Regicide
👥 1 - 4 players
⏳ 5 - 20 minutes
Objective: Kill the royal cards
Dealing:
| Players | Jesters | Max. Hand Size |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 5 |
Steps:
- Play a card or skip your turn (yield)
- Activate the suit power (check immunity)
- Deal damage to the enemy
- Suffer damage from the enemy
Enemies:
| Enemy | Attack | Health |
|---|---|---|
| Jack | 10 | 20 |
| Queen | 15 | 30 |
| King | 20 | 40 |
Suits:
- ♥ Hearts heal - discarded cards go to the draw pile
- ♦ Diamonds draw to the hand
- ♣ Clubs deal double damage
- ♠ Spades shield against enemy attack
- 🂿 Jesters negates immunity of enemey
More rules: https://www.regicidegame.com/how-to-play/
Teaching the game in order:
- The goal
- Setup the game, explain max cards in the hand
- Play 2 turns with just steps 1, 3 and 4
- Yielding
- Suits and introduce step 2, play for 2 more turns
- Immunity
- Aces (animal companions) and combos
- Jester/Joker
- What communication is not allowed
Misc:
- Dealing exact damage
- Heart power before Diamond power
- Drawing a defeated enemy