Legends of the Four Kingdoms is a captivating strategy game. Nature, technology, power, magic! Learn how to tame the Four Kingdoms.
Designed to be played with 2-8 players, you will only need one 40 card deck to play the game.
HOW TO PLAY
Each player is dealt three cards.
Cards in your hand represent the warriors you have control over. After dealing 3 cards to each player, the next card is dealt face up on the playing surface, and the remaining deck is placed face down. This card is the leading/crown Kingdom, and represents the trump suit for the game.
Play one card each going clockwise, player to the left of the dealer starts. After playing a card, draw one more card from the face down pile.
Winning a hand:
In ascending order: fewest to most soldiers (they are worth 0 points) then the following: Knight (J) with 2 points; War Princess (Q) with 3 points; King (K) with 4; Supreme Warrior (3*) with 10; and the Kingdom's secret weapon worth 11 points.
If any Leading/Crown Kingdom (trump) has been played, the player who played the highest valued trump wins. If no Leading/Crown Kingdom (trumps) have been played, the player who played the highest card of the lead suit wins.
Players are not required to follow suit.
Once the winner of a round is determined, that player collects the played cards, and places them face down in a pile. Each player maintains his/her own pile. Then, each player draws a card from the remaining deck, starting with the player who won the trick, proceeding counter-clockwise. The player who won the round leads the next hand.
The winner is the player who won the most important battles and has the most points. There are 120 points total.
Legends of the Four Kingdoms reimplements the traditional Italian trick-taking game Briscola, with modern artwork and new suits.