Chaostle Rule Book (pdf) - Chivalry Games

The stairway located between eachset of King and Queen positions leads upto the secondlevel of the InnerSquare. Thegoal is to moveyour character(s)up the stairwaylocated directlynext to your Kingor Queen andinto the InnerSquare. Thisis the only wayQueen postionAt the beginning of thegame, players selecteither a King or Queenposition on the board torepresent their color.If the player chooses aQueen position then theplayer’s characters movecounter-clockwisearound the game board.characters can enter the Inner Square. Fromthere, characters can battle the castle andreach the Sanctuary.Locate the colored bases to match thecolor of your selected King or Queen startingposition and snap them onto the bases of yourcharacters. This will easily identify whatarmy the characters belong to.DETERMINE THE HEALTH OF THECASTLEThe castle has defenses to protectattackers from entering it but does not fightback. Before beginning the game, determinethe strength of the castle by setting the numberof health points it has. 100 is recommended.Insert pegs into the Battle Card of thecastle to indicate the number of health points.Two PlayerAlternativeThe game board is rather large for onlytwo players. You can use only half theboard by selecting starting positions on oppositesides of the board, selecting startingpositions where opposing characters travelin a direction towards each other so they willcross paths (one player will be in a King positionand the other in a Queen position), andallow characters to travel up their opponent’sstairway towards Sanctuary. Using half theboard will shorten the distance to be traveledallowing more battles and confrontations.Starting the GamePlayers should select one of their charactersand place it onto their respectivestarting position.While players canput multiple charactersinto play atCURRENTPLAYERthe same time, onlyone character at atime can occupyany space on thegame board. Thegame is now ready to begin with each playertaking turns in a clockwise order. The playerwho went last in selecting characters gets toCHOSENCHARACTERThe chosen characteris the character thatthe current playerhas chosen to movethe number of spacesindicated on the die.Fates from the fatecards are applied tothe chosen characterwhen applicable.The current player isthe player that iscurrently taking theirturn during the game.take the first turn.The firstplayer rolls a singledie and will moveone of their charactersas specified bythe number rolledduring their turn.The character inmotion is referredto as the chosen character. The followingactions should be taken when the followingnumbers are rolled:◊ One or a Two ◊A player who rolls a one or a two on their turnhas the option to set a character in play byplacing it in the starting position, or move oneof their characters that are in play the numberof spaces shown on the die. One of theseoptions must be done if possible. A charactercan only be placed in the starting position ifit is unoccupied or the character chooses tobattle for the position.◊ Lucky Three ◊A player who rolls a three on their turn mustmove one of their characters that are in playthree spaces if possible. Since three is lucky, theplayer will take another turn. This second turn islike the beginning of any other turn and thereforethe die roll can apply to a new character.8 © 2004-2010 Chivalry Games