Medieval Royale

Sharpen your swords, shurikens, and wits to try to be the last-one-standing in this asymetrical, simultaneous, take-that BATTLE ROYALE board game for 4-9 players.

Watch out, the PLAGUE is closing in!

Set-up:

 Players choose a unique battler (Peasant, Princess, Ninja, Highwayman, and more, each with their own abilities, health (shown by heart tokens), and weapon deck).
 Choose a location where their battler will start on an ever shrinking medieval world.

GAMEPLAY: The game is played over 12 short rounds each consisting of four phases:

PLAGUE- a plague card is revealed and placed in the displayed location. Any battler in that area loses one health (heart token).

COIN- a coin token in flipped over and placed in the specified location. The first battler to get to this location adds a unique weapon to their common weapons. But if two or more players arrive at the same time, a battle ensues and only the last person in that location gets the reward...

MOVEMENT- Each player secretly chooses one of their four movement tokens that specify direction of travel or if they want to stay where they are. All tokens are revealed at the same time and the players move into position for...

BATTLE- Battler may play a weapon to injur other battlers nearby. Some weapons damage battlers in the immediate location, some damage battlers in consecutive locations, and some have other advantages like damaging someone elsewhere on the map or getting more health.

When a battler is defeated (by losing all of their health), they are eliminated and the rival who dealt the final bow gets of of their remaining weapons.

More: Medieval Royale takes 30-40 minutes from set-up till final triumph. Players are usually not eliminated until the last few rounds, so that eliminated players don't have to wait long to jump in on another game. Many games take longer and longer as rounds go on, but MR actually gets shorter and shorter, since fewer locations and weapons force a quick ending.

Characters, their abilities, and artwork is based on Of Knights and Ninjas- a medieval card game for 2-6 players that blurs the line between party and strategy game.

—description from the designer