<span style="color: red;">ACHTUNG: Es gibt einen Fehler in der englischen Übersetzung (und in einigen anderen Sprachen) des Regelbuchs des physischen Spiels. Die Regel bei Gleichstand sollte lauten:</span>
<blockquote>Wenn es ein Unentschieden gibt, gewinnt der Spieler mit den meisten unbebauten Hexfeldern in seinem Herzogtum das Spiel.</blockquote>

<span style="color: red;">ACHTUNG: Es gibt einige Unterschiede in den Regeln zwischen den ersten Ausgabe und der von 2019 (siehe unten bei Spieloptionen)..</span>

== Hilfe zum Interface ==

=== Spielaktionen ===
* Wenn Du ein Plättchen kaufen möchten, klicke einfach darauf (siehe auch unten bei "Spezialfälle").
* Wenn Du einen Würfel nutzen möchten, um eine Aktion auszuführen, selektiere zunächst den Würfel, anschließend:
**[[File:CoB_takeTile.jpg|right|263px]] um ein Plättchen vom Spielplan auf eines deiner Schlüsselfelder zu legen, klicke das Plättchen auf dem Spielplan an.<div style="clear: both"></div>
**[[File:CoB_placeTile.jpg|right|356px]] um ein Plättchen von deinen Schlüsselfeldern in deinem Fürstentum zu platzieren, klicke zunächst auf das gewünschte Plättchen und anschließend auf das gewünschte Feld im Fürstentum. Mögliche Felder im Fürstentum sind umrandet/markiert, es sei denn, in den Einstellungen des Spiels ist in der Option "Mögliche Züge anzeigen" der Punkt "Zeige fast nichts an" aktiviert.<div style="clear: both"></div>
**[[File:CoB_sellGoods.jpg|right|136px]] um Waren zu verkaufen, klicke einfach auf die Ware<div style="clear: both"></div>
**[[File:CoB_takeWorkers.jpg|right|150px]] um Arbeiter zu erhalten, klicke auf das Arbeitersymbol auf deinem Spielertableau (links unter deinem Lager für Warenkärtchen.<div style="clear: both"></div>
* Arbeiter werden automatisch verbraucht, wenn für den Zug benötigt. Du erkennst dies später in der Meldung in der Spielhistorie. Wenn Du vorher erkennen möchtest, ob und wie viele Arbeiter für eine Zugoption benötigt werden, kannst Du in den Spieleinstellungen unter der Option "Benötigte Arbeiter" den Punkt "Zeige benötigte Arbeiter an" aktivieren.
* '''Grüne Umrandungen bedeutet "verfügabr/möglich", blaue Umrandungen bedeutet "ausgewählt".'''

==== Spezialfälle ====
In general, to avoid useless clicks, you only need to click on a tile to buy it, without having to specify you want to buy it. This is possible because in general, no confusion is possible since the tiles you can buy are not the same that the ones you can take with a die. And even with yellow tile #6, you need to select a die first if you want to take a tile (not buy it).

But sometimes (yellow tile #6 in 2019 edition), one click is not enough. In these cases, you should still first click on the tile you want to buy, then you will be asked if you want to buy it with workers or silverlings, and if you're in the middle of an action with a castle advantage, you will be asked if you want to buy this tile or if you want to take it with the castle advantage.

==== Hints ====
* You can undo your whole turn at any time during your turn by clicking on the Undo red button in the action bar. Other players don't see your actions in their interface until you have confirmed your turn, and they see only your confirmed actions, so it won't bother them and mess their game log. But some informations are not totally hidden: some users could know about the type of tiles you placed (a castle, a ship or some of the buildings). So if you really want to hide your plans for future turns, just think before you click and don't place tiles unless you're sure you will actually confirm that you place them. Note that players replaying a finished game from your point of view will see all your trials and undone actions.
* It is not and it will not be possible to cancel only your last move, you can only cancel your whole turn (too much programming work, not worth it, and if you're afraid of not remembering the moves you played when you undo your whole turn, they're still visible in the game log).
* A die can be unselected (you can also directly select the other die) if you change your mind and want to use the other die, or buy a tile before. If you have selected a tile in your storage to place it in your estate / duchy, you can also unselect it, or directly select another tile.

=== Display ===
*[[File:CoB_moveUpPlayerBoard.jpg|right|150px]] You can click on the button next to a player's name (under the order track discs on the main game board) to move this player's board to the beginning of player boards (this can avoid having to scroll too much when you want to see your opponents' boards).<div style="clear: both"></div>
* Don't forget that like in any BGA game, you can disable tooltips (in the user preferences menus) if they annoy you. You still have the Tile help section below the player boards if you need help.
* You can display sold goods: there are tooltips on the stack of your sold goods. If you have a mouse, you can hold your pointer above your stack, if you're using a touch device, you can usually display tooltips with a long press (or a "double then long" press).
* If you can't display tooltips with your touch device or if you selected the "no tooltips" user preference, you can still display sold goods by clicking on the sold goods stack.
* With the ''Zoom level'' User preference, you can resize all the game elements to fit your screen width: make them smaller to be able to see more boards at the same time, or make them bigger to enjoy bigger images. User preferences are accessible with the cog icon in your player panel, or, like in any BGA game, with the "hamburger menu" a the top right of the page, or in the ''Options'' tab at the bottom of the page.
*[[File:CoB_castle-mine.jpg|right|157px]] In 3 players games, one of the space for six-sided tiles next to depot 6 (on the main board) is half dark green, half grey, with letters on it. This is to remind players that in 3 players games, this space gets a castle tile in phases A, C and E, and a mine tile in phases B and D.<div style="clear: both"></div>

=== Replay ===
It is not possible to start a replay from one of the moves that happened during one of your turns. You can start a replay from any other point.

== Game options ==
=== Differences between 1st edition and 2019 edition ===
* [[File:CoB_diff_15-26.png|right]]Two yellow six-sided tiles (called knowledge tiles in 1st edition and monasteries in 2019 edition) award a different number of points (see image)<div style="clear: both"></div>
* Another yellow tile (#6) is different: in addition to let you buy tiles in numbered depots, it lets you buy tiles (anywhere) with two silverlings OR TWO WORKERS.
* In 2019 edition, you are allowed to buy a tile ''during'' your action.<br />
Note: the implementation on BGA doesn't allow to buy a tile at any moment, because it would not be useful. You can do it only when you just placed a castle or a city hall.
* New art for six-sided tiles, goods tiles and bonus tiles (the new art for other game elements is not included in this online implementation because it wouldn't fit).
* One more player board, labelled number 2 in 2019 edition, and available in 4 copies so that it can be used for beginner setup. This board is available in both 1st edition and 2019 edition options of this implementation. The board that was labelled number 2 in first edition was given number 10 in 2019 edition, so it has number 10 in this online implementation, regardless of the chosen edition option.
* A few confusing name changes. I tried to avoid possible confusions in this implementation: some of the in-game text is different depending on which edition you play (e.g. estate / duchy), while for other elements, I decided to use the same term in both editions (e.g. yellow tile for knowledge tile / monastery).

=== Different game setup options ===
The default option on BGA is '''Random board without board #8''', and not '''Beginner setup''', because it is probably the most interesting for most players, and it is not ''really problematic'' if begginers join games with this option. But they can be disadvantaged if they choose a poor space for their starting castle, so beginner setups are still better choices for beginners (they don't have to choose a starting castle space), even if other options are not strongly discouraged.
* '''Classical setup''': this is the setup described at the very end of the rulebook: each player is given a two-sided estate / duchy cardboard, and must choose one side. To simulate play with the physical game, two players can't have the same cardboard.
* '''One random board per player''': each player is given a single random duchy / estate among available ones. Two players can have the same duchy / estate.
* '''Random board without board 8''': same as above, but board #8 is removed from available boards (many consider this board unbalanced).
* '''Identical (random) board for all players''': all players play with the same board, randomly chosen among available boards.
* '''Beginner setup''': all players play with the same beginner board, with their first castle already placed in the middle. This option exists in three variants: with board #1, with board #2, or with a random board among #1 and #2 (the same board for all players).

== User preferences ==

=== Workers needed ===
The number of workers needed for each action you can do with a die can be displayed next to the tiles you can click.

=== Possible moves display ===
Possible actions can be highlighted with a green border. This is an option because some players will find these big green borders not good-looking, especially when there are a lot of them at the same time. There are three options for this preference:
==== Always display all possible moves ====
Every place you can click to trigger an action, that is not a blue or red button, is highlighted with a green border.
==== Display non obvious possible moves ====
''Non obvious'' is subjective, the choice made was to display only tiles that can be placed and possible estate / duchy destinations for the ''Place tile'' action, and tiles that can be taken for free from the main board, with a church, market or carpenter.
==== Display almost nothing ====
The only things that will be highlighted are the ''Take workers'' icon, and the depots when you have to choose goods after having placed a ship, because since these are not tiles, it's not obvious where to click to trigger these actions.

=== Estate / duchy background ===
You can choose to display a lighter background for estate spaces, which will make the tiles stand out more.

Tips arnak

2023-03-09T21:26:58Z

Mav Erick:

Besiege immer die Monster und forsche dann.

Einen Wächter nicht besiegen? Wie Phil Swift sagen würde: "Das ist eine Menge Schaden!" Sorge dafür, dass du die Furcht so schnell wie möglich zerstörst, sonst könnte sie dein Deck verstopfen!

Gib deine Idole nicht wahllos aus - das wäre dumm! Wenn du deine Totems nur dann ausgibst, wenn es unbedingt nötig ist, kannst du die Punkte auf deinem Spielertableau behalten. Manchmal kann man durch das Ausgeben eines Totems aber auch die nötigen Ressourcen für mehrere Aktionen gewinnen, dann wäre es dumm, das Totem nicht auszugeben.

Spielt nicht sofort alle Karten auf eurer Hand aus, es besteht keine Eile.

Du hast viele Züge in einer Runde (5 Runden). Holen Sie sich also die guten Sachen, bevor Ihre Gegner sie bekommen. (nimm es, solange es heiß ist).

Oh, und nimm den Münzassistenten.

'''Viel Glück!'''

Tips arnak

2023-03-09T21:01:41Z

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