Rasputin

To set up the game, place the game board in the center of the playing area. Shuffle the Fate deck and place it face down on its designated space on the board. Each player shuffles their Assassin deck and places it face down in their player area. Rasputin is placed in the center of the board, and eight Guard pawns are placed on their designated starting spaces. Each player chooses a color, takes their Assassin pawn, and places it on one of the four starting spaces on the board. Players then draw three Assassin cards to form their starting hand. The first player marker is given to a randomly chosen player.

The primary objective of Rasputin is to be the first player to successfully assassinate Rasputin. This is achieved by moving your Assassin pawn into Rasputin's space and winning an 'Assault' against him. Successfully eliminating Rasputin immediately ends the game, declaring that player the winner.

Each round of Rasputin is divided into three distinct phases. The first is the Rasputin Phase, where a Fate card is drawn to determine Rasputin's movement. Players can play black cards to influence this movement. Next is the Guard Phase, where all Guards move automatically towards the closest target (fire, then Assassins, then Rasputin). Players can play blue cards to influence Guard movement. Finally, the Assassin Phase allows each player, in turn order, to move their Assassin pawn two spaces and play any number of cards from their hand to perform actions like moving through walls, eliminating Guards, or initiating an Assault on Rasputin.

Rasputin is not a game with a scoring system. Instead, it is a game of direct competition where the victory condition is singular: the first player to successfully assassinate Rasputin wins the game. There are no points accumulated or tallied; it's an all-or-nothing objective.

The game concludes immediately when an Assassin successfully performs an 'Assault' on Rasputin and wins the fight. The player who achieves this feat is declared the winner. If multiple Assassins attempt to assault Rasputin in the same round, the player who initiated the successful assault is the winner.