Come to Call

Listen up! Money is a bit tight in the kingdom. Royal PR consultant! Impress the wealthy patrons here locally. But without that we appear overly desperate.

Wealthy patrons love intrigue. Who is the most insignificant A delegate you can send who will still attract everyone's attention?

Kings are simple, but what if that gossipy fool shows up again? And where did all these butlers come from?!

The more powerful the type of enemy in your party, the fewer favor points they receive in case of victory. (Represented by the hearts.) Choose your delegation strategically.

Assemble the largest sets possible to outperform smaller sets of the same type. Sets of 5 or more even earn bonus points.

When counting the cards in a set, the majority of the cards have a value of 1, but there is also one of each type. double The version that has the value 2. There is also one card of each type. with the value 1.5 , which allows you to win in the event of a tie between sets of equal size.

You might even find Wild symbols , which you can add to any set!

Come to Call is a set-collecting competition for 2-6 players.

Game description

Whoever is first after a spectacular performance Favor points collects wins the game. But how does he do it?

In each round, the players take turns trying to Sentences to form from their 7 cards in hand. A set consists of 1 butler and 2 or more kings , Queens , Heirs , diplomats or Fool .

The round ends as soon as someone gets their second " Hear, ye! puts down. Then check the players their cards.

The players now secretly choose which set (or sets) to send. to surpass the others . Once everyone is ready, all sets will be revealed.

He steals the show from everyone.

First, all identical sets of cards are sorted out. How clumsy! But remember: In case of a tie, half the cards win! Then all sentences except the largest sentence of each type are sorted out.

The most fascinating remaining set wins:

• Kings defeated queens, heirs to the throne, diplomats, and most fools. (See Fool further down.)
• Queens They beat the heir to the throne, diplomats, and most fools.
• Inherit They beat diplomats and most fools.
• diplomats are superior to most fools.
• Fool defeat normally nobody , but they defeat all , when the king another team still in the show and The fool's set is at least as large as the king's set.

Each set card contains a clue as to who defeats whom.

Points the round

The player who played the decisive set receives preferential points depending on the type of set:

• Kings → 1 point
• Ladies → 2 points
• Inherit → 3 points
• diplomats → 4 points
• Fool → 5 points

In addition, all sets of 5 or more symbols (including Butler, Double and Joker) that are not discarded at the showdown receive extra favor points:

• Quantity of 5 → 1 point
• Quantity of 6 → 2 points
• Quantity of 7+ → 3 points

Check for profit

If the player has enough favor points (based on the number of players), he wins!

• 2 players → 18 points
• 3 players → 16 points
• 4 players → 14 points
• 5 players → 12 points
• 6 players → 11 points

Otherwise, shuffle the cards and play another round.