#Sherriff of nottingham tabletop series#

The sixty minute average playtime isn’t due to the game being complicated (quite the contrary), it just simply takes a while for everyone to be the sheriff a set number of times. For more information, you can view the rulebook here:įirst and foremost, I think the game is suitable for younger kids (ages 10+) despite what it says on the box. Royal goods, while treated as contraband during the game, are added to your legal goods when determining the final score.Įditor’s Note: The above doesn’t cover all of the rules found in the manual, but should give you an idea as to how the game is played. Players tally their final score by accounting for the cards in their merchant stand, any gold they have left, and any bonuses for being King or Queen of a particular type of legal good. The game ends when each player has been sheriff twice (three times in a three player game). All players will draw cards until they have six in their hand again. If all players have been the sheriff, the round ends. End of Round – The role of the sheriff moves clockwise to the next person. You’ll also pay the sheriff gold equal to the sum of the gold values on the confiscated cards.ĥ. Any goods you lied about are placed into a discard pile of the sheriff’s choosing. If you were lying, all of the goods you were truthful about are placed into your market stand as normal. The goods are added to your merchant stand as normal. If you were telling the truth, the sheriff pays you gold equal to the gold values listed on every card in your bag. If the sheriff inspects your bag, one of two things will happen: If the sheriff lets you pass, you’ll place the legal goods face-up and the contraband face-down in your merchant stand. Players can bribe the sheriff by offering gold, legal goods or contraband from their merchant stand, goods in their bag, or promising future favors. Inspection – The sheriff will decide which bags to inspect and which ones to let pass. Merchants can only declare one kind of legal good and the quantity declared must match the number of cards in the bag.Ĥ. Declaration – Each merchant, in turn, will tell the sheriff what is in their respective bags (they can lie if they want to). Load Merchant Bag – Each merchant secretly picks one to five good from their hand and places it into their merchant bag.ģ. The cards set aside will then go on top of one of the discard piles in the order of the player’s choosing.Ģ. Market – Players may set aside up to five cards from their hand and draw new ones from the discard piles (must be done first) and the draw deck. During a single round, each player will act as the sheriff (in turn) while the others act as merchants.

#Sherriff of nottingham tabletop series#

The game is played over a series of rounds. The player with the most actual cash on them goes first. The deck itself is placed in the middle of the table and two sets of five cards are drawn to form two separate discard piles. Each player is dealt six goods cards from the shuffled deck, face-down, to form their starting hand. Players will also decide if they want to play with the royal goods cards (removing them for your first few games is recommended). The below is representative of a four or five player game.Įach player gets a merchant stand & matching bag, along with 50 gold. This new edition includes updated rules, as well as expansions such as the 6th Merchant, Black Market, and Sheriff’s Deputies.Sheriff of Nottingham: 3-5 Players, Ages 14+, Average Play Time = 60 MinutesĢ16 Goods Cards, 110 Gold Coins (in four denominations), 1 Sheriff Marker, 5 Merchant Stands, and 5 Merchant BagsĮditor’s Note: There are some special setup & gameplay rules that you’ll need to account for if you only have three people playing. The Sheriff can inspect any bag they want, but they must be careful, as they’ll have to pay a penalty if they find the Merchants were telling the truth. In Sheriff of Nottingham 2nd Edition, players take turns playing the Sheriff, looking for contraband goods, and the Merchants trying to stock their Stall with the best goods. Which Merchant will end up getting the best goods through and make the largest profits in the market stalls? The Sheriff’s shrewd, but not above taking a bribe to look the other way. He’s tasked the Sheriff to inspect Merchant’s wares, looking for any illicit goods. Most of it is entirely legal, however, Prince John is looking to make sure no contraband gets sold. The bustling market in Nottingham is filled with goods from all over the kingdom.