#Sheriff of nottingham game series#

He would love to toss in the Silk he's holding, but he can only put a maximum of five cards in his bag. He places four Apple cards from his hand into his Merchant Bag. Once you close your bag, you cannot change your mind later.Įxample: Alan-a-Dale has been collecting Apples. When you are satisfied with the Goods in your bag, snap it closed and place it on the table in front of you. You cannot place zero Goods or more than five Goods in your bag.īe careful that you don't let the Sheriff or the other merchants see which cards you put in your bag. You can place from one to five Goods in your Merchant Bag. In this phase, you place the goods cards that you want to take to market in your Merchant Bag.Īll merchant players place Goods in their bags at the same time. Then he places his three discards on top of the right-hand discard pile. He discards three cards from his hand, draws those two cards from the discard pile, and draws one from the draw pile. You cannot take some cards from the draw pile, and then decide to take cards from the discard piles.Īfter you have drawn cards, place the cards you set aside at the beginning of this phase on one of the discard piles, face up, in any order you choose.Įxample: Little John has two Chickens in his hand, and he knows that there is another Chicken two cards down in the left discard pile. You must always draw the cards you want from the discard piles before drawing any cards from the draw pile. Yes, this means that if you really want the third card down in a discard pile, you have to draw the two on top of it first. When you draw cards, you can take them from the top of either discard pile or the draw pile. On your turn, you may set aside up to five cards from your hand (face down), then draw back up to six cards. Starting with the player to the Sheriff 's left and going clockwise, each merchant player takes one turn. In this phase, you may discard unwanted cards and draw new ones, hoping to get a set of goods to take to market. The game continues until each player has been the Sheriff twice (three times in a three-player game). He would do well to observe the actions of the other players during the other phases.Īt the end of each round, players will pass the Sheriff Marker to the left allowing a new player to become Sheriff. Note that the player who is acting as the Sheriff only participates in Phase 4, Inspection, and Phase 5, End of Round. Each round is divided into five phases, which must be played in order: During each round, one player will act as the Sheriff while the other players act as merchants.

#Sheriff of nottingham game series#

The game is played over a series of rounds. If there is a tie (or if no one has any money), then randomly choose the Sheriff.

Yes, there are two discard piles! All players can examine the cards in both discard piles at any time.įinally, the player with the highest value of actual cash on their person will be the first Sheriff. Turn over another five cards from the draw pile to form a second discard pile. Turn over five cards from the draw pile to form a discard pile. Place the rest of the cards in a face down draw pile. Then, shuffle the rest of the Goods cards together, and deal six cards to each player face down. Remove the twelve Royal Goods cards from the deck and return them to the box. The basic game is played without the Royal Goods cards. The banker must not mix his own money with the bank's funds.įor your first couple of games, you may wish to play the basic game. The banker keeps the rest of the Gold close at hand so he can make change during the game. The banker gives each player (including himself) 50 Gold. Each player takes a Merchant Stand along with the matching Merchant Bag, and places those items in front of them.Ĭhoose one player to act as the 'banker'.