♚ Regicide ♛

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How to Play

Goal: together, defeat all 12 royals — 4 Jacks, then 4 Queens, then 4 Kings. If anyone can't survive a hit, everyone loses.

Enemy	Attack	Health
Jack	10	20
Queen	15	30
King	20	40

Your turn

1. Attack with a card or combo — or yield (not allowed if every other player yielded on their last turn, and never in solo).
2. Your cards' suit powers trigger.
3. Deal damage equal to the cards' value. If the enemy falls, you go again against the next one.
4. Otherwise the enemy strikes back: discard cards worth at least its attack (minus shields).

Suit powers

• ♥ Heal — shuffle the discard pile and return that many cards to the bottom of the tavern deck.
• ♦ Draw — players draw that many cards in turn, starting with you (no one exceeds their hand size).
• ♣ Double — the attack deals double damage.
• ♠ Shield — reduce this enemy's attack by that much for the rest of the fight.

Each enemy is immune to its own suit's power (the damage still counts).

Combos

• Animal Companion (A) is worth 1 and pairs with any one other card. Both suits' powers apply.
• Sets: 2–4 cards of the same rank totalling 10 or less (e.g. 5+5, 3+3+3, 2+2+2+2).

Defeating royals

Hit an enemy for exactly its remaining health and it joins your side — it goes on top of the tavern deck (J=10, Q=15, K=20).

The Jester 🃏

Play it alone: it cancels the enemy's immunity (spades already played start shielding) and you choose who goes next. No damage is dealt or taken.

Players

Players	Hand size	Jesters
1 (solo)	8	2 flips*
2	7	0
3	6	1
4	5	2

*Solo: twice per game, before attacking or before taking damage, flip a Jester to discard your hand and draw 8 fresh cards. Win with 0 / 1 / 2 flips used for gold / silver / bronze.

Table talk: don't reveal what's in your hand — that's the challenge!