Annotated Games: 4 players, version 0.9

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. Player 2 pays 1 wood to player 1 and player 4 pays 1 crop to player 1.

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Player 1:	NP BC PB BN PC PC	●●●●	N
Player 2:	NP CN BC PB BN BN	●●	P
Player 3:	NP CN BC PB PC BC	●●	B
Player 4:	NP BC PB BN PC BN	●●	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 paid to herself.

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 exchange 1 of them for another basic resource. She chooses to keep it as wood so player 1 and 4 earn 1 wood each, as do player 3's shop in the city. Finally she uses 1 wood to expand her farm.

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 an iron ship.

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

Round 3

Player 1 decides to play a peasant card to sell 2 crop, earning 1 crop both to the castle owner (herself) and the church owner (player 4). She uses 1 crop to expand her farm. Player 2, seeing player 4's iron ship, plays a peasant card and gets 3 wood thanks to player 1's castle and exchanges 1 wood for 1 ore thanks to player 4's church (earning those players those resources) and sells those resources to her own ore shop and the market. She uses 1 wood to expand her wood farm. Player 3 realizes that player 4's ship won't buy from her shops so she decides to play a noble card and open an ore province to earn resources that way. As expected, player 4 plays a burgher card and buys 1 ore from player 2's shop and 1 wood from the market. Player 2 gets 1 ore and player 4 gets the first advanced resource in the game: 1 iron. Player 1 pays 1 ore to expand her ore shop while player 4 refrains from expanding her ship, since she doesn't expect the resource supply to be high enough yet.

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Player 1:	BC PB BN PC BN CN	●●●●●●●●●	PP N
Player 2:	NP CN BN BN PB PC	●●●●	BP P
Player 3:	NP PB PC BC NP NP		BBN
Player 4:	NP PB PC BN BN BC	●●●●	CBB	Iron Ship

Round 4

Player 1 has an abundance of basic resources and decides to play a noble card to exchange 3 wood and 2 crop (market value 2 each) for 1 timber (market value 9) and place a seal on a timber province. Player 2 plays a peasant card on a peasant card to first place an ore farm (earning 1 ore to player 1) and then sell 1 ore to her own shop (earning player 1 another 1 ore) investing 1 ore to expand her farm (earning player 3 1 ore). Player 3 is frustrated that her shops get no trade and decides to play a clergy card on a burgher card. With this, she first collects 1 iron and then exchanges it for 1 crop and 1 wood to buy a timber ship. Player 4 decides to compete with player 3 for the few resources in the city and plays a burgher card on a burgher card to take two burgher actions. First, she pays 1 crop and 1 ore to acquire a textile ship and then she uses it to demand 1 ore from player 2's shop and 1 crop from player 3's shop. Both players expand their shops and player 3 exchange the resources for 1 textile.

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Player 1:	BC PB PC BN CN PC	●●●●●●	PPN N
Player 2:	CN BN BN PB PC NP	●●●●	BP PP
Player 3:	NP PB BC NP NP CN	●	BBN C	Timber Ship
Player 4:	NP PC BN BN BC PB	●●●	CBB __B	Iron Ship, Textile Ship

Round 5

Player 1 continues her strategy of exchanging basic resources for advanced resources by playing a peasant card and exchange 3 ore for 1 iron and pay it to herself to place an iron farm. Player 2 plays a clergy card and collects 1 iron with the intention to upgrade her shops. With only 1 resource in the city (1 wood) and only 1 ore available on the market, player 3 decides not to use her ship but instead play a burgher card on a clergy card collect 1 textile and use it to upgrade one of her crop shops to a textile shop. Player 4 then decides to play a clergy card and pay 1 iron to place a church in the advanced province.

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Player 1:	BC PC BN CN PC CN	●●●●	PPNP N
Player 2:	BN BN PB PC NP NP	●●●●●	BPC PP
Player 3:	NP BC NP NP CN PC	●	BBN C_B	Timber Ship
Player 4:	NP BN BN BC PB NP	●●	CBBC __B	Iron Ship, Textile Ship

Round 6

Player 1 decides to continue her seal/castle strategy and plays a peasant card on a nobility card. She uses her actions to exchange her 1 iron and 2 crop for 1 timber (paid to herself) to place a castle in the province and then produces 2 iron thanks to the castle. She uses 1 iron to expand her farm and exchanges the other iron for 1 textile thanks to the church. This earns the castle owner (herself) 1 iron and the church owner (player 4) 1 textile. Player 2 plays a burgher card and pays 1 iron to upgrade one of her shops. Player 3 plays a burgher card on a burgher card to let her ship buy 1 wood from her own shop and 1 crop from the market, which are exchanged for 1 timber. Then she uses the timber to upgrade one of her shops to a timber shop. Player 4 realizes that her ships won't find many basic resources from now on and plays a nobility card on a clergy card to first collect 1 iron and then take a textile/iron mission.

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Player 1:	BC PC BN CN CN	●●●	PPNP N_P
Player 2:	BN PB PC NP NP	●●●●	BPCB PP
Player 3:	NP BC NP NP CN PC	●●	BBN CBB	Timber Ship
Player 4:	NP BN BN BC PB NP	●●	CBBC N_B	Iron Ship, Textile Ship, Religion Mission

The game was halted to test supplying and demanding several rows and columns.

Annotated Games: 4 players, version 0.9

Starting position

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

P&P (PDF, A4)

P&P (PDF, US Letter)

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