

When the game is over the players will discard all of the cards in their hand as they aren’t worth any points. The game ends when everyone has been the sheriff two times (three times in a three player game). The player who was the sheriff in the round passes the marker to the player on their left to indicate that they will be the sheriff in the next round.Īll of the players will draw cards from the face down draw pile until they have six cards in their hand.

If they still owe money and don’t have any cards left in their stand, the rest of the debt is forgiven. If the player is out of legal goods they will have to give the player contraband cards. If at any point a player doesn’t have enough gold to pay their penalty, they must give goods cards from their merchant stand equal to or more than the amount they owe (using the numbers in the top right corner). The player also owes the sheriff six gold. The player will get to add the two chickens to their board. The red player declared that they had four chickens in their bag while they had two chickens, one apple, and one mead. Once the bag is closed you cannot change your mind. When you are satisfied with the cards you have chosen, snap the bag shut. The players can choose to place whatever cards they want into the bag but they should prevent the other players from seeing what cards they added to their bag. A player can choose to put between one and five cards into their bag. Choosing GoodsĪfter all of the players have drawn their new cards, the players (other than the sheriff) choose which cards that they want to bring to market. You must add all of the cards to the same discard pile but you can choose the order of the cards that you are discarding. If the player wants to take the two apples from the discard pile they will have to discard three cards in order to pick up the pepper and the two apple cards.Īfter drawing the cards they want from the discard piles, the player will draw the rest of their cards from the face down draw pile.Īfter you have drawn your cards, you will have to add the cards you chose to discard to one of the discard piles. This player is currently collecting apples. If a player wants a card from a discard pile that is not on the top of the pile, they must also take all of the cards on top of the card they desire.

When taking cards from the discard pile, players can look through the cards before taking any cards. If the player wants cards from the discard piles they must take those cards before taking cards from the draw pile. Players can choose to take cards from the top of the discard piles or the draw pile. The cards that the player has chosen to discard are set to the side. Players can choose up to five of their cards to discard and will draw the same number of cards. Starting with the player to the left of the sheriff and moving clockwise, each player (other than the sheriff) is given the opportunity to discard cards from their hand in order to draw new cards. Each round of the game consists of five steps:Īfter the fifth step the round ends and the next player player clockwise becomes the sheriff. You will play as many rounds as are needed for each player to be the sheriff twice (three times if you are playing with three players). Sheriff of Nottingham is played in rounds. Whoever currently has the most cash on them will be the first sheriff.The remaining cards are placed face down to create the draw pile. Take the next five cards and form another face up discard pile. Then take the top five cards from the remaining cards to form a face up discard pile. Shuffle the remaining cards and deal six cards face down to each player.If you are only playing with three players, you also remove all of the cards that have the 4+ player symbol in the bottom left corner.If players choose to play the basic game they need to remove the twelve royal goods (have a sheriff’s badge and a gold banner on them). Players choose whether they are going to play the basic game or the advanced game.The rest of the gold is set to the side in order to make change if needed. Each player is given 50 gold to start the game.Each player chooses a color and takes the board and merchant bag of that color.
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