Annotated Games: 4 players, version 0.6

This game was played during the game testing of Suecia. The players tried different strategies to assess how balanced they were.

Focus on many early actions to get basic resources.
Focus on building an own value chain from farm via shop to ship and mission.
Focus on building a shop network.
Focus on tactical opportunities.

Cards are annotated with (N)obility, (C)lergy, (B)urgher, (P)easant. Resources/buildings are annotated by their colors (blue=ore, red=wood, yellow=timber, green=textile, orange=timber, purple=iron, white=economy, gray=religion, black=military) and player numbers. Buildings are annotated with the player number.

Starting position

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Player 1:	NP CN BC PB BN PC	●●●
Player 2:	NP CN BC PB BN PC	●●●
Player 3:	NP CN BC PB BN PC	●●●
Player 4:	NP CN BC PB BN PC	●●●

Round 1

Player 1 starts with a nobility card to place a province and player 2 immediately plays a peasant card to place a wood farm there. Player 3 plays a burgher card to place a wood shop in the city, after which player 4 plays a clergy card to place a church in the province. Both player 2 and player 4 pays 1 wood to player 1's seal.

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3

Player 1:	NP BC PB BN PC	●●(●●)	N
Player 2:	NP CN BC PB BN	●●	P
Player 3:	CN BC PB BN PC	●●	B
Player 4:	NP BC PB BN PC	●●	C

Round 2

Player 1 boldly plays a peasant card on her nobility card to place first a crop farm and then place a castle in the province. The crop and the wood are placed under her seal and she ends the turn by taking both those 2 resources and the 2 resources placed their by previous players.

Player 2 also takes a "double" action by placing a burgher card to first place an ore shop and then sell from her wood farm. Thanks to the castle, she produces 2 wood and thanks to the church, she may turn 1 wood into 1 ore. Player 2 gets 1 wood and 1 ore, additionally 1 wood and 1 ore are placed on the city shops, and 1 wood and 1 ore are placed under the castle and the church respectively.

Player 3 treads more carefully and takes a single action with a burgher card to place a crop shop. Player 4 takes advantage of her 1 ore and 1 wood to play a burgher card and acquire a Dutch ship.

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Player 1:	BC PB BN PC	●●●●(●)	P N
Player 2:	NP CN PB BN	●●●	B P
Player 3:	CN BC PB PC	●	BC
Player 4:	NP BC PB PC	●	CB	Ship●●

The test was halted to test another action card system.

Annotated Games: 4 players, version 0.6

Starting position

Round 1

Round 2

P&P (PDF, A4)

P&P (PDF, US Letter)

Annotated games

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