The Old King's Crown - How to Play (The DEFINITIVE Guide)

Let's learn how to play The Old King's Crown!

Designed by Pablo Clark
Published by Eerie Idol Games
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00:00 Introduction
01:30 Board Setup
03:59 Faction Setup
06:13 Core Concepts and Components Brief
07:18 Actions, Effects, Commands, and Abilities
09:59 The Councils Tile
10:32 Kingdom Discard and the Lost Pile
11:03 Faction Cards
13:32 Gameplay Brief & Start of the Year Phase
14:55 Determine Turn Order
15:38 Spring Phase & Bidding
16:45 Resolving Bids
18:24 Repopulating The Great Road
19:10 Place Heralds and Clash Cards
20:15 Spring Action Step
21:39 Summer Phase and Placing Clash Markers
22:16 Resolving Clashes Step
22:56 Day Action Step Commands
23:59 Clash I Begins
24:55 Night Effects Step
25:34 Determine Clash I Outcome & Rewards
26:45 Clash II
27:15 Ties in Clashes
28:27 Resilient and Invulnerable Traits and Resume Ties in Clashes
29:19 Clash III
30:20 The Kingdom's Favour
30:51 The Autumn Phase
31:25 The Deploy and Rally Commands
32:08 Autumn Action Step, Govern, and Journey
33:43 The Pathfinder Trait
34:15 The Winter Phase
35:29 Endgame
36:10 Thank You!