Trader
First purchase: −1 denier
Your first purchase this round costs 1 denier less, with a minimum total of 1.
Characters and stalls
The Paris of the guilds, card by card.
Six characters, twelve stalls, six bonus cards and six shards: everything you will come across on the quays of the Seine.
The six characters
One role per round, chosen in secret.
Roles are revealed together. Several players may take the same one, but nobody keeps theirs two rounds in a row.
Broker
First sale: +2 deniers
Your first sale or delivery this round earns 2 extra deniers.
Master builder
First stall: −1 denier
Your first stall this round costs 1 denier less, with a minimum cost of 1.
Carrier
Buy up to 4 shards
Each purchase may contain up to 4 shards instead of 3.
Steward
First delivery: +1 ★
Your first delivery this round earns 1 extra influence.
Chronicler
First funding: +1 denier and a bonus
Your first funding action earns 1 extra denier and draws a bonus card if you have room.
The stalls
Six families, twelve stalls.
Each family has a cheap stall and an expensive one. Their advantage works once per round, and two stalls of the same family side by side form a producing pair.
Workshop
After your first purchase of at least two different colours, gain 1 denier.
Trading post
Your first open sale or delivery this round earns 1 extra denier.
Market hall
Your first funding action this round earns 1 extra denier.
Lodging
Your first stall of each round costs 1 denier less, minimum 1.
Chancery
Your first delivery of at least three shards earns 1 extra influence.
Scriptorium
After your first bonus use, draw a card if you have room.
The bonus cards
An ace up your sleeve.
One card at the start, one more at the end of each round, three in hand at most. Add one to your action: it stays secret until you play it.
Guild purse
Gain 2 deniers before your action.
Escort
Your purchase costs 1 denier less, minimum 1.
Letter of recommendation
Your delivery earns 1 extra influence.
Shared workbench
Your stall costs 2 deniers less, minimum 1.
Concord seal
Receive a seal, which replaces any shard in an order.
Caravan
Your purchase may contain one additional shard.
The shards
Six goods, precious and scarce.
Every round, one shard arrives cheap and another is in demand. Each has its own colour, shape and name.
Spiramberorange, spiralled
Waveglassblue, wave-shaped
Branchitegreen, branching
Carminered, veined
Vesperitepurple, twisted
Nightstoneblack, layered
The concord seal replaces any shard in an order. You earn it by building a bridge, or with the bonus card of the same name.
The denier is the game’s currency. It does not count towards the score: only influence (★) decides the winner.
The opponents
Four levels, the same rules for all.
The computer does not cheat: it sees neither your bonus cards nor the order of the decks. Every move it makes is explained on an illustrated card.
Novice
Explores and sometimes makes mistakes: ideal for learning.
Apprentice
Prefers moves that pay off right away.
Strategist
Plans its next moves.
Master
Weighs several lines of play and your replies.
Build your guild your way.
Choose your characters, your stalls and your family alliances.
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