Operation Manual

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Each Servant card contains different objectives that Ladies may achieve in
the boutiques.
These cards must remain secret.
Each Servant card may add extra Elegance points at the end of a game if the
indicated objective
1
has been fulfi lled.
Each card shows the price
2
and the servant’s name
3
. Each Servant
card costs £200.
Artisan cards (x20)
5
1
2
“At Germain I find that they always
have the latest fashion: I’m just crazy
about them! What’s that?! The
Countess is dressed in Garon? I must
say that I have always found the
dresses at Germain a bit dated, don’t
you think?”
These cards allow the Ladies to decide what is available for purchase at
their favourite boutique: whether Wardrobe or Servant cards.
Each card shows the card’s family
1
(clothes, accessories, jewels or servants)
and the number
2
of cards of that family that are for sale in a boutique.
Example: this Artisan card is from the Jewel family. The favourite boutique
can therefore have 5 Wardrobe cards from the Jewel family for sale.
Gentlemen’s material
Tokens and banknotes:
Resource tokens (x55) :
These enable Gentlemen to fulfi ll different Contract
cards or can be sold singly through the intermediary of
the Current Market card. There are 6 types of resource
token: coal, cotton, precious stones, wheat and tea,
and a resource joker: the gold ingot.
Number tokens (x5) :
These are used to determine the turn order of the
teams.
Banknotes (x 48) :
This is the game’s money. There are
3 values:
100£ (x28), 500£ (x8) and
1000£ (x12).
Gentlemen’s cards:
Contract cards (x15)
600£
300£
1
1
2
4
3
“A fool and his money are soon parted!”
These allow Gentlemen to receive
money and bonuses when they are
fulfi lled.
Shown on each card is the type and
number of Resource tokens needed
to fulfi ll the contract
1
, the amount
of money received when the contract
is fulfi lled
2
, as well as the premium
3
or the bonus available
4
for the fi rst
Gentleman to fulfi ll the contract.
Current Market cards (x5)
100£
100£
200£
300£
100£
100£
1
2
4
3
“The rates do not stop changing. A great
man is one who knows how to predict them!
Guess what sort of man I am!”
These indicate the value
1
of each
type of Resource token when they are
sold singly. There is always a resource
worth £300
2
, one worth £200
3
and four worth £100
4
.