Cursed Court cover
2017BGG rank #3,352

Cursed Court

by Andrew Hanson · Atlas Games

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Players2–6
Time30–60m
ComplexityLight
Age14+

About the game

What is Cursed Court?

The intrigues and scandals of the realm's greater nobility are a subject of fixation, and even obsession, for the entire kingdom. Most especially for the minor nobility, whose fortunes can be elevated — or shattered — by what happens at court. In Cursed Court, you must consider both public and hidden information, some of the latter shared among different pairs of players, when wagering your limited influence in each season of the year. As the machinations of the nine key nobles are progressively revealed, your fortunes rise and fall. After three years, a winner is crowned.

How it plays

Mechanics

Area Majority / InfluenceBetting and BluffingConstrained BiddingScore-and-Reset Game

On the shelf

Categories

DeductionPolitical

Questions players ask

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