File: The Castles of Burgundy:: Chateaux de Bourgogne - Complete rules synthesis
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by DeanMary Tomorrow I am going to read the rules of CoB and plan on playing it with my significant other this weekend.CoB is a higher game playing weight than we usually play. Are there any rules in...
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by DAAAN My advice is print out a copy of thisThe Castles of Burgundy - Essential rules and tile reference (EN)I found it really helpful to get to grips with the game.
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by caltexn One rule that I didn't realize at first - You can take the black market extra action even after you've used both dice - so your turn doesn't end after your two dice actions, unless you don't...
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by dcclarkDeanMary wrote:Also, if anyone has tips on good ways to understand and/or explain the rules, I would appreciate them as well.It's easy to overwhelm new players when teaching CoB, mainly...
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by Raujour One extra question:Are the goods tiles cleared every phase also?
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by MHindmarch No. Goods tiles remain.
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by Carthoris Although the rulebook doesn't make a point of it, the general rules are all diagrammed on each individual player board. If you figure out what those hieroglyphs mean, you've arrived at a...
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by 8bit Geezer You get the territory bonus even for 1-tile sized territory completions!
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by GroobiesCarthoris wrote:Although the rulebook doesn't make a point of it, the general rules are all diagrammed on each individual player board. If you figure out what those hieroglyphs mean, you've...
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by Groobies8bit Geezer wrote:You get the territory bonus even for 1-tile sized territory completions!I remember when I was confused that you get an achievement bonus when you a complete a section. They...
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by xipuloxxMy favourite player aid is here. It has [practically everything! The most recent version includes the expansion tiles, but you can just use the previous version if you don't have those. I...
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by GroobiesSarxis wrote:After everyone rolls their dice, but before any plays are made, players may freely trade un-shipped goods, workers, or silverlings between themselves.Coming from someone who...
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by njshaw2 One rule I forget mainly because I play CoB mostly 2-player, is that when you ship goods, you get points per tile equal to the number of players - 2pts/tile for 2-players, 3pts/tile for 3...
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by aps29 Plus 1 on the awesomeness of the player aid referenced above.Just a couple of small fiddly ones that can be overlooked/ misunderstood:1. Only one building of each type in each city region. I...
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by TheRocketSurgeon An aside.... it always takes me a while to remember what "CoB" is and I reach "Call of Duty" first. which then has to go through "Call of Booty" before I remember properly...
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by dklx3 Not that it means your playing well if this happens, but it was many many games before I realized that when you have three tiles in your personal supply.. you CAN take a 4rth so long as you...
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by TheRocketSurgeon One thing I thought I *didn't* miss that turned out to not be there at all was pacing snimal tiles. I thought the rules stated that they could be anywhere in the right area, once...
View ArticleReply: The Castles of Burgundy:: General:: Re: yucata: why are the boards so...
by Jareck80 Is CoB no longer available for online play? I can't find it on yucata or boiteajeux.net
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by shawnad2006Jareck80 wrote:Is CoB no longer available for online play? I can't find it on yucata or boiteajeux.netIt is on both of these sites. On yucata, it is listed under T for The Castles of...
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