number 12 tiles. The disadvantage is that it brings a little more luck into the game.

In variation 2 the architect has completed his design before the building of the Keythedral is begun. Therefore in the set up phase, all of the building tiles that are placed in the Keythedral are placed face up so that the cost of each building tile in cubes is displayed.

This variation removes some of the luck from the game and allows players more opportunities to plan their moves.

Acknowledgements

Game design by Richard Breese.

Illustrations by Juliet Breese

German translation by Barbara Dauenhauer

Special thanks to Mark, Stuart and Jonathan Breese for their many playtesting sessions. Thanks also to Rüdiger Beyer, Stuart Dagger, Barbara Dauenhauer, Luke Ellis, Bob Gingell, Tom Hegarty, Ferdinand Koether, James McCarthy, David Norman, Mike Siggins, Graham Staplehurst and Ken Tidwell.

First published by R&D Games in October 2002.

Second Edition by Pro-Ludo, Summer 2004.

Appendix - law card detail

Each law card includes the card reference number, the card title, details of when to play the card (in italics) and a description of the new law.

The appendix contains some additional clarification of the description section of the law card.

1 - Work order

For one round only you choose the order in which all of the work order markers are placed on the Keythedral mat and therefore the order in which all of the workers will leave the cottages and houses. Play this card at the beginning of phase one. The player playing first, after each work order marker is chosen by you, rotates in the normal way starting with the start player.

2 - Price increase

The cost of a building tile is increased by one cube. This can be any of the types of cubes shown on the building tile. The buyer chooses the type of the extra cube. This card may be played on another player as they attempt to purchase a building tile in phase three. In the event that the building tile is not purchased immediately then place this law card beneath the building tile. The price increase remains with the building tile until the building tile is purchased, but the new buyer can choose the type of extra cube and is not bound by any earlier choice. If a player is prevented from buying a building tile as a result of another player playing this law card, then that player has not performed an action and may choose a different action for their turn instead.

3 - Price decrease

The cost of a building tile is decreased by one cube. This can be any type of cube shown on the building tile except for a gold cube. In the event that the building tile is not purchased immediately then place this law card beneath the building tile. The price decrease remains with the building tile until the building tile is purchased, but the new buyer can choose which type of cube the cost is decreased by and is not bound by any earlier choice.

4 - Upgrade cottage

A cottage is immediately upgraded to a house at no cost.

5 - Substitution

When purchasing a building tile a player may substitute one or more resource cubes that are depicted on the building tile for resource cubes of different types, or they may substitute one craft cube for a craft cube of a different type. This card may not be played on another player.

6 - Cottage number

For one turn in phase one a player may change the number of one of their cottages or houses to the same number as the work order number just chosen and ignore the number on the cottage tile. The cottage or house must be a number that has not already been chosen during this round. For example, if the number one work order space has been chosen, you may play workers from your number one cottage and from one other cottage that you nominate as a number one cottage. When the actual number of the cottage you nominated is chosen, you may not place another worker counter from that cottage.

7 - Craft bargain

If there are any used craft cubes in the store the trader will accept one resource cube and give you the craft cube in exchange. Play this card at any time.

8 - Unexpected harvest

For one round only you may choose the colour of resource cubes obtained from one type of field by your own workers. For example, if three of your workers would normally have obtained brown cubes from the woods, then you may take three resource cubes of any colour instead. These need not be the same colour.

9 - Broken fences

All of one player's workers may climb over fences in phase one for one round. This means that the fences stay in place but are ignored by one player for one round. Play this card before or during phase one.

10 - Repeal law

The effect of one law card just played by another player is ignored. This card must be played immediately the law card that is being repealed has been played and before any other players have undertaken any further actions.

11 - Unsafe fence

A fence is declared unsafe and must be dismantled. Remove one fence marker. This fence marker cannot be re-laid later in the game. This card can be played at any time.

12 - House moratorium

Other players may build no houses in this round. You may build houses as usual. Play this card before or at the start of phase three.

13 - Design change

Replace one of the face up building tiles in the Keythedral for a different (unused) building tile of the same number. You may choose to change the tile at any time, even when a player has declared that they are acquiring the target tile. Choose the replacement building tile at random from all of the unused building tiles of the same number as the tile that is being replaced. Place the building tiles face down when choosing the replacement tile so that the building requirement of the replacement tile cannot be seen when choosing. If a player is prevented from buying a building tile as a result of another player playing this law card, then that player has not performed an action and may choose another action for their turn instead.

14 - Double production

A worker in one field produces double. Take two resource cubes instead of one in phase two for each cube they would have been entitled to from that field without this card.

15 - Bargain

In phase 3, when trading with the trader, the trader will accept one resource cube instead of two and in exchange give two resource cubes of any type instead of one. The two resource cubes that the trader gives need not be of the same type.

16 - Sale

The goldsmith or glassmaker will accept two fewer resource cubes when selling gold or stained glass.

17 - Downgrade house

The building work performed on a cottage to turn it into a house collapses. Change a house tile back into a cottage tile.

18 - Good harvest

All fields of one type produce double this turn. You choose the type of field. In phase two all players take two resource cubes instead of one for each cube they would have been entitled to from that field type without this card.

19 - Poor harvest

All fields of one type produce nothing this turn. You choose the type of field. No players take any resource cubes for this type of field in phase two.

20 - Start order

You may choose a new start player at the beginning of a new phase. This includes the beginning of phase one, after the start player has just been chosen under the usual method in phase five of the previous round. The new start player will remain the start player until phase five when the new start player is chosen as normal.