Die Rote Kasbah

A tactical game for 2–4 players, which uses components from the Alhambra expansion ‘The Vizier’s Favour’

Components:

- 16 trade cards

- 24 landscape counters

Set-up:

Each player is dealt 2 landscape cards (or 3 if there are 2 players) and 3 trade cards, which they keep face down. The landscape counters are shuffled and stacked face down into several piles. One pile is placed face up in the centre of the table.

The player who most recently visited a fortress complex goes first.

Gameplay:

The active player has two options:

1. They draw a face-down landscape counter and place it next to the counters already on the table. The buildings must always be positioned correctly, i.e. all buildings must face the same direction. They are placed orthogonally.

2. They may use one of their swap cards. They must then swap two counters on the table that are in the two colours shown on their card.

Scoring / End of the game:

Once all counters have been played – that is, once they form a town in the centre of the table – the players reveal their landscape cards. A player only receives the points shown on the card if:

- in an area separated by the brown bars
- the colour on the card
- matches the colour (building type) that is most prevalent in the area
- in the event of a tie with one or more colours, half the points are awarded)