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Rattus Cartus Nobilis

Buildings and noblemen

In Rattus Cartus, Black Death is, as in the board game version Rattus, ravaging Europe, but here players rival for succession to the dead King and travel across the land searching for followers. You visit buildings to acquire various advantages and followers, but, after all, Black Death is afoot and you should keep an eye on the rats. In eight to ten rounds you play five phases - Draw building cards, supplies, enter building and play population cards, score buildings and end of round. At the end you score victory points for most influence on the guilds, most population and joker cards in hand and for majorities with special cards in play. But, if you accumulated more rats than there are nuns pictured in the Nunnery Row you die; as a survivor you win with most victory points.

Rattus Cartus Nobilis introduces two modules: Module 1 - Features 18 new buildings, which can be used alone or in combination with buildings from the basic games. This is supplemented by 78 special cards - Book, Horse, Lance, Privilege, Wand and Diplomat, as well as 14 Rat tiles.

Module 2 - Introduces 12 noblemen to the game. If you did receive a nobleman you place him openly on an available building, from now the effect of this nobleman applies to whoever enters the building. You get a nobleman if you played most card, in case of a tie you get the nobleman if you played your cards first.

More opportunities, more options, and especially more options and more fluctuations as regards to rats, and you are able to take a look at cards in the nunnery row. AN attractive, well-made expansion for the equally well-made card game.

Players: 2-5

Age: 10+

Time: 45+

Designer: Åse & Henrik Berg

Artist: Alexander Roche

Price: ca. 17 Euro

Publisher: White Goblin Games 2013

Web: www.whitegoblingames.com

Genre: Card effects

Users: With friends

Version: multi

Rules: de en fr nl

In-game text: no

Comments:

Very good expansion

Good, concise rules

Many new options from noblemen and special cards

Compares to:

Rattus for topic, Rattus Cartus

Other editions:

Currently none

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