Ekö

The first player with a palace to amass 12 victory points (VP) in constructed buildings and captive Emperors in Ekö wins the game. To set up, fill the board with all the pawns, placed at random. Before starting the game, each player can exchange their Emperor pawn with another of their pawns elsewhere on the board. On your turn, you must do both phases in this order: the action phase, then the reinforcements phase. During the reinforcements phase, if you have pieces in your reserve, you must return at least one piece to play if you can. You can place up to three pieces onto a single stack of your color on the board (never on an empty space), respecting the following rule: You cannot place reinforcements on a stack if it is adjacent to another player’s building. The game ends immediately when a player has amassed 12 VP by adding up the values of his buildings on the board and any Emperors they have captured ? each village is worth 1VP, each tower 2VP, and each castle and captured Emperor 3VP ? and they have at least one palace. Alternatively, if a player is the only one with pieces remaining on the board (making reinforcement impossible for the other players), they win.