The Deception of Antiques: 12 Chinese Zodiac Bronze Heads
The Deception of Antiques: 12 Chinese Zodiac Bronze Heads Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Components
- Chips x48 (2 x 3 rounds x 8 players)
- Character Cards x8
- Sightscreens x8
- Order Markers x24 (3 rounds x 8 players)
- Order Board x1
- Bronze Heads x12 (Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, Pig)
- Photos of Bronze Heads x96 (12 x 8 players)
- Markers for Fake/Genuine x6 (for fake x3, for genuine x3)
- Marker for Current Player x1
Object
The Appraisers gain VPs by finding the genuine antiques and find the Counterfeiters while the Counterfeiters disturb them by using abilities. If the Appraisers gain enough VPs, they win. Otherwise, the Counterfeiters win.
Set Up
Each player chooses 1 color and takes 1 Sightscreen, 1 set of Photos of Bronze Heads and 3 Order Markers of the same color. Shuffle the proper Character Cards according to the numbers of the players (see table 1) and each player draws 1 from them. Then, all the players select their characters in the App and the Counterfeiters will know each other through the APP. After that, App will choose one player as the start player randomly. He gains the Marker for Current Player and start the game.
Table 1 - Characters for Varied Numbers of Players
| Character | 6 players | 7 players | 8 players |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lao Chaofeng | yes | yes | yes |
| Yao Buran | yes | yes | yes |
| Zheng Guoqu | no | yes | yes |
| Xu Yuan | yes | yes | yes |
| Fang Zhen | yes | yes | yes |
| Kido Kana | yes | yes | yes |
| Huang Yanyan | yes |
Game Play
Appraising the Antiques
The Players will appraise the antiques in 3 Rounds. Each Round consists of 4 Phases.
Income
Each player takes 2 chips. The specific Bronze Heads that shows in the APP should be put in the middle of the table.
Appraisal
The current player takes the following actions:
- Put 1 Order Marker of your own on the Marker Board;
- Choose 1 antique in the App to appraise. (Others won't know which antique you choose.);
- Use ability according to your character;
- Choose another player, and give the Current Player Marker to him/her. Then he/she continues to take the 4 actions.
This Phase will end when all the players take the actions above. The last player holds the Current Player Marker and he/she will be the first player in the next Round.
Discussion
The Player left to the current player gives the statement first. Then the other players do this one by one in clockwise.
This Phase will end when all the players give a statement.
Vote
All the players put the chips on corresponding Photos of Bronze Heads behind the sightscreens. That means which Bronze Heads they decide to preserve.
Notice:
- You can either
- put all of your chips;
- only put part of them;
- put none of them and reserve them all.
- You can put your chips on different Photos of Bronze Heads severally.
All the players show their chips simultaneously and put them beside corresponding Bronze Heads. The Bronze Heads with the most and the second-most chips will be preserved. Then you will know whether the one with the second-most chips is genuine or not.
When there are more than 1 Bronze Heads with the same number of chips, they will be ranked in Chinese Zodiac's order. (Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, Pig)
Put these Bronze Heads and chips aside and put 2 Markers for Fake/Genuine beside corresponding Bronze Heads.
Table 2 - Bronze Heads in each Round
| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Numbers of Bronze Heads | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Numbers of Genuine Bronze Heads | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Numbers of Reserved Bronze Heads | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Judging the People
After 3 Rounds of appraising, players will judge the people in the App.
All Appraisers guess who is Lao Chaofeng. The Appraisers can only gain the VPs when over half of them find the real Lao Chaofeng.
Lao Chaofeng guesses who is Xu Yuan.
Yao Buran guesses who is Fang Zhen.
Scoring
Show all the genuine Bronze Heads and reveal all players' characters.
- The Appraisers gain 1 VP for each Bronze Head preserved;
- The Appraisers gain 1 VPs when they find the real Lao Chaofeng;
- The Appraisers gain 2 VPs when Lao Chaofeng doesn't find the real Xu Yuan;
- The Appraisers gain 1 VP when Yao Buran doesn't find the real Fang Zhen.
If Appraisers gains 6 or more VPs, they win. Otherwise, the Counterfeiters win.
Appendix: Character Abilities
Lao Chaofeng - Faction: Counterfeiters Ability: After appraisal, you may inverse the appraisal result of all the antiques. This can only affect the Appraisers.
Yao Buran - Faction: Counterfeiters Ability: After appraisal, you may attack another player, when he/she takes actions, he/she can't appraise or use ability.
Zheng Guoqu - Faction: Counterfeiters Ability: After appraisal, you may hide I antique, the players who appraise this antique can't receive any results. You and other Counterfeiters don't know each other.
Xu Yuan - Faction: Appraisers Ability: Each round, you can choose 2 antiques when appraisal.
Fang Zhen - Faction: Appraisers Ability: You can't appraise antiques. Each round, you can choose 1 player, you know his/her faction. If you are attacked by Yao Buran, Xu Yuan is attacked simultaneously.
Huang Yanyan - Faction: Appraisers Ability: In 1 random round of the 3, you can't receive any results after appraisal.
Kido Kana - Faction: Appraisers Ability: In 1 random round of the 3, you can't receive any results after appraisal.
Ji Yunfu - Faction: Appraisers Ability: You can't be affect by Lao Chaofeng's ability. If you are attacked by Yao Buran, you can't appraise during the rest time of the game.