La Cour de Versailles Rulebook

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Setup
• Turns
• Game End
• Grand Figures
• Personages

Setup

1. Place the three 3+ player turn cards and the military card in a row in the center of the table. Randomize the Wax Seal tokens and place six of them in the spaces on the turn cards.
2. Shuffle the Grand Figures cards and place one randomly above each of the turn cards
3. Shuffle the Personage cards and deal 10 cards to each player. The rest of the cards form a deck face down above the military card.

Turns

1. Each player drafts one card and places it face down in their Circle (3x3 grid) adjacent to another card if possible and pass their remaining cards to the left. When all players have chosen, all players flip over their cards.
2. Immediate Effects (Lightning symbol) - In descending order of initiative on the revealed cards, players may choose to resolve their new card’s immediate effects, if any.
3. At the end of turns 3, 6, and 9, players count the number of Wax Seals in their Circles that match the Wax Seal tokens on the Turn card. The player with the most matching wax seals exchanges one of their cards for the Grand Figure card. In case of a tie, no player takes the Grand Figure.

Game End

The game ends at the end of the ninth round. The player with the most Military wax seals gains 7 points. The player with the least loses 7 points. In case of a tie for most, tied players gain 3 points. In case of a tie for least, tied players lose 3 points.

Grand Figures

1. Louis XIV - +7 if this card is the center of your circle. +1 per favorite.
2. Marie-Terese d’Autriche - You cannot play this card if you have Madame de Montespan (04). -1 per favorite
3. Philippe d’Orleans - +4 if you have the Knight of Lorraine (12). +4 if you have the Princess Palatine (08).
4. Madame de Montespan - +9 if you have Louis XIV (01) (11) and no other favorites. -3 if you have Madame de Maintenon (05).
5. Madame de Maintenon - +1 per Clergy. +5 if you have Louis XIV (01) (11). -7 if you have Madame de Montespan (04).

Personages

6. Jean-Baptiste Colbert - +2 per Statesman adjacent to this card. +4 if Louis XIV (01) (11) is adjacent to this card.
7. Le Tellier de Louvois - Exchange one of your cards for another player’s card except for Louis XIV (01) (11) or Jean Baptiste Colbert (06).
8. Princess Palatine - +4 if you have Philippe d’ Orleans (03). +3 if you have the Chevalier de Lorraine (12)
9. Jacques-Benigne Bossuet - Look at another player’s hand and exchange one card from it with one from your circle
10. Louis de France - +9 if you have Marie-Therese d’Autriche (01). +5 if you have Louis XIV (01) (not 11!). +1 if you have Toussaint Rose (11). +4 if you have Marie Anne de Baviere (23)
11. Toussaint Rose - As long as this card is in a circle, it can be called Louis XIV. [Effect does not stack with Louis XIV (01).]
12. Chevalier de Lorraine - Exchange one of the Grand Figures except for Louis XIV (01) with Philippe d’Orleans (03).
13. Charles de Sainte-Maure - +6 if you have Louis de France (10) and Jacque-Benigne Bossuet (09).
14. Bernardin Gigault - If this card is played on the last turn, exchange a card from your circle for Louis XIV (01) (11). 16-19 Per different symbol: [see diagram]
15. Jean Racine - +1 per Feather symbol
16. Nicolas Boileau - +2 and +2 feather symbols if you have Jean Racine (20).
17. Jean de la Fontaine - +6 if you have Madame de Montespan (04). +2 feather symbols if you have Jean Racine (20).
18. Marie-Anne de Baviere - +1 if this card is not in the center of your Circle.
19. Marie de la Ferte-Senneterre - +5 if this card is at the top of your Circle.
20. Mademoiselle de Roquelaure - +5 if this card is on the left of your Circle.
21. Marie Charlotte de Castelnau - +5 if this card is on the bottom of your Circle.
22. Elisabeth Hamilton - +5 if this card is on the right of your Circle. -1 if you have Madame de Maintenon (05).