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6 ArmiesPlease note: If an action is affected by an event and abonus tile, the event is applied first and only thereafter theeffect of the bonus tile is used.The player is entitled to place 6 armies when performing the action „Deploy 5 armies“. 1 Army when attacking7 ThalersAs attacker, the player casts 1 extra army (from theirpersonal supply) into the dice tower when performingtheir actions “Combat/Movement A and B”. 1 Army when defending5 Thalers6 ThalersExample: Arne collects taxes in Burgund. Burgund pays 7 Thalers.The current event limits tax collection to a maximum of 5 Thalers.However, Arne owns the bonus tile “ 1 Thaler” and thus gains 1extra Thaler, his total being 6 Thalers.As defender, the player casts 1 extra army (from theirpersonal supply) into the dice tower when an opponentperforms their actions “Combat/Movement A and B”.Plan individual actions and place a bidPlease note: In the rare case that a player does not havesufficient cards to cover all their 10 action boxes, they simply do not cover any actions they do not want to perform.An uncovered action box is considered covered by a moneycard.Secretly and simultaneously, the players scheme whichof the 10 actions they want to perform in which of theirown counties.Each player selects that county from their own county cards in which they want to perform their plannedaction and places this card face down in the appropriateaction box of their player mat. This process is repeateduntil all action boxes are covered.If a player does not want to perform a certain action,they place one of their money cards in that action box.In this case, the coins have no meaning.The following actions are at each player’s disposal:Build a palaceThe player pays 3 Thalers into the common supply andplaces a palace in that county.Build a churchThe player pays 2 Thalers and places a church.Action:Build a palaceBuild a trading postThe player pays 1 Thaler and places a trading post.Action:Build a churchAction:Build a tradingpostExample: A church is builtin Bremen. Now only onebuilding site is left over inBremen. A palace or a tradingpost may still be built there.Any kind of building, no matter if palace, church, or trading post, may be built on a free building site only. There are 1 up to 3 building sites in each county. No kind ofbuilding may be built more than once in any county.Collect grainThe player gains as many grain units as shown on theselected county card. They advance their grain markeraccordingly on the food track.Collect taxesThe player gains as many Thalers from the commonsupply as shown on the selected county card. Collectinggrain or taxes in a county may cause a revolt there.Action:Collect grainAction:Collect taxesEach county card shows the amount of grain and taxes to be collected there.County’s nameTax revenue(See combat rules, page 11).Grain revenueNumber ofbuilding sites7Wallenstein Spielregel EN.indd 730.09.2011 17:21:50 Uhr

If no revolt was invoked or if a revolt was successfullysubdued, one revolt marker is placed in that county now.Revolt markerDeploy 5 armiesThe player pays 3 Thalers and puts 5 armies from theirpersonal supply in the selected county.Deploy 3 armiesThe player pays 2 Thalers and puts 3 armies from theirpersonal supply in the selected county.Action:Deploy 5 armiesDeploy 1 army/moveFirst, the player pays 1 Thaler and puts 1 army fromtheir personal supply in the selected county. Then, theymay move any number of armies from this county intoany one adjacent county under their own control (nocombat will take place).Action:Deploy 3 armiesAction:Deploy 1 army/moveGeneral rules for army movement:Any number of armies may move into an adjacentcounty, but 1 army at least must be left behind.The number of armies in a county is not limited.Action:Combat/Movement ACombat/Movement –A–The player may move armies from the selected county into one adjacent county. If they do not control thiscounty (meaning it is a neutral or an opponent’s county), combat will follow (see combat rules on page 11). Inthis case also at least 1 army must be left behind in thecounty of origin.Action:Combat/Movement BAuction boxCombat/Movement -BThis is the same as explained under –A– above.Each of the 10 action boxes of all players’ mats shouldbe covered now – if even possible. No box may containmore than 1 card.Place a bid for player orderExample: Dirk wants to collect taxes this round. He controlsBurgund, which allows him to collect a tax amount of7 Thalers. He decides for this action and places his countycard “Burgund” face down in his action box “collect taxes”.This means, that he will not be able to perform any otheraction in Burgund this round, because now the card is placedon his mat already.Additionally, all players must place a bid for player orderincluding a bonus action. To comply with this, they placeone of their unused money or county cards in the auction box of their player mat.Determine eventShuffle the face up event cards (2, 3, or 4, dependingon which round this is) and draw one of them. Placethis card face up in the event box of the game board.This card indicates the event of this game round. It willmodify certain actions for all players during this round.Put any remaining event cards face up next to the gameboard.Please read the detailed explanation of event cards in thesupplement.8Wallenstein Spielregel EN.indd 830.09.2011 17:21:54 Uhr

Fix player orderHint: The advantage of bidding a county card is that theplayer does not pay any money, but still precedes playerswho had bid „0“ money. The disadvantage is that now allplayers know that this round no action will be performed inthat county.All players reveal their bid (the card in their auction box)and pay the amount shown on the card to the commonsupply; players who had bid a county card pay nothing.In order of their bids, highest bidder going first, next highest bidder second etc., players now select their positionof the player order by swapping their military leader tokenfor the bonus tile of their choice (positions 1 to 5). Put anyremaining bonus tiles (less than 5 players) aside for theremainder of this round.Players who had bid a county card precede players who hadbid a zero money card.The last players to select their position are those who hadbid no card at all (this is possible only if a player does not havesufficient county cards).Example: The player selecting the bonus tile of box 1 willbe first player for this round.In case of a tie (players had either bid the same amount ofmoney or a county card or no card at all) put the militaryleader tokens of the players concerned into the linen bagand draw one after the other; this is the order in whichthey select their position.The position of a player’s military leader on the gameboard determines their position in player order for thisround. Any unclaimed positions (less than 5 players) aredisregarded.Example in a 3-player-game: This round, the player order isRed – Blue – Black.Perform actionsNow actions are performed in order of the action cardsdisplay at the bottom edge of the game board.Please note: Players reveal their county card of the currentaction only when it is their turn to perform this action.All players perform each action in player order, beforethey perform the next action.Players take all cards from their player mat back on theirhand only after all 10 actions have been completed by allplayers. The only exception to this is when a player’s countyis conquered by another player; in this case, the losing player must hand the card out to the conqueror immediately.If a player is able to perform the current action, theymust do so. If a player cannot perform the action, oronly part of it, they must skip this action for this round.After all players have completed performing (or skipping) the current action, this action card is put aside andthe next face down action card is revealed.After all 10 actions have been completed, this gameround ends. All players resume their military leadertoken and return their bonus tile.After all players have completed the current action, thiscard is put aside and the next face down action card isrevealed.Remove the event card of this elapsed round from thegame.Shuffle the action cards and start the next game round.Note: After fall, the military leaders remain on the gameboard until the end of winter, because this player orderremains unchanged during winter.If this elapsed round had been fall, the next round will bewinter (see page 10).9Wallenstein Spielregel EN.indd 930.09.2011 17:21:57 Uhr

Winter game roundIn this game round, the players’ counties must besupplied with grain or revolts may arise. In addition, ascoring will take place.Supplying counties with grainFirst, the grain supplies of all players suffer losses. Thefourth, remaining event card indicates how many grainunits have to be removed from each player’s supply.The grain markers on the food track are moved backaccordingly.Now each player must prove that they own at least 1grain unit for each of their own counties. If a player failsto meet this condition, one or more revolts will arise intheir empire (see Combat rules page 11).RevoltsThe number of revolting counties and their fierceness isfound out by consulting the supply chart printed on thegame board (also, please see chart to the right).In case of revolts, the player to the left of an affectedplayer randomly draws that many face down countycards from that player’s hand as indicated by the chart(number of revolting counties). Revolts will arise in thesecounties now (see Combat rules page 11).If a player suffers from more than one revolt, they decide themselves about the order in which these revoltswill take place.If more players than one are affected by revolts, these are handled in player order of the former fall gameround.ScoringEach player now gains victory points for their owncounties and buildings, as well as for the majority ofbuilding types in the different regions:Each controlled county 1 victory point (VP)Each building 1 VPThe most palaces in a region* 3 VP’sThe most churches in a region* 2 VP’sThe most trading posts in a region* 1 VP* In case of a tie all concerned players gain this amountof VP’s minus 1 VP. The players’ victory points markersare advanced on the victory points track immediately.Provisions tableExample: This winter, all players will lose 3grain units each.Do not forget: If more players than one are affected byrevolts, these are handled in player order of the former fallgame round.Number of unsup- Number ofplied countiesrevolting countiesAdditional peasants’armies to be cast intothe dice tower.Example: Dirk controls 9 counties, but owns 7 grain units onlythis winter. This means that 2 of his counties are not supplied (leftcolumn of the chart). Therefore, there will be a revolt in one of hiscounties (center column). His left neighbor randomly draws one ofhis cards. There is one revolt marker already in that county.The following revolt is a battle of Dirk’s armies against that manypeasants’ armies as there are revolt markers in that county plus theadditional number of armies as shown in the right column of thechart (in this case Dirk fights against 1 2 3 peasants’ armies).End of the yearAfter the first 4 game rounds have been played, playersreveal 4 new event cards and move their grain markerson the food track back to space “0”, also all revolt markers are removed from all counties.Another 4 game rounds will be played (spring, summerfall, and winter) and the game ends after the second andlast scoring in winter.After 4 rounds: 4 new event cards, remove all revolt markers,reset all grain markers.10Wallenstein Spielregel EN.indd 1030.09.2011 17:22:01 Uhr

Combat rulesGeneral dice tower rulesEach time a battle is fought players use the dice tower.One of the players takes all engaged armies (cubes of attacker and defender) in their hand and casts them into thedice tower, along with all cubes currently lying in the tray.This way, caused by the devices inside the tower, someof these cubes are retained inside the tower. On theother hand, also some of the cubes that had been retained before will tumble into the tray. The final numberand colors of cubes in the tray is completely at random.When is battle taking place?Important: The tower may never be emptied (only after thegame is over!). If accidentally some cubes tumble into thetray during the game, they simply remain there. They willbe cast into the tower along with all other cubes from thetray when the next battle is fought.The following situations result in battle: Player versus player – a player moves their army orarmies to another player’s county (i. e. a county withanother player’s army or armies). Player vs. a neutral county – a player moves theirarmy or armies to a county without any armies (acounty without any armies belongs to nobody andtherefore is considered neutral). Peasants vs. a player [revolt].A revolt in a player’s county may arise for two causes:- Collecting grain/taxes – A player collects grain ortaxes in a county where at least 1 revolt marker isalready.- Undersupply in winter – A player does not own sufficient grain for all their counties.Please note: A player needs at least 2 armies in the countyof origin if they want to attack another county: 1 army tomove to the attacked county and 1 army to be left behind.Armies participating in battle Player vs. player or a neutral countyThe attacker always fights with all their armies movedto the contested county.Add to these all armies of the defender in that county.Add 1 peasants’ army instead in case of a neutralcounty.Additionally, cast all army cubes currently lying in thetray into the tower when a battle is taking place. Peasants vs. a player [revolt].In this case, the player is the defender and they use alltheir armies positioned in the affected county.The same number of peasants’ armies is taken fromthe common supply as there were revolt markers inthat county before the revolt broke out.Note:Peasants’ armies are never placed in a county!Even when the peasants win a battle, all their surplus armiesare taken from the tray and put back to the common supply.11Wallenstein Spielregel EN.indd 1130.09.2011 17:22:03 Uhr

Revolts in winterIf a revolt arises in winter, add an additional number ofpeasants’ armies to the tower as shown on the supplychart.As usual, cast all army cubes from the tray into thetower as well.Combat result and its consequencesThe combat result is derived from the number of bothattacker’s and defender’s armies that had tumbled inthe tray. The side with the larger number of armies is thewinner of the conflict.All armies in the tray of any factions not involved arenot considered and remain in the tray. Player vs. player or vs. a neutral countyIf there is/are no revolt marker/s in the defendingcounty, any peasants’ armies in the tray are allied withthe defender (these are the first losses to be removed, anyremaining peasants’ armies are put back to the commonsupply).That side with fewer cubes in the tray has lost the battle. Its armies are removed from the tray and put backto that player’s personal supply.Though the other side is the winner, it loses the samenumber of armies as the loser; these armies are also removed from the tray and put back in that player’s supply.The winner’s remaining armies from the tray areplaced in the contested county. This player keeps respectively receives that county card.In case of a tie, all armies of both contestants areremoved from the tray and put back to their respectivesupplies. All buildings, armies and revolt markers areremoved from that county and its card is added to thecommon supply. Peasants vs. a player [revolt].If the peasants win or if there is a tie, all involvedarmies are put back from the tray to their respectivesupplies. Remove all buildings and revolt markersfrom that county and add that county card to the common supply.If the player wins the conflict, they place their remaining armies from the tray back in that county.Example: Dirk collects taxes in Lüneburg. There are 2 revolt markersso far, so combat is taking place. Dirk takes his 4 armies present inLüneburg, 2 peasants’ armies and all armies from the tray and caststhem all into the tower. If he turns out to be the winner,he will keep this county, but another revolt marker isadded to Lüneburg.Example: Arne lacks 2 grain units in winter. His county Anhalt isdrawn randomly and the peasants there revolt. A total of 3 peasants’armies are fighting (2 according to the supply chart plus 1 because ofthe existing revolt marker).Note: If the defender has won but there are only peasants’armies in the tray this is considered a tie.Example: Blue moves 4 armies from Anhalt to Kursachsen,controlled by Yellow. Combat ensues, all attacking (4 x Blue)and defending (3 x Yellow) armies are cast into the tower (thetray is empty at this point). 3 blue armies, 1 yellow and 1 green(peasants’) army emerge in the tray. There is no revolt in Kursachsen, thus the peasants join the defender. Still, Blue is the winner(3:2). The yellow, green and 2 blue armies are put back to theirrespective supplies, the remaining“victorious” army is placed inKursachsen. Yellow gives theKursachsen county cardto Blue.Please note: If a player takes control of another player’scounty, the former owner must hand over that county cardimmediately.End of the game and winnerThe game ends after the second winter round has beencompleted. The player with the most victory points is thewinner of the game, a tie is broken by the higher amountof Thalers. Copyright 2002, 2010 Queen Games, D-53842 Troisdorf, Germany12Wallenstein Spielregel EN.indd 1230.09.2011 17:22:07 Uhr

Emperor’s CourtThe basic rules remain unchanged – you will find any changes or amendments explained in these rules.Germany at times of the Thirty Years’ War: War spreadsall over the country and leaves its marks everywhere. Themilitary leaders are still fighting for territory control andglory, while peasant revolts and famines expand all overthe country. However, the leaders do not fight for theirinterests on the battlefield only.Each leader has courtiers at the Emperor’s Court undertheir influence. They try to flatter the Emperor and gethold of gifts and highly rated privileges for “their” leader.But be careful: If you vie too much for the Emperor’s favoryou might easily loose control of your armies Game components 1 Emperor’s Court – In the lower area, you see theentrance hall, where the courtiers ask for permissionto enter the audience hall in the upper area.The audience hall offers additional space for 3 favorcards.Audience hall with space for 3 favorcards.The card spaces show 4, 3 or 2 courtiers.Entrance hall 5 Extra player boards – adding 3 new options to theplayer mats of the basic game.On the extra player boardsare three spaces for placingcards, the action boxes. 35 Wooden courtiers – 7 of each player color.Court officials are used at the Emperor’s Court toobtain favor cards. 21 Favor cards – each card is a special favor, which itsowner can use only once. The number near the bottom edge of each favor card is for identification andother game purposes only.See page 6 for a detailed explanation of all favor cards.Back and front of favor cards. 15 dice tower cards – serving to convert armies intocourtiers. These rulesBack and front of dice tower cards.13Wallenstein Spielregel EN.indd 1330.09.2011 17:22:11 Uhr

Set upUse the same setup procedure as in the basic gamePlace the Emperor’s Court next to the main game board.Jeder Spieler erhält zusätzlich zum Material desGrundspiels: 1 Extra player board 7 courtiers in their player color, and 3 dice tower cardsThe players place their extra player board next to theirstandard player board. Keep the courtiers and dice towercards in easy reach of all players. When playing with lessthan 5 players put any courtiers and dice tower cards notneeded back in the box.When filling the dice tower initially the players take onecourtier from their

Wallenstein Spielregel_EN.indd 3 30.09.2011 17:21:37 Uhr. 4 5 Setup Please note: If all players are inexperienced and doubt-ful which counties to select best, they may skip the step "Assigning initial counties" and use the default line up as shown in the supplement.