Board Game Lusitania XXI

The proud people of Lusitania have challenged the armies of the mighty Roman Empire, which has angered Caesar. Equipped legionaries with respected commanders set out as part of four legions (Aquitaine, Britain, Helvetia and Tarraconian Spain) to suppress the heroic resistance.

The draw

Each player will try to form the strongest legion possible by laying out cards from their hand and exchanging them for cards from the camp. The winner will be the player who first scores 21 points.

Players receive 1 card of the god Mars and lay them face up in front of them, among them there are three commanders and one Julius Caesar (the owner of the Julius card becomes the first player). This is the starting card of each player`s legion, there can be up to 9 cards in a legion. The cards of warriors, equipment and guests are mixed into one deck, from which each player receives 3 cards in his hand. The top 4 cards are laid out in the center of the table and form a "training camp".

Player`s turn

On his turn, he must perform one of the following mandatory actions:

1. Exchange. The player exchanges 1 card from his hand for 1 card from the training camp.
2. Recruitment. The player places 1 card from his hand in his legion. Each legion can contain a maximum of 9 cards, with the leftmost (0) and rightmost (8) cells intended for guest cards and cards of the god Mars. Legionnaires can be placed in cells 1-5, from 1 to 6 – legionaries or barbarians, the cook can only be placed on cell number 6, and the ballistarium on cell number 7. The cards always indicate which cell they can be played on. Instead of a warrior, the player can play an equipment card, which is added to the warrior in the legion zone. Or a guest card, which can occupy cell 0 or 8. 
3. Dismissal. The player chooses 1 card from his hand and discards it next to his legion. An unnecessary card frees his hand, but incurs a penalty at the end of the game.

At the end of the action «Hire» or «Dismissal» the player always receives a new card from the deck, i.e. always ends his turn with 3 cards in his hand.

Additional action

Before or after the mandatory action, you can also perform one additional action - activate a guest card or a card of the god Mars.

The game ends:

• as soon as one player scores 21 victory points (it is important not to forget to count the penalty points for each released card),
• if the deck of cards runs out twice.

A nice bonus in the game is the expansions «Lurus» and «Virtus» - common to all quests. The player who first fulfills the condition receives an additional point for the Lurus cards. And Virtus cards give advantages during the game.