ZhanGuo

In ZhanGuo, you are the emperor's emissaries, and you have been assigned the challenging task of contributing to the process of unifying the empire, helping to build the wall, and all infrastructures needed. During the five rounds of the game, you must make the best of the few cards you get each round. You can play each card either on your own player board to increase your personal power in the empire, or on the game board to recruit manpower, construct buildings wanted by the emperor, call reinforcements from Qin, and move the armies from kingdom to kingdom.Each player has to choose the best time and best way to play his cards in order to earn the emperor’s favors. Careful, though, because trying to get too much power, or exploiting the workers for personal gain could increase dissatisfaction among the populace, and consequently increase the risk of uprisings in the newly added kingdoms. Whoever is able to make the greatest contribution to the emperor's cause, while at the same time keeping the citizens placid, will be the winner.Contents:1 Gameboard4 Player Boards120 Cards (40 each in Ivory, Orange, Brown)40 Worker tiles6 Wall tiles12 Task tiles1 Round Marker32 Governors (8 each in the 4 Player colors)20 Walls (5 each in the 4 Player colors)24 Palaces (6 each in the 4 Player colors)32 Tracking discs (8 each in the 4 Player colors)20 Unrest markers (black cubes)60 Officials: 20 red cubes, 20 gray cubes, 20 white cubes4 100/200 Points Tiles (1 each in the 4 Player colors)39 Unification markers in Ivory, Orange, and Brown (in each of 3 colors: 12 worth 1 each, 1 worth 3)

• Age range: 12 and up / Number of players: 2 to 4 / Play time: 90+ minutes